World Geography Chapter 7 South America

The longest mountain range on land - answer-Andes Mountains The highest peak in the Western Hemisphere - answer-Mount Aconcagua the largest river basin in the world - answer-Amazon River Basin Largest rainforest in the world - answer-Amazon Rainforest World's highest waterfall - answer-Angel Falls Mestizos - answer-A person of mixed Native American and European ancestory Tepuis - answer-A chain of high plateaus in the Guiana Highlands Creóles - answer-Spanish children born in the New World Simon Bolivar - answer-Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule Fransisco Pizarro - answer-Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire Inca - answer-Amerindians of the Andes who developed the most advanced political society in pre-Columbian America El Nino - answer-A warm ocean current that flows along the coast of Peru every seven to fourteen years Aymarás - answer-Indians that established one of the Americas' earliest empires along the shore of Lake Titicaca Pedro Cabral - answer-Claimed Brazil for Portugal Chaco War - answer-war fought between Paraguay and Bolivia over access to the Gran Chaco and the Parana River gaucho - answer-South American cowboy Explain the importance of the line of demarcation in the development of South America - answer-The line was set by Pope Alexander VI to separate the land owned by Spain and Portugal. Everything west of the line was Spain's everything east of the line was Portugal's How was the Inca Empire influential in shaping the pre-Columbian culture of the northern Andes? - answer-The Incas conquered most of the Andes and spread their art, architecture, culture, etc. They were also very advanced for their time. What are 3 ways the Amazon Rainforest is being deforested? What are some ways that this could be prevented? - answer-It is being deforested by its trees being cut down and burned down (idk the third one), and it could be stopped by laws limiting deforestation Explain the difference between the way that the Spanish colonies earned their freedom from the way the non-Spanish colonies received their independence. - answer-The Spanish colonies had to fight for their independence until Spain surrendered. The non-Spanish colonies were given their independence without having to fight for it. Galapagos islands - answer-An archipelago of volcanic peaks 600 miles east of Ecuador Lake Maracaibo - answer-Lake in Venezuela, South America's largest lake Llanos - answer-low, grassy plains in northern South America Cuquenan Falls - answer-South American waterfall that has the longest single drop in the the world Orinoco - answer-an important river in northern South America Cotopaxi - answer-A volcano in Ecuador, world's highest active volcano Ucayali - answer-River in South America believed to be the source of the Amazon River Altiplano - answer-A high plateau that lies between South America's Cordillera Occidental and Cordillera Oriental Rio Parana - answer-important river of eastern South America Guiana Highlands - answer-A mountainous South American tableland extending from eastern Venezuela to northern Brazil Brazilian Highlands - answer-large system of tablelands and river valleys in eastern South America, also called the Brazilian Plateau Iguacu Falls - answer-large waterfall on the borders of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay Manaus - answer-Port city in the Amazon Basin Devil's Island - answer-A territory used for pioneering Tierra del Fuego - answer-an archipelago off southern South America Patagonia - answer-a cold, windswept plateau south of the Pampas Atacama - answer-desert along South America's western coast, driest in the world Pampas - answer-A temperate grassland in south-central South America What body of water separates South America from Antarctica? - answer-Drake Passage Identify the largest river in the world. How long is it? - answer-Amazon River, 3977 miles long What factors have influenced Columbia's political history? - answer-Guerilla warfare and illegal drug trafficking Most of Ecuador's population are descendants of what indigenous people? - answer-Quechua Indians Which northern Andean country has a large fishing industry? - answer-Peru What is the highest commercially navigable lake in the world? Where is it located? - answer-Lake Titicaca, located between western Peru and eastern Bolivia Which South American country has two capitals? - answer-Bolivia, the capitals are La Paz and Sucre What South American capital was designed to draw people into the continent's interior? - answer-Brasília, Brazil Brazil is the worlds largest producer of what agricultural crop? - answer-coffee Which modern South American country used to be a crown colony of the British Empire? - answer-British Guiana What is the name of the southernmost location of the south American continent? - answer-Cape Horn/ Tierra del Fuego Argentina has fought the United Kingdom over control of what islands? - answer-Falkland Islands What is the dominant religion of South America? - answer-Roman Catholicism What country is Santa Marta in? - answer-Columbia What country is Machu Picchu in? - answer-Peru What country is Cuzco in? - answer-Peru Wha