Vocabulary Builder - Andes and Midlatitude Countries

Literally meaning “young towns,” ________ are shantytowns where people who have migrated to the cities from rural areas live.

• pueblos jóvenes

• favelas

• barrios

• slums

In 1973 Chile’s president Allende was removed from power by a military ________, an illegal seizure of power.

• coup

• election

• treaty

• revolution

Fighters who use ________ tactics use their local knowledge of the landscape to their advantage.

• guerrilla

• conventional

• aerial

• naval

In the 1900s, ________ companies based in the United States and Europe began mining operations in the Andes and midlatitude countries of South America.

• multinational

• local

• small-scale

• government-owned

The Andes are a type of mountain range called a ________, which is made up of many parallel ranges.

• cordillera

• plateau

• ridge

• valley

The region in Argentina known as the ________ can be compared to the Great Plains of the United States.

• pampas

• Andes

• Patagonia

• Amazon

Height above sea level, or ________, is the main factor that determines climate in the Andes.

• altitude

• latitude

• longitude

• temperature

A geographical region in Peru called the ________, or “high plain,” borders on the Andes Mountains.

• altiplano

• pampas

• llanos

• plateau

The Native American population declined drastically from diseases brought by Europeans, such as ________.

• smallpox

• measles

• influenza

• chickenpox

The Rio de la Plata meets the ocean in a broad ________, an area where the ocean tide meets a river current.

• estuary

• delta

• bay

• lagoon