Atlantic South America

What four countries make up Atlantic South America?

• Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina

• Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador

• Brazil, Paraguay, Colombia, Mexico

• Brazil, Paraguay, Columbus, Argentina

What is the Amazon Basin?

• a huge, flat floodplain

• a mountainous region

• a major highland swamp

• a huge, mountainous desert

What type of climate does northern Brazil have?

• humid tropical

• hot and dry

• cool and wet

• arctic

What threatens the Amazon rain forest?

• rain

• termites

• poisonous snails

• deforestation

A 4,000-mile-long river that flows across northern Brazil is the __________________?

• Mississippi River

• Missouri River

• Amazon River

• Nile River

An estuary that connects the Parana River and the Atlantic Ocean is the _______________________.

• Pampas

• Amazon River

• Rio de la Plata

• Mississippi de la Plata

A partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty seawater is an ______________________.

• soil exhaustion

• estuary

• Rio de la Plata

• Pampas

The wide, grassy plains in central Argentina are the _______________________.

• Pampas

• estuary

• Amazon River

• Rio de la Plata

The clearing of trees is ______________________.

• deforestation

• Pampas

• Rio de la Plata

• soil exhaustion

__________________ is when soil has become infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants.

• Amazon River

• Rio de la Plata

• soil exhaustion

• deforestation