Geography Test Chapter 7
What challenges do countries in both South America and Africa face?
Rain forests are being destroyed
What causes the Atacama Desert to be so dry?
The Andes Mountains prevent moist winds from reaching the coast of Chile.
Why did Portugal bring African slaves to Brazil?
They wanted people to work their plantations and mines
African slaves were used to harvest which two major plantation crops?
sugar and coffee
How were the Inca able to farm on the slopes of the Andes Mountains?
terraced fields
What geographic feature stretches nearly the entire width of South America?
Amazon Basin
In South America, which regions are known for their extreme climates?
Andes Mountains and Amazon River Basin
Which of the following is a product of the Inca's advanced engineering?
Machu Picchu
Who led the revolution against Spanish in South America?
Simon Bolivar
Who was "The Liberator"?
Simon Bolivar
What best describes the climate found in the highest elevation zone of the Andes Mountains?
cold, with little rainfall
What are geoglyphs?
designs and animal shapes drawn on the ground
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal
What group became Portugal's main labor force on plantations and in mines in South America?
enslaved Africans
By settling in South America's fertile river plains, what were ancient people able to do?
establish a steady food supply
What is one reason that people have lived in South America's lowlands for thousands of years?
food supply
Where are people in South America most likely to live?
in warm, low places with some rainfall
Which of the following is an achievement of the Inca civilization?
irrigation canals
What term describes people who move from place to place?
nomads
Artifacts-
objects left behind by past cultures
What helps support biodiversity in the Amazon Basin?
rich nutrients deposited by floodwaters
What do greenhouse gases do?
trap heat energy, causing the Earth to warm
