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The high plateau region in the Andes where a number of of indigenous groups, including the Quechua, live
What is Altiplano
100
Hundreds of years ago, much of Peru was inhabited by this group of people.
Who are the Inca?
100
Chile's seasons are the reverse of those in the United States because Chile is located here.
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
100
Which industry caused Venezuela to become the richest country in Latin America in the early 1980's?
What is oil?
100
To sail or fly around the earth.
What is circumnavigate?
200
Where most the people of Brazil live (be general, not specific)
What is along the coasts?
200
The three main geographic regions are
What is coastal region, sierra, and the selva
200
The Portuguese explorer whose expedition first circled the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
200
This is where most of Venezuela's population lives (be general, not specific)
What is in cities?
200
A fertile (green, rich) area in a desert that has a source of water.
What is an oasis?
300
Most Native American people living in the altiplano make a living by...
What is farming and herding?
300
The mountain region of Peru is commonly referred to as this.
What is the sierra?
300
The majority of Chile's people are of these descendants
What is mestizos?
300
When the government sells industries it owns to private businesses this is called...
What is privatization?
300
The overthrow of a ruler or government by an organized group which then takes power.
What is coup?
400
Most Brazilians are descendants of which 3 groups of people (ancestors)
What is Native American, African, and European
400
The unusual substance creating the islands of Lake Titicaca. Be specific.
What is totora reeds?
400
Santiago's pollution problem is caused in part by..
What the city's location in the Andes Mountains?
400
A large city where many Venezuelan's live.
What is Caracas?
400
A dense roof-like cover that the leaves of the highest trees in the rain forest create.
What is canopy?
500
This is why the government of Brazil moved the country's capital.
What is to encourage people to move to the interior parts of Brazil?
500
The two adjectives that best describe the climate of the selva.
What are hot and wet?
500
Chile has been protected from many agricultural pests and animal diseases due to this.
What is the shield created by the Andes Mountains?
500
What caused many Venezuelans to lose their jobs in the mid-1980s?
What is a drop in the price of oil?
500
A flat grassy region or plain.
What is a savanna?