Why are mexico, central america, south america, and the caribbean called "latin america"?

Because the people in these places all speak Spanish, and the explorers that came into the Latin America are fro Europe, where Latin was the predominant language

Aregion is an area of land that has common features. these features can be natural, such as climate or landscape. they can also be artificial, such as language or religion. the xinjiang uyghur autonomous region, above, is an area of china inhabited by uyghurs, a muslim group with ethnic ties to turkish people.