Geography: South America Chapter 9
Cottage Industry
A business that employs workers in their homes small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment
llama
A hoofed animal indigenous to the Andes Mountains in South America. related to Alpaca
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CLIMATE South America extends over ______ of latitude--so climate may range DRASTICALLY.
El Nino
CLIMATES, BIOMES, RESOURCES Affects the climate in South America by creating unusually warm ocean currents and can leave negative effects on coastal weather, fishing, and agriculture.
Diverse
CLIMATES, BIOMES, RESOURCES ______ climate makes South America a region of contrasts
copper
Chile is the world's largest exporter of __________.
unusually warm ocean currents
El Nino affects the climate of South America by creating __________________ and can leave negative effects on coastal weather, fishing, and agriculture.
Guiana Highlands
Highland area located in the northeast section of South America. Venezuela's highest elevation
Tepuis
LAND FORMS OF SOUTH AMERICA Chain of high plateaus edged by cliffs/Angel Falls--highest waterfall in the world flows over a tepui
pampas
LAND FORMS OF SOUTH AMERICA grassy, treeless plains of southern South America
llanos
LAND FORMS OF SOUTH AMERICA inland grassland region--provides fertile soil Means "plains" in Spanish--these are found in the countries of Columbia and Venezuela
cordilla
LAND FORMS OF SOUTH AMERICA natural barriers that resulted in the development of isolated groups parallel chains or ranges of mountains
Andes
LAND FORMS OF SOUTH AMERICA west a mountain chain of western South America
broad plateaus and valleys
LAND FORMS OF SOUTH AMERICA East
Andes
LAND FORMS OF SOUTH AMERICA created by collision of the Nazca and South American plates--runs from Ecuador down to Chile Ancient home of Incas--Mach Picchu
Parana
Major River
beans coffee corn potatoes peppers squash sweet potato
Native goods that went to Europe
soil timber rubber hydroelectricity nuts plants for medicine gold silver copper iron ore bauxite oil emeralds
Natural Resources
Tar sands
Natural resource of Venezuela Rock or sand layers that contain OIL--the oil has to be cooked out of rocks. Production is very EXPENSIVE
3,000
RAINFORESTS _____ acres of rainforest are destroyed every HOUR
Orinoco
RIVERS Drains the Guiana Highlands--runs through Venezuela
Nazca
South American civilization famous for its massive aerial-viewable formations
Altiplano
Spanish for "high plain", a region in Peru and Bolivia encircled by the Andes A plateau region located in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru
Amazon Basin
The Amazon River flows 4,000 miles through South America. It is the longest river in South America. There are hundreds of small rivers that join the Amazon to form the ___________________.
4,000 South America
The Amazon River flows ______ miles through _______. There are hundreds of small rivers that join the Amazon to form the Amazon Basin.
physical geography
The _______ ________ dictates each country's access to natural resources.
Brazil
The largest rainforest is in _______--others in Central America and Africa.
Eastern Pacific
WEATHER PATTERN El Nino---__________ is warmer, climate is wetter
La Nino
WEATHER PATTERN Pacific waters are colder
Amazon River
Water systems-- ______ flows 4,000 miles through the heart of South American and is the longest river in South America.
minifundia
When large estates were broken up, this is what the small farms were called. POOR land and TOO small for profit
regenerate
When trees fall of natural causes, rainforests are able to ___________________
Angel Falls
World's highest waterfall located in southern Venezuela (Movie - Up)
Amazon
World's largest river in VOLUME
Amazon River Basin
World's largest tropical humid climate region
Lake Maracaibo Lake Titicaca
_____ and ______ are South America's LARGEST LAKES.
Pantanal
_____ is one of the world's largest tropical wetlands
Orinoco River Parana River Paraguay River Uraguay River
_____, ______, ______, and _____ drain the rain eastern half of South America
50%
______ of ALL plants and animals find their homes in rainforests
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_______ countries in South America. One overseas department of France--French Guinea
rainforest
an area of lush vegetation and year-round rainfall
Spanish introductions
cows, donkey, sheep, sugarcane, llama--related to alpaca, and wheat
favelas
large slums that surround major cities and urban areas.
French Guinea
still under french control "Official Overseas French Department" space industry big
