Chap 12- South America

Question 0

What to South American countries are landlocked

Answer 0

Bolivia & Paraguay

Question 1

What is the world’s highest waterfall and where is it located

Answer 1

Angel falls in Venezuela

Question 2

What is Argentina’s most densely populated region

Answer 2

The eastern edge of the pampes

Question 3

Who conquered the Incan empire

Answer 3

Francisco Pizarro

Question 4

Uruguay is a buffer state between what two countries

Answer 4

Argentina and Brazil

Question 5

Which South American nation has a particularly severe problem with terrorism

Answer 5

Colombia

Question 6

What are Argentina’s major exports

Answer 6

Wheat and beef

Question 7

What issue in the Amazon River basin is an international issue

Answer 7

Preservation of the rain forests

Question 8

What nation is the world’s largest producer and exporter of copper

Answer 8

Chile

Question 9

Around what lake are fast deposits of oil located

Answer 9

Maracaibo, Venezuela

Question 10

Which South American Indians, in the Colombian Andes, developed gold-working skills

Answer 10

Chibecha

Question 11

What are Colombia’s main legal products

Answer 11

Cut flowers & coffee

Question 12

Where does about 25% of the population of Rio de Janeiro live

Answer 12

Favelas

Question 13

What are the major rivers in South America

Answer 13

Amazon, Orinoco, Parana

Question 14

The llama is related to what animals

Answer 14

Alpaca & vacona

Question 15

Where in South America would you find a Mediterranean climate

Answer 15

Central valley of Chile

Question 16

Where is the driest region in South America

Answer 16

Atacoma desert, Chile

Question 17

What is La Niña?

Answer 17

Colder than normal water temperatures in the Pacific ocean

Question 18

What country is famous for its emeralds

Answer 18

Colombia

Question 19

What country contains a large tar sands

Answer 19

Venezuela

Question 20

What civilization once covered the area of what is now Ecuador to Chile

Answer 20

Inca civilization

Question 21

What was the capital city of the Incan empire

Answer 21

Cuzco

Question 22

Where did the Spanish conquerors of the Incas establish their capital city

Answer 22

Lima, Peru

Question 23

Which South American cities were established through the sugar and slavery trade

Answer 23

Natal & Salvador

Question 24

What country is the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world

Answer 24

Brazil

Question 25

What is a coup?

Answer 25

Military takeover of government

Question 26

Which South American country has the highest percentage of people of European ancestry

Answer 26

Argentina

Question 27

What is a major cause of poverty and unrest in South America

Answer 27

Inequality of landownership

Question 28

The city of Manaus grew rich in the late 1800s from which resource

Answer 28

Rubber

Question 29

What countries are full members in Mercosur?

Answer 29

All except Bolivia

Question 30

What factors remain as challenges for South American countries

Answer 30

Deforestation, soil exhaustion, and overgrazing

Question 31

What are serious environmental concerns in South America

Answer 31

Latafundras

Question 32

A chain of High plateaus

Answer 32

Tepuls

Question 33

Small farms that are often unprofitable

Answer 33

Minifundia

Question 34

The line of elevation above which trees do not grow

Answer 34

Tree line

Question 35

Tropical fruit with starchy roots

Answer 35

Manioc

Question 36

Rock or sand layers that contain oil

Answer 36

Tar sands

Question 37

Large urban slums

Answer 37

Favelas

Question 38

A large plains area between Colombia and Venezuela

Answer 38

Llanos

Question 39

Southern common market

Answer 39

Mercosur

Question 40

A small Country between two larger more powerful countries

Answer 40

Buffer state

Question 41

Why does the continent of South America have a wide variety of regions

Answer 41

It extends through a large amount of latitude

Question 42

What is the purpose of Mercosur

Answer 42

It reduces tariffs, increases trade, and improves transportation

Question 43

Describe how the tepuis of the Guiana highlands are different from the Andes mountains

Answer 43

The andes are high in elevation and pointy Tepuis are plateaus, and flat on top

Question 44

Why do the majority of South Americans today follow the Roman Catholic faith

Answer 44

Because of their colonial history

Question 45

What are four developments of inca civilizations that are still visible today

Answer 45

Tariff fields, bridges, paved roads, and stone construction

Question 46

How is the history of Brazilian independence different than that of the Spanish colonies in South America

Answer 46

The Spanish colonies fought for their independence Brazil- didn't fight for their independence. They asked the king of Portugal to leave his son in Brazil so that they could be independent