Geo 6
____________ is a large-scale sculpture of a hand in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
Completed in 1992, it has become a tourist attraction.
The Mano del Desierto (Hand of the Desert)
Built by the Inca around 1450, but abandoned a century later at the time of the Spanish conquest, _______ is believed to have been a royal estate or sacred religious site for Inca leaders.
It remained unknown to the outside world until 1911.
Machu Picchu
What is the Capital of Brazil?
Brasilia
Capital and largest city in Chile?
Santiago
_________ has the largest economy in South America and the seventh-largest economy in the world
Brazil
True or False: Today, all South American countries have some form of democratic rule
True
The highly developed ______ civilization dominated the Andes region in South America from 1438 to 1533. The led a society estimating to be between 9 to 14 million people.
Inca
Chile's form of government?
presidential republic
At 22,837 feet high and located in the Andes Mountain range in Argentina, __________ is the highest mountain in South America
It is also the highest mountain not located in Asia
Mt. Aconcagua
The ___________ is a plateau in South America west of the Andes mountains that is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Atacama Desert
With a length of approximately 4,300 miles, the ________ is the longest continental mountain range in the world
Andes mountain range
In Chile, _________ are created by Erosion of marble cliffs in an arm of Lake General Carrera
Marble Caves
Located primarily in Brazil and representing over half the world’s remaining rainforests, ________ is the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world
The Amazon Rainforest
Located in Venezuela, ________ is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall with a height of 3,212 feet and a plunge of 2,648 feet
Angel Falls
_________ and _______ are the most spoken languages in South America, with about 200 million speakers of each
Spanish and Portuguese
_______ is a Chilean Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean that's famous for its 887 monumental statues called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people.
One of the most remote islands in the world, it currently has a population of about 6,600
Easter Island
In the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru, ___________ is the largest lake in South America by surface area and by volume.
Lake Titicaca
Peru's form of government?
presidential republic
What are the three "regions" that are used to describe Peru geographically?
Traditionally, three regions are used to describe Peru geographically:
The costa (coast)
The sierra (highlands)
The selva (jungle)
Why did the United States support Panama in their revolution against Columbia?
To get the rights to build the Panama Canal