Chapter 12 SQ and Chapter Review

Question 1

On which coast are most of Colombia’s ports?

Answer 1

The Caribbean coast

Question 2

What lowland wilderness do the Caribbean countries share?

Answer 2

Pacific lowlands

Question 3

What made Venezuela the richest country in SA?

Answer 3

The discovery of oil fields

Question 4

What European nations, besides Spain and Portugal, had colonies in SA?

Answer 4

The British, Dutch, and France

Question 5

What is the only foreign controlled region in SA?

Answer 5

Guiana

Question 6

What Indians built the biggest civilization in South America?

Answer 6

The incas

Question 7

What is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the New World?

Answer 7

Cusco

Question 8

Why is Peru’s coast a desert?

Answer 8

The Andes block rain

Question 9

How has being landlocked hurt Bolivia?

Answer 9

It has hurt their trade

Question 10

What nation has 2 capitals?

Answer 10

Bolivia

Question 11

Describe 2 unusual features of Lake Titicaca

Answer 11

It’s very high. It had mountains on both sides

Question 12

Name the 3 regions of Chile

Answer 12

The northern desert, the Central Valley, and the southern archipelago

Question 13

What is the 2nd largest city in SA? Why is it so big?

Answer 13

Buenos aires

Question 14

Who liberated Argentina and chile from Spain?

Answer 14

Jose de San Martin

Question 15

What country colonized Brazil?

Answer 15

Portugal

Question 16

Why are southern cities more prosperous than NE cities in Brazil?

Answer 16

The NE cities have poor soil

Question 17

Brazil leads in world production of what 3 products from the Brazilian Highlands?

Answer 17

Oranges, beef cattle, and iron

Question 18

What mineral products come from the Amazon Basin?

Answer 18

Iron, bauxite, tin

Question 19

Why is the soil poor in the Amazon?

Answer 19

There is a lot of rain fall, and the vegetation is decaying,

Question 20

3 plateau regions of SA are:

Answer 20

Mato Grosso, I can only find one

Question 21

3 major SA river systems are:

Answer 21

The Amazon, the Sao Francisco, and the Paraguay

Question 22

What piece of land joins North and South America?

Answer 22

Panama

Question 23

What illegal drugs first came from SA?

Answer 23

Heroin, cocaine, and marijuana

Question 24

What is the most fertile grassland in SA?

Answer 24

Gran Chaco

Question 25

zambos

Answer 25

Mixed black and Amerindiam

Question 26

Creole

Answer 26

A language

Question 27

Llanos

Answer 27

A grassy plain

Question 28

piranha

Answer 28

Flesh eating fish

Question 29

tepuis

Answer 29

Huge block shaped mts

Question 30

landlocked

Answer 30

Not bordering the sea

Question 31

Altiplano

Answer 31

High plain

Question 32

estuary

Answer 32

Ocean inlet

Question 33

Pampas

Answer 33

Low plains

Question 34

selva

Answer 34

A flat basin covered by rain forests

Question 35

slash and burn agriculture

Answer 35

Cutting down and burning of forest for agriculture

Question 36

leaching

Answer 36

Rain carries nutrients away

Question 37

deforestation

Answer 37

Logging

Question 38

Line of Demarcation

Answer 38

The beginning of South America

Question 39

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 39

Gave Portugal Brazil

Question 40

Peru Current

Answer 40

Flows north from the Atlantic

Question 41

Shining Path

Answer 41

A communist guerrilla group

Question 42

Chapter Review

Answer 42

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Question 43

SQ 308, 312

Answer 43

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Question 44

Who liberated Argentina and Chile from Spain?

Answer 44

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Question 45

SQ 304

Answer 45

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Question 46

Define terms

Answer 46

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Question 47

SQ 298 & SQ 299

Answer 47

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