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the dense mass of leaves ad branches that form the top layer of a rain forest
What is a canopy?
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a fertile area in a desert that has a source of water
What is an oasis?
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Who are the Quechua?
Native group from Peru.
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What are the three geographic regions of Peru?
What are the mountain region (sierra), coastal plain, and forest region (selva)?
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What cultural group makes up the majority of Chile's population?
Mestizo
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flat, grassy plains
What is a savanna?
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the mountain region of Peru
What is a sierra?
200
Who are the Munduruku and Yanomami?
Native groups from Brazil.
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Are you more likely to find a telephone in Cuzco or a Quechua village?
Cuzco
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to sail or fly all the way around something, such as Earth
What is circumnavigate?
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a large tropical rain forest occupying the Amazon Basin in South America
What is the Amazon rain forest?
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5,500 mile-long mountain range that runs along the western coast of S.A.
What is the Andes Mountain Range?
300
a large, slow-moving mass of ice and snow
What is a glacier?
300
Brazilians are descendants of what three ancestral groups?
Native American, African, and European
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What caused Chile's agricultural revolution?
Copper prices fell
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River in northern South America; 2nd longest in the world
What is the Amazon River?
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a high plateau in the Andes Mountains
What is the Altiplano?
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military dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1988
Who is Augusto PINOCHET Ugarte?
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Why did the government of Brazil move the country's capital?
to encourage people to move to the interior parts of Brazil and develop the resources (mining, logging, farming, etc.)
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What was life like when Pinochet was in power?
human rights abuses by government, little freedom and democracy
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Why is the Amazon rain forest so important to everyone in the world?
oxygen, fresh water, medicine
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What kinds of crops are grown in Chile?
Variety of fruits and vegetables
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Portuguese explorer sailing for Spain, whose expedition first circumnavigated the globe
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
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What are the main threats to the Amazon Rainforest?
logging, smuggling of animals, and pollution
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Why is Chilean produce free of many plant pests?
The Andes Mountains protect the farming regions
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