Countries/Capitals
Land and Water
Climate and Vegetation
Resources and Land Use
Vocabulary
100
This is the largest country of South America. Its capital is Brasilia.
What is Brazil?
100
South America can be divided into three land regions. They are:
What are the Andes Mountains, the Eastern Highlands, and the Central Plains?
100
In this part of South America, storms called Pamperas, with heavy rain and strong winds can occur.
What is the Pampas?
100
These kinds of trees are important to South America's economy?
What mahogany, rosewood and rubber trees?
100
A river or stream that flows into a larger river.
What is a tributary?
200
This South American country is high in the Andes Mountains. Its capital is Santiago.
What is Chile?
200
This is the longest river in South America and the second longest in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
200
It is estimated that 40% of our Earth's oxygen is produced here:
What are the South American rainforests?
200
South America's resources include minerals. Some common minerals of South America include: (list three)
What are: gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin, nickel, uranium, bauxite, or coal?
200
A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.
What is an isthmus?
300
This South American country gets its name from where it is located. Its capital is Quito.
What is Ecuador?
300
This river of South America is named for the "terrored, flesh-eating fish."
What is the Parana'?
300
These three factors affect the climates of South America.
What are: elevation, location and wind patterns?
300
South America has had to learn how to diversify. This means:
What is "adding variety" to their economies.
300
The ways that goods and services are produced and made available to people.
What is the economy?
400
These are the only two South American countries which are not bordered by an ocean. Identify their capital also.
What are Paraguay (Asucion') and Bolivia (La Paz and Sucre)
400
The Andes Mountains are a part of a volcanic chain of mountains in and around the Pacific Ocean. This area is called:
What is the "Ring of Fire?"
400
The climates of South America help to determine what crops can be grown there. Three crops grown in South America include:
What are: corn, coffee, bananas, wheat, sugar cane, rice, etc.
400
This natural resource helps to produce power.
What is water?
400
Things found in nature that people can use to meet their needs.
What are natural resources?
500
South America has twelve countries. They are:
What are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela
500
South America has several kinds of biomes. These biomes include: list three
What are: grasslands, rainforests, tundra, or deciduous forests.
500
What weather pattern is known to bring disaster to South America, in terms of climate?
What is "El Nino?"
500
Explain what happens when too much of one resource is produced worldwide?
What is: there becomes too much of the resource and not enough people to buy it. The economy of an area goes down.
500
Electric power produced by rushing water.
What is hydroelectricity?
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