Vocab
What are fertile grasslands found in inland areas of Columbia and Venezuela.
What is llanos
What is the biggest river in South America.
What is Amazon rain forest.
What is the highest vertical climate zones
What is Tierra Helada
Which ancient empire stretched from present-day Ecuador to Chile
What were the Inca
What is the Andes term for “high plain”
What is altiplano
What are grassy, treeless plains of southern South America.
What is pampas.
What is the largest lake in South America.
What is lake Titicaca.
What creates unusually warm ocean conditions on the west coast that extend as far north as Ecuador and as far south of Chile and can have negative effects on coastal weather, fishing, and agriculture
What is El nino
Where do most people in South America live
What are the coasts
What are products are the pampas known to produce
What is wheat and corn
What is a condition in which some places do not benefit as much as other form social and economic advancement.
What is uneven development.
What is a steep cliff or slope between high and low land surfaces.
What is escarpment.
A tropical wet/dry climate is typical of what part of South America
what is North Central South America
Which country is the most densely populated in South America
What is Ecuador
Where is the Amazon Basin located
What is eastern base of Andes
What is the cultivation or growth of a single crop over a wide area for a consecutive number of years.
What is monoculture.
What are parallel chains or ranges of mountains
what is Cordillera
What places experience vegetation due to low moisture conditions
what is Peru, Bolivia and Chile
What is the most common ancient instrument
What are Panpipes
Where are the brazilian highlands located
What is across Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru
What is a thick, weathered soil of the humid tropics that is largely depleted of fertility and nutrients.
What is oxisol.
What two countries hold 40 percent of the world's known copper reserve
What are Peru and Chile
What crops grow well in the colder climates of tierra helada
what is potatoes and quinoa crops
When did the independence movement rise in South America
What is the 1800s
What is the main resource of South America
What is gold, silver, copper, iron ore, tin, and petroleum