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100
Which country colonized Brazil?
Portugal
100
Gold, emeralds, silver, & tin are all examples of ___________ resources found in South America.
mineral
100
Means to move from the countryside to the city
urbanization
100
What shows the percentage of people in a country that read and write at an elementary school level?
literacy rate
100
What is the traditional music of the Andean regions?
huayno
200
Which country colonized Peru?
Spain
200
Wool, beef, and grain are examples of _________________ products.
Agricultural
200
Statistics that show how a country's economy is doing
economic indicators
200
What is average age to which people in a country live?
life expectancy
200
The growth of ______________________ created more jobs in the cities South America.
manufacturing
300
Who defeated Atahualpa?
Francisco Pizarro
300
Which South America country supplies the world with emeralds?
Colombia
300
Who led the southern part of South America to independence?
Jose de San Martin
300
Which French general invaded Portugal in 1807?
Napoleon Bonaparte
300
What surrounds South America's biggest cities?
large slums
400
Who was brought to South America to work on the sugar cane plantations?
Enslaved Africans
400
Which country produces the most vehicles in South America?
Brazil
400
Who helped to free the northern parts of South America?
Simon Bolivar
400
Which 2 revolutions encouraged the South American people to revolt and fight for their independence?
American Revolution & French Revolution
400
What cannot be built quickly enough to keep up with the growing number of people that live in the South American cities?
houses
500
Which country colonized the most countries in South America?
Spain
500
Which South America country exports more coffee than any country in the world?
Brazil
500
People and goods move across borders without being taxed
free-trade zone
500
Why did the Portuguese put most of their settlements along the Atlantic coast of Brazil?
The Amazon rainforest was a transportation barrier that prevented them from moving inland.
500
Name 2 South Americas that were awarded the Nobel prize for literature.
Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez