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WorksheetsSouth America Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A mountain system that is made up of roughly parallel ranges
cordillera
estuary
favela
strait
This is the physical feature that covers most of the Pacific coast of South America.
Andes Mountains
Llanos
Pampas
Patagonia
These are both grassland regions in South America
Llanos and Pampas
Pampas and Patagonia
Patagonia and Llanos
Amazon and Llanos
The Rio de la Plata is an example of one of these partially enclosed areas where fresh and salt water combine
estuary
strait
altiplano
llanero
This is the largest river system in the world and is home to the world's largest rain forest
Amazon River
Orinoco River
Parana River
Nile River
This removal of trees in the rain forest is problematic because we rely on it for food, wood and plants for medicine...
soil exhaustion
deforestation
favelas
Manaus
Planting the same crops year after year can cause this problem...
soil exhaustion
deforestation
Mercosur
favelas
This warm ocean current causes changes in weather patterns throughout North and South America...
El Nino
El Chapo
llanero
gaucho
This is one of the driest places on earth, receiving rain only about 5 times per century...
Atacama Desert
Patagonia
Pampas
Llanos
There is one of these at the southern tip of Chile that connects the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean...
strait
estuary
isthmus
altiplano
Sao Paulo is an example of one of these large urban areas...
megacity
favela
suburb
estuary
Places like Rio de Janeiro will often have these large slum areas outside of the cities...
favelas
gauchos
llaneros
altiplanos
These people are both examples of cowboys who work on either the Llanos or the Pampas...
llaneros and gauchos
gauchos and rangers
rangers llaneros
estuaries and guerillas
These people are members of an irregular military, like the ones who have forced farmers off their land in Colombia...
guerrillas
gauchos
llaneros
coup
This is an oil-rich body of water in Venezuela...
Lake Maracaibo
Amazon River
Orinoco River
Rio de la Plata
Workers in Venezuela have been known to stop working in an effort to get their demands met which is called a...
strike
coup
rebellion
civil war
After the Spanish colonized the countries of Pacific South America they would leave these Spanish kings behind to rule over the people...
viceroy
llanero
gaucho
conquistador
Chile's leader was overthrown in one of these in the 1970's with the help of the US government...
coup
civil war
viceroy
strike
Countries like Paraguay with no direct access to the water are considered...
landlocked
viceroy
creole
cordillera
People who do odd jobs such as walking dogs, babysitting and mowing lawns are considered part of the ...
informal economy
formal economy
Mercosur
altiplano
