Chapter 9 Test

A steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface

• Escarpment

• Pampas

• Cordillera

• Llano

Ancient Inca town in the Andes

• Machu Picchu
• Cusco
• Titicaca
• Nazca

The worlds highest large lake

• Lake Titicaca
• Lake Amazon

• Lake Orinoco

• Lake Baikal

The grassy, treeless plains of southern South America

• Andes
• Atacama Desert
• Amazon Rainforest
• Pampas

The loss of highly skilled workers to other countries

• Talent retention
• Workforce migration
• Skill export
• Brain drain

Most Argentinians today are

• of mixed European and Indigenous descent
• of African descent
• descended from Spaniards and Italians

• of solely Indigenous descent

a phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean that produces unusually warm ocean temperatures along the west coast of South America and intense summer rains

• Rain Shadow Effect

• Coriolis Effect

• La Niña
• El Niño

Knotted cords of various lengths and colors used by the Inca to keep financial records

• Incan strings
• Quipus
• Knotting ropes
• Tassels

Rio de la Plata means

• River of Silver
• River of Diamonds

• River of Gold
• Banana River

About how long does it take to develop 1 mm of soil?

• 100 years

• 50 years

• 20 years

• 5 years