south america pg vocab

Question 1

treeless grassy plains, northern S.A.

Answer 1

llanos

Question 2

longest mountain range in the world, western S.A.

Answer 2

Andes

Question 3

treeless, grassy plains, like llanos but more southern and temperate

Answer 3

pampas

Question 4

trees are cut down, habitats are lost

Answer 4

deforestation

Question 5

all the nutrients in the ground have been used up, “tired”

Answer 5

soil exhaustion

Question 6

estuary, convergence of Uruguay and Pirana rivers, “River of Silver”

Answer 6

Rio de la Plata

Question 7

longest river in northern S.A., north of Guiana Highlands

Answer 7

Orinoco River

Question 8

largest river in the world, lots of tributaries, Jeff Bezos liked the name

Answer 8

Amazon River

Question 9

big flat mountains, like Minecraft blocks

Answer 9

tepuis

Question 10

mouth of the river, where salt and fresh water mix

Answer 10

estuary

Question 11

elevated land with a flat top

Answer 11

plateau

Question 12

plateau region where you’d find Angel Falls and tepuis, south of Orinoco River

Answer 12

Guiana Highlands

Question 13

tallest waterfall in the world

Answer 13

Angel Falls

Question 14

archipelago south of the Strait of Magellan, “fireland”

Answer 14

Tierra del Fuego

Question 15

dark soil created by composting, used in the Amazon

Answer 15

terra preta

Question 16

chain of islands

Answer 16

archipelago

Question 17

break in the southern tip of S.A., connecting Pacific and Atlantic oceans

Answer 17

Strait of Magellan

Question 18

broad, high plateau, in the Andes Mountains

Answer 18

altiplano

Question 19

highest lake in the world, largest in S.A., in the altiplano

Answer 19

Lake Titicaca

Question 20

driest place on earth, in northern Chile

Answer 20

Atacama Desert

Question 21

ocean/weather pattern that affects Pacific Coast, warm water travels eastward instead of westward

Answer 21

El Nino

Question 22

narrow body of water connecting two large bodies of water

Answer 22

strait