South America Review

Used oil revenues to fund social programs

• Hugo Chavez

• Simon Bolivar

• Juan Peron

• Jose de San Martin

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6-8.GEO.2.GS.A

Major economic activity of the Amazon rainforest

• farming

• logging

• fishing

• manufacturing

Goal of Mercosur

• to get income from tariffs

• to specialize in one product

• to increase trade

• to trade with the US

Effect of mechanization of agriculture on South America's population

• people moved to rural areas to farm

• people moved to cities for jobs

• people moved to the Amazon rainforest

• people settled high in the Andes

Actions of the Brazilian government to reduce deforestation

• track illegal cutting of trees

• prohibit farming in the rainforest

• importing trees from other countries

• encouraging shade farming

How are the Guianas different from the rest of South America?

• They are in the tropics.

• They are landlocked.

• They have cultures based on Dutch, English, and French.

• They trade with the US.

The world's largest river by volume

• Amazon

• Orinoco

• Parana

• Paraguay

Areas of higher population in South America

• high in the Andes

• the Amazon rainforest

• coastal areas and valley of the Andes

• islands near the southern tip of South America

Largest oil-producing country in South America

• Brazil

• Argentina

• Colombia

• Venezuela

Economies that make many different products

• specialized

• diversified

• nationalized

• privitized