History and Government
Who were the skilled engineers?
Inca
Today about .. percent of the subregion's population lives in urban areas.
84
Loyalty and what are toward the extended family, however, remain very strong?
responsibility
Brazil, the largest country in South America, has been undergoing continuous growth and development since when?
1970
Land and water use in South America follow physical what?
Geography
What did the Inca use to account for financial and historical records?
quipus
South America is the world's ...... ....... continent.
fourth-largest
Changes brought about by urban society have diminished its overall what?
Importance
The increased global demand for raw natural resources and manufacturing has had an impact on the overall ......... growth in the region's countries.
Economic
Andean
To meet the resulting labor shortage, European colonists imported what?
enslaved africans
Brazil has a population of what?
205 million
...... ...... in Chile and Colombia provide benefits for pregnant employees.
Work codes
Colombia implemented the U.S.- Colombia Free Trade Agreement with the United States when?
2012
More than 20 percent of the subregion's .......... is employed in the primary sector that includes farming, ranching, and fishing.
Workforce
The precious metals and the wealth of farmers of the Inca Empire attracted Spanish conquistadors to where?
Peru
...-..-....... migrants seek higher wages, better living conditions, and sometimes an escape from the violence of drug cartels or criminal groups.
Rural-to-urban
Although women can still face discrimination and ........... , there are signs of change.
Mistreatment
Economic growth has been steady and strong across the region and has ........... countries to pay their foreign debt.
Coca's derivative can also be used to make the illegal drug what?
Cocaine
By the mid 1800s, led by revolutionaries such as .......... ......... of Venezuela and Jose de San Martin of Argentina, most South American countries had won independence.
Simon Bolivar
Despite population densities that are lower overall than other world regions, much of the economic and structural development is concentrated in what?
Major cities
The ......... relationship, in which parents and godparents share in the upbringing of a child, is valued in parts of Latin America.
Compadre
The separatism that characterized South American countries in the past is giving way to new trade partnerships and cooperation on .............. that are mutually beneficial.
Infrastructure
The major road systems in South America include the .......-......... Highway that stretches through Chile as it links many cities north to south.
Pan-American