South America Review

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Longest mountain range in the world, located in the west of South America:

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Andes Mountains

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These are the parallel mountain ranges, that are separated by valleys and rivers:

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Cordilleras

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Most of South America speaks _______ and their religion is ________

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Spanish / Roman Catholic

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These were escaped slaves who formed their own communities in the jungles of South America:

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Maroons

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This is the grassy plain in Caribbean South America where a lot of farming is, located in Colombia and Venezuela:

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Llanos

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This is name for the parts of the New World that speak a Latin-based language and have a Spanish, French or Portuguese culture:

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Latin America

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What is the most important resource in Venezuela? They built their entire economy around it: Gold, Oil, Silver, Lumber (wood)

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Oil

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Voting for people to represent you in government and electing your leaders is known as...

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Representative Democracy

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The mass cutting down of trees is known as... HINT: they are cut down faster than replanted.

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Deforestation

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Venezuelan President Carlos Perez in the 1970s/1980s did what to enrich the government with huge profits to fund social service programs?

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Nationalized the Oil Industry