Chapter 10 Andes and Midlatitudes

The Andes form a series of parallel mountain ranges called a(n) _____.

• altiplano

• estuary

• cordillera

• tierra templada

In Peru and Bolivia, the two main branches of the Andes border a high plain called the _____.

• plateau

• altiplano

• estuary

• cordillera

In Peru and northern Chile, the area between the Pacific and the Andes is a _____.

• coastal desert

• broad plateau

• river valley

• fertile plain

The pampas, like North America's _____, provide land for growing wheat and corn and for grazing cattle.

• Rocky Mountains

• Great Plains

• Mississippi Delta

• Grand Canyon

The Patagonia desert in _____ lies in the rain shadow of the Andes.

• Chile

• Peru

• Uruguay

• Argentina

The Paraná-Paraguay-Uruguay river system is very important to Paraguay because it is a _____ country.

• desert

• coastal

• landlocked

• mountainous

__________ is an important feature in the Andean region because it determines climate.

• Altitude

• Wind

• Percipitation

• Ocean Currents

Conditions in the land at the highest altitude--tierra helada--can be _____.

• hot and humid

• icy and harsh

• mild and pleasant

• very cool

Chile is the world's leading exporter of _____.

• gold

• silver

• tin

• copper

The Inca developed a highly sophisticated civilization, first settling in what is now _____.

• Chile

• Peru

• Bolivia

• Paraguay