Culture
Religion practiced by about 80% of South Americans today.
What is Catholicism?
Governments in South America are moving towards this in their political challenges.
What is democracy?
A type of plant grown for food and also for industrial products such as plastics, inks, and adhesives.
What are soybeans?
Brazil is the leading world producer of which product?
What is coffee?
Mixed European and native ancestry.
What is mestizo?
Two most widely spoken languages in South America.
What are Portuguese and Spanish?
When colonial rule ended for most South American countries.
What is the early 1800's?
In the Pampas areas these two industries are major contributors of the regions prosperity.
What are the cattle industry and agriculture?
A major industry in Brazil.
What is steel?
The food that is characteristic of a particular place.
What is cuisine?
European presence in South America, the large number of indigenous groups on the continent, and the topography of the land and the density of its jungles is the reason for this in South America.
What is language diversity?
Challenge that Argentina, Peru, and Chile have all faced.
What is leadership changing frequently?
The reason for Chile's success in agriculture.
What is the mild climate?
A benefit of hosting the Olympic games.
What is the building of the Olympic Village and other structures will create jobs?
Word that is used to describe a language that is a blend of two different languages.
What is Creole?
Challenges many students face today in rural South America.
What are no schools available in rural areas, and children leaving schools to go to work to earn money for their families?
Why is Michelle Bachelet Jeria and important person?
What is she is the first femal president elected in Chile?
This industry is at the center of the economy for Peru.
What is the mining industry?
Explosive population growth in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has contributed to what situation?
What is overcrowding in the slums?
A liquid removed from sugarcane or corn that is used in biofuels.
What is ethanol?
In 2001, this country elected its first president of Quechua descent.
What is Peru?
In Argentina, this is a major economic advantage of growing soybeans.
What is they don't need a lot of fertilizer, so production costs are low?
Why did the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have historic importance?
What is the Olympic Games have never been held in a South American country before?
A sudden attempt by a group of people to take over the government.
What is a coup?