LAND & WATER
MOUNNTAINS
CLIMATES
NATURAL RESOURCES
CARDINAL FACTS
100
A large raised level of mostly level land.
What is a plateau?
100
The largest mountain range in South America
What is the Andes Mountains/
100
A jet stream along the western coast of South America
What is the El Nino?
100
Electrical power produced by rushing water
What is hydroelectricity?
100
Name one other 6th grade social studies teacher besides Mr. Gupton
What is Mr. Brown & Ms Mac?
200
The longest river in South America
What is the Amazon River?
200
The largest mountain range in the world
What is the Himalaya Mountains?
200
A large, slow moving mass of snow and ice
What is a glacier?
200
Depending on one crop or resource for a country's economy
What is a one-resource economy?
200
What we do every morning for ten minutes in homeroom
What is read?
300
A dense, evergreen forest with abundant rainfall
What is a tropical rainforest?
300
The highest airport in elevation in the world
What is El Alto
300
One of the driest places on earth
What is the Atacama desert?
300
This country grows more coffee than any other country in the world
What is Brazil?
300
The date of the last day of school
What is June 9th?
400
A river or stream that flows into a larger river
What is a tributary?
400
An animal the Indians of the mountains use as a pack animal
What is a llama?
400
Moves cold air from the North & South Poles to the equator
What is the wind?
400
A South American crop that grows well at high elevations
What is potatoes?
400
The Athletic Director at WHMS
What is Mr. Womack?
500
Flat grasslands in South America
What is a pampas?
500
The highest mountain peak in the world
What is Mt. Everest?
500
The way goods & services are produced and made available to people
What is the economy?
500
Name one of the two countries where most of South America's oil is found
What is Venezuela & Colombia?
500
What sport and grade level Mr. Gupton coached in the 2009-2010 school year
What is 8th grade girls basketball?