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Study notes from Mrs. R Flashcards

1
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What is the name of a long mountain range along the west coast of South American called?

A

Andes

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What is the name of the mountain system that is made up of roughly parallel ranges?

A

cordillera

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What is the name of the plains region in South America?

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Llanos

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What is the name of a major body of water in South America?

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Rio de la Plata

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What do you call a fertile plains region in southern South America located mainly in Argentina?

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pampas

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This is the second-largest city in Brazil, it is a major port city and Brazil’s former capital?

A

Rio de Janeiro

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What is a partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty water called?

A

estuary

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What is the name of the Capital of Argentina?

A

Buenos Aires

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What is the process of clearing the trees called?

A

deforestation

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What is the process of soil becoming infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants called?

A

soil exhaustion

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What are broad, high plateaus that lies between the ridge of the Andes called?

A

altiplano

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What is an ocean and weather pattern that affects the Pacific coast of American; about every two to seven years, it warms normally cool ocean water and causes extreme ocean and weather events called?

A

El nino

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What is the name of the largest city in Brazil and South America?

A

Sao Paulo

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What is a giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs called?

A

megacity

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What is the name of the Capital of Peru?

A

Lima

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16
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What is the name of a huge slum in Brazil?

A

Favelas

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What is the name of a major port and industrial city in Brazil’s Amazon rain forest?

A

Manaus

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18
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What is the name of the oil-rich body of water in Venezuela?

A

Lake Maracaibo

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What is another name for an Argentian cowboy?

A

gauchos

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20
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What is the sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people called?

A

coup

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21
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What is the name of an organization that promotes trade and economic cooperation among the souther and eastern countries of South America called?

A

Mercosur

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What is a part of the economy that is based on odd jobs that people perform without government regulation through taxes?

A

Informal economy

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23
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What does it mean to be completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean?

A

landlocked

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What do you call the member of an irregular military force?

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guerrillas

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25
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What is another name for a Venezuelan cowboy?

26
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What is a work stoppage by a group of workers until their demands are met called?

27
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What is another name for a governor?

28
Q

What is the name of the Capital of Chile?

29
Q

What is the Caribbean South America known for

A

Being an agricultural region that has the world’s highest concentration of plant and animal species.

30
Q

What are the major crops grown in the Caribbean South America?

A

rice, coffee, bananas, sugarcane

31
Q

What are the effects of the Amazon rain forest?

A

It helps to remove so much carbon dioxide, too many trees are being cleared away, plant life is dying, animals are loosing homes

32
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What are the effects of the Amazon rain forest?

A

It helps to remove so much carbon dioxide, too many trees are being cleared away, plant life is dying, animals are loosing homes

33
Q

What are the four regions of South America?

A
  1. Brazil
  2. Caribbean South America
  3. Andean
  4. South
34
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What countries are included in the region of Brazil?

35
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What countries are included in the region of the Caribbean South America?

A

Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana

36
Q

What countries

are included in the region of Andean?

A

Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile

37
Q

What is the name of the Capital of Chile?

38
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What countries are included in the region of the South?

A

Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina

39
Q

Describe the first climate zone of Pacific South America.

A
  1. lowest zone
  2. hot and humid
  3. sugar cane and bananas are grown here
  4. found along the coast
40
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What are the effects of the Amazon rain forest?

A
  1. creates jobs for loggers
  2. It helps to remove so much carbon dioxide
  3. too many trees are being cleared away
  4. plant life is dying, animals are loosing homes
41
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Describe the third climate zone of the Pacific South America.

A
  1. located in the mountains
  2. cooler zone with forests and grasslands
  3. potatoes and wheat are grown
  4. People live on the farm
42
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Describe the fourth climate zone of the Pacific South America.

A
  1. located above the treeline

2. contains the Altiplano region

43
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Describe the fifth climate zone of the Pacific South America

A
  1. the highest
  2. very cold
  3. nothing can grow because the ground is covered by snow and ice
44
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Describe the fifth climate zone of the Pacific South America

A
  1. the highest
  2. very cold
  3. nothing can grow because the ground is covered by snow and ice
45
Q

Why do people move to Brazil?

A

There was a mining boom in the 1600s and 1700s

46
Q

What are the regions of Brazil?

A

Southest, Northeast, Interior, Amazon

47
Q

What is a religion that combines beliefs and practices of African and Indian religions with Christianity?

48
Q

What are the regions of Brazil?

A

Southeast, Northeast, Interior, Amazon

49
Q

What is a religion that combines beliefs and practices of African and Indian religions with Christianity?

50
Q

Describe the Southeast region of Brazil

A
  1. Most people live here
  2. major cities are here: Rio DE Janiero, Sao Paulo
  3. strong economy but a lot of poverty
  4. contains the slums
51
Q

Describe the Northeast region of Brazil

A
  1. poorest region
  2. many cannot read or have good health
  3. suffers from drought
  4. tourists do come to see the painted buildings, cobblestone streets, and elaborate catholic churches
52
Q

What problems affect the southeast region of Brazil?

A

Poverty, slums, people looking for jobs

53
Q

Why is Brazil so diverse?

A

colonists brought African slaves to work the plantations, descendants were from many European countries

54
Q

Describe the economy of Paraguay.

A
  1. wealth is based on rich families and companies
  2. agriculture is huge! corn, soy beans, cotton, sugar cane
  3. enough is grown for themselves and their families
55
Q

Where do the Colombians live? Why?

A

in fertile valleys and river basins among the mountain ranges because it is good for farming, rivers provide water and help to connect the settlements together

56
Q

Describe Venezuela’s history.

A

Spanish came to find gold and pearls, forced the Indians to search, turned to agriculture when gold couldn’t be found, forced the Indians to work the land, many died because the work was so hard, brought over enslaved Africans to work the land, Simon Bolivar helped the people to revolt against Spain to gain independence.

57
Q

What are some affects of political issues on Venezuela’s development

A

Oil production caused the wealthy to have all the money and force others to move. Many settled in shacks with no electricity and water, very poor. More immigrants came to collect on the oil wealth, but they suffered when the price of oil dropped in the 1980s

58
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Describe the Amazon region of Brazil

A
  1. northern part of Brazil
  2. Manaus (major port and industrial city) is located here
  3. rely on the river for transportation, communication, logging, and mining
59
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Describe the Inca Empire

A
  1. Highly organize
  2. irrigation turned deserts into farmland
  3. roads connected the empire
  4. rope suspension bridges helps to cross steep mountains
  5. had no wheeled vehicles or horses
  6. used runners on relay teams to deliver messages
  7. no written language
  8. king was kidnapped and killed by the Spanish king
60
Q

What is a law that cuts off trade with a specific country called?

7th Grade World Geography (24 decks)

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