Physical Geography
The mountain range on the western side of Colombia.
What is the Andes Mountain range? (Pg. 323)
(This event happened in) 1822.
What is the year Brazil gained independence from Portugal? (Pg. 332)
In the 1800's, this country fought for independence from Spain.
What is Argentina? (Pg. 336)
The Havel base commerce port, now a colonial city.
What is the Cortagena? (Pg. 343)
Spanish
What is the language spoken in this region? (Pg. 351)
The world's largest river system.
What is the Amazon River? (Pg. 325)
211 million people
What is the population of Brazil? (Pg. 331)
Gauchos
What are Argentine cowboys called? (Pg. 336)
The native people of Colombia.
Who were the Chibcha? (Pg. 342)
Francisco Pizarro
Who was the Spanish explorer who captured and killed the Inca king? (Pg. 350)
The mountain system made up of parallel ranges.
What is the Cordilla? (Pg. 323)
The largest urban area in South America.
What is the Sao Paulo? (Pg. 332)
An area surrounded by land.
What is land locked? (Pg. 340)
A traditional Chibcha ring-toss game.
What is tejo? (Pg. 344)
This empire had about 12 million people.
What was the Inca empire? (Pg. 350)
A river that is flowing for over 16,000 miles.
What is the Orinco? (Pg. 324)
Large slums in the South East.
What are favelas? (Pg. 333)
Group that promotes trade in South America.
What is the Mercosur organization? (Pg. 338)
(This event happened in) 1830.
South American born descendants of Europeans.
What are Creoles? (Pg. 351)
The Rio de la Plata is a:
What is an estray? (;) A partially closed body of water. (Pg. 326)
The stadium most professional Brazilian soccer players compete in.
What is the Maracana Stadium? (Pg. 334)
Groups of people that arrived from Italy, Germany, and Spain to South America.
What are immigrants? (Pg. 336)
Known as "George Washington of South America".
Who was Simon Bolivar? (Pg. 345)
The nearby seaport to Santiago.
What is Valparaiso? (Pg. 355)