south america Flashcards

1
Q

The ____ _____ is he largest and second lagest in the world.

A

Amozon

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2
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Tishe _____ neraly bects the continent of south america

A

tropic of capicorn

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3
Q

________ is the world hightest navigatible lake

A

titicaca

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4
Q

The south american region near the equator has a ______ climate.

A

Tropical

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5
Q

t/f south america is connected to central and north amercia at the ismus of panama

A

true

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6
Q

t/f The major of the connent o south america has a highland climate.

A

false

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7
Q

The andes make up the world longest mounytian range

A

True

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8
Q

south america is known for its vast rain forest area along the andes mountians.

A

false

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9
Q

the worlds larest water fall is______ ____ in _____

A

Angel falls, Venusula

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10
Q

in some parts of south americas ________ ________ no rain fall has ever been recorded.

A

Atacama Dessert

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11
Q

______ is the name given to large parts of poulation who decended from the native Americas the spianish and the the portagies.

A

Mestizo

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12
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The______ is used for trsansportion hauling heavy loads of wool and meat.

A

llama

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13
Q

The capital of the inca empire is called ______.

A

Cuzo

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14
Q

The south america is made up of ____ Contries and_____ dependencies.

A

12 and 2

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15
Q

The south american contries continued to be coonies of the euripeanise nation utill it acheved its independice beginning in the early 1800s.

A

True

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16
Q

Portugese is the offial language of most of south america

A

false

17
Q

over 5000 speice of birds live in south america.

A

False

18
Q

he incaas develped trac farming and lager systems of road

A

true

19
Q

over 90% of the population in south america are _____ _____ reliogon

A

Roman Catholic

20
Q

__________ _________ led the spaish invaders aginst the incas

A

Fransico pizarro

21
Q

________ is South America lagest countries

A

Brizal

22
Q

_______ is South America’s Lagest city and is the thrid largest city in the world

A

Sao Paulo

23
Q

________ has the world largest deposit of platnuim and supplies about 90% of the worlds emerlads.

A

Colombia

24
Q

The____ are 600 miles west of ecudor and arelocated directly onthe equator.

A

Galapogose island

25
Q

T/F The capital and largest city of urguay is Asuncion

A

False

26
Q

T/F About 80% of colubmia export income id flowers

A

False

27
Q

T/F The Andes Mountians contianmany valibles minerals including coopper gold iron are lead silver and zinc.

A

True

28
Q

T/F The galaposgose is the spianish word for tortise.

A

True

29
Q

Brizal brorder all but two South American countries _______ and _______

A

Ecudor and chile

30
Q

The southern part of argentina is a high plains named ______

A

Patagonia