The dry region on the downward side of the mountain range
Rain Shadow
100
Why did groups settle in the lowlands?
There was a lot of animal life and good farming land, so people could live there and eat for a long time
100
What land form is on the western side of the continent?
The Andes Mountains
100
What country houses much of the Amazon River and the Basin?
Brazil
200
Farming that provides enough food to survive
Subsistence Farming
200
To carefully uncover something by digging away and removing the earth that covers it
Excavate
200
Both the Guarani and the Tupinamba people lived in what region of South America?
The lowlands
200
What is the difference between climate change and global warming?
Climate change is a slow shift and has happened in the past, and global warming is within the last 100 years and is only warming, instead of any kind of change
200
Where did the Inca live?
The Andes Mountains
300
A gas that absorbs heat energy and warms Earth's atmosphere
Greenhouse Gas
300
The continuous movement of air or water in the same direction
Current
300
Who discovered and later helped conquer the Inca?
Pizarro
300
Name a source of greenhouse gases
Factory pollution, car exhaust, power plants
300
What is the largest river basin in the world?
The Amazon River Basin
400
A member of a group of people who move from place to place
Nomad
400
Having flat areas created on the side of a hill or mountain, used especially for growing crops
Terraced
400
List 2 engineering concepts/inventions that the Inca came up with
Terraced farming, suspension bridge, architecture in Machu Picchu, irrigation canals
400
What natural disaster is caused by El Ninos?
Flooding
400
Name a threat to the rainforest?
Deforestation, Human Interaction, Climate Change
500
How fast or slow something is
speed
500
strait
A stream or a small river that connects to larger bodies of water
500
air
gases that you breathe
500
What natural land form is created by a rain shadow in South America?