Caribbean South America
What are Cordilleras?
A range of mountains that parallels another range.
What is the name of the longest mountain range in the world?
The Andes.
What is Brazil's best-known physical feature?
The Amazon River.
What is a glacier?
A slow-moving mass of ice and snow.
What is heritage?
Something possessed as a result of one’s natural situation or birth.
What is an ecosystem?
A group of plants and animals that depend on each other and their environment for survival.
What is the “El Niño” phenomenon?
The warming of ocean water along the west coast of South America.
A parklike landscape of grasslands.
What is the taiga?
A thick forest of coniferous trees.
What is cultural borrowing?
An exchange that takes place when groups come into contact and share ideas, language, customs and even food.
What defines Latin America?
Areas of Middle America influenced by the cultures of Spain, France or Portugal.
What are vertical climate zones?
Climate zones in a region that change according to elevation.
What is a canopy?
The upper leaves of rain forest trees.
How many members and languages does the European Union have?
27 member nations and 23 official languages.
What is another name for Paris?
“The City of Light”
What is subsidence?
The sinking of the ground.
What kind of natural resources have the Spanish taken from the Andes?
Gold, silver and copper in the highlands of Peru and Bolivia.
Mention 3 animals you can find in the Amazon River.
Golden Monkey, Blue Parrot, River Dolphin, Piranhas, Anacondas, Cocodriles, Jaguars.
Why has Europe been called the “Urban continent”?
Because so many people live in urban areas.
Mention 5 countries that include West Central Europe.
Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Switzerland.
Why do some people dislike Hugo Chávez in Venezuela?
Because he moved the country towards socialism.
What is MERCOSUR? What countries does it include?
The Trading Bloc of the South American countries Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, formed in 1991.
What does the Brazilian Carnival represent?
A blending of European and African Traditions.
What countries form part of the United Kingdom?
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England.
What is Gross Domestic Product?
The total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year.