Ch. 13, Life in Central Andes

Where are the Andes Mountains located?

• Australia

• Mexico

• west coast of South America

• east Coast of South America

a type of brick that is made of clay mixed with straw and dried in the sun

• cream city

• adobe

• sod

• red brick

 found in high mountains; also describes the mountain vegetation zone between the tree line and the snow line

• alpine

• Tierra Helada

• conifer

• vertical trade

 the division of land into zones based on elevation, which in turn helps determine climate and vegetation

• adobe

• alpine

• atmosphere

• altidunal zonation

the layer of air that surrounds the earth

• climate zone

• atmosphere

• vertical trade

• climate

 pattern of weather over a long period of time

• climate

• plateau

• climate zone

• atmosphere

a large area of Earth with a particular pattern of weather

• atmosphere

• altitudinal zonation

• climate zone

• climate

 tree with needles and cones, such as a pine tree

• cedar

• redwood

• adobe

• conifer

 a large mass of ice found near Earth’s poles (continental ) or in a high, cold mountain valley (alpine )

• ice sheet

• glacier

• snow cap

• snow line

_ natives of an area who have been conquered or dominated by others who came later

• plateau

• indigenous people

• aborigine

• temperate