Geography
Brazil is bordered by this Ocean.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Where farming was not possible due to geography, Andeans were often _______________ hunters and gatherers.
What is nomadic?
This European country colonized South America and created the Treaty of Tordesillas (name one).
Who are Spain and Portugal?
Machine use has led to people's movement to cities and the Amazon Basin. This is known as _____________.
What is mechanization?
This term relates to taming of animals and changing their behavior.
What is domestication?
The name of the mountain range along the west coast of South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
The Inca used this to help if there was a crop failure.
What are storehouses?
What is ONE of the ways in which independence movements in Guyana and Suriname differ from other independence movements in South America?
1). These occurred in the mid 1900s (1966 and 1975)
2. Without fighting, through elections, discussions, strikes, becoming a "constituent country" (Suriname), etc.
3. Led by individuals unique and specific to their country
The three cultures that shaped Brazilian culture.
What are African, Native American, & Portuguese?
This type of music from Brazil has roots in African dance rhythms. (also performed during Carnival!)
What is Samba?
The Incan Empire stretched from Colombia to _______________.
Chile
1). Exploited the region's natural resources
2). Resource extraction and trade
3. Plundered gold and silver from the Andes at the expense of the natives
4). influences patterns of trade, development, and inequality
This is the only country that was colonized by Portugal.
What is Brazil?
This is the language spoken by people that live in Brazil.
What is Portuguese, with their own twist?
Where in the continent is the Atacama Desert located?
To the left, along the coast in countries such as Chile.
What is Chile?
Simón Bolívar led independence movements in this South American country.
What is Venezuela?
Which South American gained its independence from the Netherlands?
Suriname
Most of South Americans live in __________, but also in valleys where resources are abundant.
What are cities?
A dish from Brazil made from ingredients from South America and Europe, like beans and pork.
What is feijoada?
What country is to the left of Uruguay?
What is Argentina?
José de San Martín led an independence movement in which South American country?
What is Argentina?
Which South American country gained its independence from Great Britain in 1966?
Guyana
Capoeira is a blending of Brazilian/native music and movements with which other culture?
What is African?
Strips of level land that are planted with crops and use irrigation canals to carry water to them are called what?
What are terraces?