609 Q1

Question 1

What region is to the south and lies in Argentina and Chile?

Answer 1

Patagonia

Question 2

The president killed by Chilean army

Answer 2

Allende

Question 3

What region includes three parts?

Answer 3

lowland plains

Question 4

What influence is stronger in Chile?

Answer 4

European

Question 5

Name these countries/places on a map

Answer 5

Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Tierra del Fuego, Straight of Magellan

Question 6

Islands and fjords in southwest Chile

Answer 6

the Archipelago

Question 7

What from northern Chile is used to make fertilizer?

Answer 7

Nitrate of Soda

Question 8

In what part of Chile does irrigation allow for the growing of fruit to export?

Answer 8

Central

Question 9

The Souther Cone’s land regions from west to east are

Answer 9

1) coastal plain, mountains, lowland plains

Question 10

Chile lies on the Ring of Fire and therefor has what?

Answer 10

Earthquakes and volcanoes

Question 11

Mountain regions are found in what two Southern cone countries?

Answer 11

Chile and Argentina

Question 12

What region is to the north and lies in Argentina and Paraguay?

Answer 12

The Gran Chaco

Question 13

leads the world in copper production

Answer 13

Chile

Question 14

What two countries fought against Chile in the War of the Pacific?

Answer 14

Bolivia and Peru

Question 15

landlocked Southern Cone country

Answer 15

Paraguay

Question 16

What is raised in Southern Chile?

Answer 16

Sheep

Question 17

Chile mines copper and nitrate of soda where?

Answer 17

In the Northern part of the country

Question 18

The Araucanians (or Mapuche) were a warlike tribe who held out against the Spanish longer than most Indians. Today the live in what part of Chile?

Answer 18

Southern

Question 19

Home of the Andes’ highest peak

Answer 19

Argentina

Question 20

Name of South America’s highest peak

Answer 20

Aconcagua

Question 21

The point where an earthquake begins is called what?

Answer 21

The epicenter

Question 22

What is the largest Southern Cone country?

Answer 22

Argentina

Question 23

Sheep are raised in Southern Chile for what?

Answer 23

Mutton and wool

Question 24

What could cause a tsunami?

Answer 24

An earthquake

Question 25

The area that Chile seized from Bolivia

Answer 25

Atacama Desert

Question 26

Chile’s largest cities are in what part of the country?

Answer 26

Central part

Question 27

smallest Southern Cone country

Answer 27

Uruguay

Question 28

“shoestring republic”

Answer 28

Chile

Question 29

The Atacama Desert is found where?

Answer 29

in northern Chile

Question 30

What region lies in Argentina and Uruguay?

Answer 30

The Pampas

Question 31

Coastal plane is found only in what Southern cone country?

Answer 31

Chile

Question 32

Chile’s main seaport

Answer 32

Valparaiso

Question 33

What three things in Chile preserve Spanish culture more than Indian culture?

Answer 33

language, religion, and art

Question 34

What is Chile’s most important crop?

Answer 34

Wheat

Question 35

Capital of Chile

Answer 35

Santiago