Unit 9: South America Review

What is a broad, high plateau that lies between the ridges of the Andes?

• Coup

• Deforestation

• Favelas

• Altiplano

What is a mountain system that is made up of roughly parallel mountains, typically volcanic?

• Favelas

• Gauchos

• Cordillera

• Llaneros

What is a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people?

• Coup

• Deforestation

• Crodillera

• Guerrillas

What is the clearing of large area of forest without replacement

• Favelas

• Soil Exhaustion

• Deforestation

• Referendum

What is a huge slum, typically found in Brazil?

• Coup

• Landlocked

• Favelas

• Vicerory

What is a cowboy from Argentina called?

• Llanderos

• Gauchos

• Guerillas

• Viceroy

When a country is completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean, it is known as

• Cordillera

• Llaneros

• Landlocked

• Soil Exhaustion

What is a member of an irregular military force called

• Cordillera

• Guerrillas

• Llaneros

• Altiplano

What is a cowboy from Venezuela called?

• Llaneros

• Gauchos

• Megacity

• Referendum

What is a giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs called?

• Megacity

• Viceroy

• llaneros

• Favelas