What are three things the Amazon Rain Forest provides?
food, wood, rubber, and plants for medicine
List three major export crops of Colombia.
coffee, bananas, sugarcane, and cotton
In the late 1600s and early 1700s, people discovered what in southeast Brazil?
gold and precious gems
What is the largest urban city in South America?
Sao Paulo
What made it easier for Argentina to transport agricultural products for export to Europe?
railroads
True or False. As elevation increases, the air becomes warmer.
False
What product does Chile export more of than any other country in the world?
copper
Who were the first people to live in Colombia?
Chibcha
Give two effects of deforestation in the Amazon.
Destroys large areas of the rain forest, threatens the survival of many plants, animals, & the ecosystem, & creates tensions among the Brazilian Indians, miners
What was unique about Brazil's independence from Portugal?
They gained independence without a fight.
What does Argentina mean?
Land of silver or silvery one
Where do most of Uruguay's people live?
Urban areas
What is Brazil's official language?
Portuguese
Why was Simon Bolivar known as the "George Washington of South America?"
He led the liberation of several South American countries from Spanish rule.
What is the name of ocean and water patterns that affect the Pacific coast?
El Nino
In Argentina, whose job was it to herd cattle and horses to open grasslands?
gauchos
In what year did Uruguay declare its independence from Spain?
1825
The clearing of trees is called ____?
deforestation
What is one important source of energy in Uruguay?
hydroelectric power
Who were the first Europeans to arrive in Brazil?
Portuguese explorers
What are two of Guyana's most important agricultural products?
rice and sugar
What is the major religion of Brazil?
Roman Catholicism
True or False. Most of the wealth in Paraguay is controlled by a few rich families and companies.
true
What colonial city became the major naval base and commercial port?
Cartagena, Colombia
What does Guyana mean?
land of waters
What is the world's largest river system that flows eastward across northern Brazil?
The Amazon River
What is the name of the mountain range along the western coast of South America?
Andes Mountains
About what percent of Paraguayans are mestizos?
95%
What helps make most of the Caribbean and South America a rich agricultural region???
Good soil and a moderate climate
What is a major problem in Colombia today?
Civil War
The Amazon flows into what major body of water?
The Atlantic Ocean
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