Chapter 10 Vocab
Means completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean
What is Landlocked
An ocean and weather pattern that affects the Pacific coast
What is El Nino
What are the 2 major rivers in the Atlantic South America?
Amazon River
Parana River
The Pacific South America region is completely dominated by what physical feature?
Andes Mountains
A part of the economy based on odd jobs that people perform without government regulation through taxes
What is informal economy
A Spanish governor
What is Viceroy
In terms of population and square miles, what country is the largest in South America
Brazil
What ancient civilization has no written language and thrived in the Andes Mountain region
Inca
Argentine cowboys that herd cattle and horses on the open grasslands
What is gauchos
American born descendants of Europe
What is Creoles
Knowing the history of Brazil, what is the countries official language
Portuguese
How did the Spanish claim this region
Captured the king, bribed the people to bring him gold and silver in exchange for the king, killed the king anyway as well a majority of the people
A large slum in Brazil
What is Favelas
A broad, high plateau called ___ lies between the ridges of the Andes Mountains
What is Altiplano
What are the 4 regions that Brazil is split into?
1. Northeast
2. Southeast
3. Interior
4. Amazon
There are 5 climate zones on the Andes. Explain each of them
1. lowest, near sea level, hot and humid, sugar and bananas can grow
2. moist climate with forests, most cities in this zone
3. temp starts to cool, best for ag
4. climate is becoming too cool for anything to grow, mainly trees and shrubs
5. very cold, ground frozen, no vegetation
Means the soil is infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants
What is soil exhaustion
A sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people
What is Coup
After Brazil won their Independence, explain what happened to their economy?
Nothing, they still used slaves and continued to import them so they could have free labor, last country to make slavery illegal
Name the 4 countries in this region and their capitals
Ecuador- Quito
Bolivia- Sucre
Peru- Lima
Chile- Santiago