South America Vocab Flashcards
Amazon Basin
The home of the world’s largest tropical rain forests, runs along the largest river in the world on the continent of South America.
Amazon River
A major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil.
Andes Mountains
The world’s longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America
Atacama Desert
Is one of the driest non polar deserts in the world
Brazilian Highlands
Made of hilly, mountains, and plateaus located in central and southeastern Brazil
Cape Horn
The southernmost point of South America
Lake Titicaca
Is the largest lake in the world able to allow ships to pass, located between Bolivia and Peru
Mosquito Coast
A narrow, coastal region of Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Orinoco River
A major ricer of South America flowing from Guiana Highlands through Venezuela and uniquely historically names ¨ a place to paddle in the Warao language
Pampas
A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay
Equator
An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel
Argentina
A country of South America covering the southern portion of the continent with a plethora of physical features such as plains, deserts, and forests along with miles of shorelines
Bolivia
A landlocked country of west-central South America housing part of Lake Titicaca with Sucre as its historic, constitutional capital and La Paz as its administrative capital
Brazil
The lagest country in South America, taking up half the continents landmass, and 5th largest in the world woth Brasilia as its capital
Columbia
Bordered by both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, Uniquely named after Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus with Bogota as its capital
Ecuador
Has a rich cultural heritage linked to the Inca empire and has had a global impact on environmental science studies such as geography and ecology with Quito as its capital
Paraguay
A landlocked country in south central South America plagued by turbulent government and economy with Asuncion as its capital
Patagonia
A dry plateau region found in southern Argentina
Peru
With Lima as its capital, it has a mainly tropical climate and is the home of Machu Picchu an ancient Inca ruins uniquely intact on the Andes mountains
Uruguay
The second smallest country in South America located on its southeastern coast with Montevideo, a harbor city, as its capital
Venezuela
The location of the world’s largest known oil reserves with Caracas as its capital
Chile
A long, narrow country and the closest country to Antarctica and uniquely claims Easter Island, a historic Polynesian island with stone statues, as its territory
