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Unit 5 Test Review Flashcards

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A sudden overthrow of a government, often by the military

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coup

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aids trade in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay

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Rio de la Plata

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Argentina

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Buenos Aires

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Bahamas

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Nassau

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Belize

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Belmopan

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Bolivia

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La Paz

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Bolivia was named for ___, a famous freedom fighter during the South American wars of independence.

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Simón Bolivar

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Brazil

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Brasília

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Chile

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Santiago

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Colombia

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Bogotá

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controlled most of Central and South America in the 16th-18th centuries

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Spain

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Costa Rico

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San José

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Cuba

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Havana

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Dominican Republic

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Santo Domingo

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Ecuador

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Quito

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El Salvador

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San Salvador

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has the highest density of biodiversity of any ecosystem in teh world.

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Amazon rainforest

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French Guiana

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Cayenne

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Guatemala

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Guatemala City

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Guyana

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Georgetown

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Haiti

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Port-au-Prince

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Honduras

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Tegucigalpa

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Identify Angel Falls

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24
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Identify Argentina

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Identify Belize

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Identify Bolivia

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Identify Brazil

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Identify Cape Horn

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Identify Chile

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Identify Colombia

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Identify Costa Rica

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Identify Cuba

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Identify Ecuador

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Identify El Salvador

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Identify French Guiana

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Identify Guatemala

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Identify Guyana

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38
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Identify Haiti

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Identify Honduras

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Identify Jamaica

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41
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Identify Lake Maracaibo

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42
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Identify Lake Nicaragua

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43
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Identify Lake Titicaca

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Identify Nicaragua

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45
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Identify Pagonia

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46
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Identify Panama

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Identify Paraguay

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Identify Peru

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Identify Puerto Rico

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Identify Rio de la Plata

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identify Suriname

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Identify the Amazon Rainforest

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53
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Identify the Amazon River

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54
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Identify the Andes Mountains

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Identify the Atacama Desert

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Identify the Atlantic Ocean

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57
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Identify the Bahamas

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58
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Identify the Brazilian Highlands

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59
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Identify the Caribbean Sea

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60
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Identify the Dominican Republic

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61
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Identify the Drake Passage

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62
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Identify the Equator

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63
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Identify the Greater Antilles

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64
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Identify the Guiana Highlands

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Identify the Lesser Antilles

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Identify the Pacific Ocean

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Identify the Pampas Plains

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68
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Identify the Panama Canal

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69
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Identify the Rio Orinoco

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70
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Identify the Rio Paraná

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71
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Identify the Strait of Magellan

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72
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Identify Tierra del Fuego

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73
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Identify Uruguay

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74
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Identify Venezuela

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75
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In 1804, ___ gained independence from France by means of a slave revolt

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Haiti

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Jamaica

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Kingston

77
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Nicaragua

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Managua

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Panama

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Panama City

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Paraguay

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Asunción

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Peru

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Lima

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prior to the construction of the Panama Canal, the safest passageway for ships traveling from the Atlantic to the Pacific

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Strait of Magellan

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Puerto Rico

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San Juan

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Suriname

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Paramaribo

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the driest desert on earth

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Atacama Desert

85
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The peaks of the Andes Mountains are ___ than the Rocky Mountains.

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higher

86
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the world’s highest waterfall

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Angel Falls

87
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Uruguay

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Montevideo

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Venezuala

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Caracas

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