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100
This country in Central America is attached by land to the continent of South America.
What is Panama?
100
This capital city was built to ease the overcrowding along the coastline. It was a planned city built in the interior of the country.
What is Brasilia?
100
These are poor farmers that can grow only enough food for themselves and their families.
What are subsistence farmers?
100
This group of ancient people were master builders. They built temples and aqueducts.
What are the Incas?
100
This is the term for the cutting down of trees.
What is deforestation?
200
This city has the highest population density in South America.
What is Sao Paolo, Brazil?
200
This capital city of Chile has a serious smog issue.
What is Santiago?
200
This document settled land disputes between Spain and Portugal during the colonial period.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
200
This is the major religion of the people of South America.
What is Christianity?
200
The discovery of this resource created an economic boom for Venezuela.
What is petroleum/oil?
300
The equator runs across what country in South America, which is named for this line of latitude?
What is Ecuador?
300
This country and capital city is known for its cosmopolitan society. The capital is named for the wonderful breezes from the ocean.
What is Buenos Aires, Argentina?
300
The Amazon Rain forest is important to the entire planet due to this process that creates 20% of the earth’s oxygen.
What is photosynthesis?
300
Hugo Chavez is trying to assume powers of a dictator in this country.
What is Venezuela?
300
This is a major problem in Mexico; it has pushed many into drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
What is unemployment?
400
Where do most people in South America live: in the forests, in the mountains, on farms, or along the coast?
What is along the coasts?
400
These are the two capital cities of Bolivia.
What are La Paz and Sucre?
400
The Spanish colonial rulers in South America were pushed out, they were replaced by these military officers.
What are caudillos?
400
This ancient group of peoples dominated the area of southern Mexico and most of Central America.
What are the Mayas?
400
The process of humans overusing soil to the point that it becomes sand is called this.
What is desertification?
500
South America ranks this in size when compared to all other continents.
What is 4th largest?
500
This is the country and capital of a country in South America that has petroleum, agriculture, aluminum, chemicals and textiles.
What is Caracas, Venezuela?
500
People have tried to make their countries more just by using strikes and other strategies that are examples of this.
What are political movements?
500
Hernan Cortes conquered this ancient indigenous group of people.
Who are the Aztecs?
500
This Spaniard helped the people of Gran Colombia gain independence from Spain. He became their first president.
Who is Simon Bolivar?