World Regional Geography: Chapter 9 South America

_____ is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere at -344 feet below sea level.

Laguna Del Carbon

Countries like Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile form the _____ region of South America.

Southern Cone

What is the official language of the Rural Amerindian Region?

Spanish

_____ is the center of trade and industry for Brazil, but _____ receives greater attention for tourism.

São Paulo; Rio de Janeiro

True or False: Salvador, located on the coast, was Brazil's first capital.

True

True or False: CITGO is Venezuela's national oil company.

True

True or False: São Paulo is the largest city in South America.

True

True or False: The United States is the largest consumer of Colombian oil.

True

The Southern Cone Common Market is located in _____.

Uruguay

Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall in the world is located in _____.

Venezuela

The _____ Region in South America is located around Lake Titicaca between two ranges of the Andes.

Altiplano

Buenos Aires is the capital of ______.

Argentina

The _____ is found across the Andes Mountains from the Altiplano Region, and is considered to be the driest place on the Earth.

Atacama Desert

The shipping trade that moved goods and people between Europe, Africa, and the New World was called the _____.

Atlantic Trade Triangle

_____ is the term used to describe a slum in the northern parts of South America and Middle America.

Barrios

_____ is the capital of Brazil.

Brasilia

Which is the largest country in South America?

Brazil

_____ is the term referring to the large savanna grasslands with occasional scrub forests.

Cerrado

_____ has been a major trading partner with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) nations.

Chile

_____ borders five countries, with the Caribbean to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Orinoco River to the east, and a short segment of the Amazon River to the far south.

Colombia

The southern part of South America is called the _____

European Commercial Region

True or False: Cerrado is the term referring to a treeless grassland region or plateau.

False; Cerrado is the term referring to the large savanna grasslands with occasional scrub forests.

True or False: Lake Titicaca rests in the middle of the Rural Amerindian Region of the Central Andes.

False; Lake Titicaca rests in the middle of the Altiplano Region of the Central Andes.

True or False: The Atacama Desert is located in Uruguay.

False; The Atacama Desert is located in Chile

The journey of ships carrying African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean during colonial times was called the _____.

Middle Passage

_____ refers to the temporary movement in support of a popular ex-Argentinian president and his wife, in response to their concern for the poor and the working class.

Peronism

The Amazon Basin has some of the largest _____ mines in the world.

iron-ore

90 percent of Venezuela's export earnings are from the export of _____.

oil