Unit 7 South America Quiz

Andes Mountains

Rocky Plateau

Amazon Basin

Panama Canal

The regions rugged terrain isolates the communities

New technology-televisions. cell phones, and the internet is breaking down physical barriers

Cooler climates and rich resources (water, volcanic soil, timber, and minerals) attracts settlers

All of the above

multicultural societies

homogeneous societies

isolated communities

monocultural regions

Rocky Mountains

Andes Mountains

Mount McKinley

Appalachian Mountains

Tsunami

Hurricane

Tornado

Earthquake

People have been displaced from their homes.

There has been an increase in agricultural productivity.

Infrastructure has remained unaffected.

There has been a decrease in natural disasters.

Tornado

Hurricane

Tsunami

Earthquake

Argentina

Peru

Venezuela

Brazil

• Public and private ownership of production

• Decisions by consumers and businesses determine economic activity

• Partial government involvement

• Government ownership or production

• Decisions by government determine economic activity

• Total government involvement 

• Private ownership of production

• Decisions by consumers and businesses determine economic activity

• Limited government involvement

Socialism/Mixed

Capitalism

Communism

Feudalism