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100
The Amazon, Parana, and ____________ are the three main river systems in South America.
What is the Orinoco?
100
This was the capital of the Incan Empire.
What is Cuzco?
100
Uruguay serves as a ___________ ____________ between Brazil and Argentina.
What is buffer state?
100
This is the driest region of South America.
What is the Atacama Desert?
100
These are large estates owned by wealthy landowners.
What is latifundia?
200
This is the mountain range that extends from Venezuela through Chile.
What is the Andes?
200
This nation has the largest Portuguese-speaking population.
What is Brazil?
200
This country is famous for its emeralds.
What is Columbia?
200
This can cause a loss of oxygen as well as depletion of valuable natural resources.
What is deforestation?
200
This is the line of elevation above which trees do not grow.
What is the tree line?
300
Known for its lush foliage and diverse animal population, the Amazon Rain Forest grows in this Brazilian land feature.
What is the Amazon Basin?
300
Researchers believe the first people in South America arrived this many years ago.
What is 12,000?
300
97% of this country's population is of European ancestry.
What is Argentina?
300
This is the loss of soil nutrients and a reductions of its usefulness.
What is soil exhaustion?
300
Rock or sand layers that contain oil are called ____ _________.
What are tar sands?
400
This area of Argentina has a semi-arid, highland climate, and is often cold and harsh because of its location near the Southern tip of the continent.
What is Patagonia.
400
In 1494 Spain and ___________ signed a treaty that split the continent in half.
What is Portugal?
400
Bolivia and ____________ are the two South American nations that are landlocked.
What is Paraguay?
400
During this weather pattern Pacific waters are colder than normal.
What is La Nina?
400
This is the Southern Common Market, also an organization that promotes trade among South American nations.
What is Mercosur?
500
These are a chain of high plateaus that have been left by erosion.
What are tepuis?
500
This ancient civilization once stretched from Ecuador to Chile.
What is the Incan Empire?
500
This nation has large oil reserves mainly due to its vast tar sands.
What is Venezuela?
500
A Mediterranean climate is found in this South American nation.
What is Chile?
500
These are small farms that are often unprofitable.
What is minifundia?