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6th - LA Chapter 6
Exploring South America
Question | Answer |
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__________ occurs when a government sells its industries to individuals or private companies. | privatization |
During the 1970s, the price of oil went up and an oil __________ began in Venezuela. | boom |
To prevent insects from destroying their crops, many farmers in Chile use __________. | pesticides |
At the higher elevations in the Andes, much of the region is covered with __________ where no trees grow because the soil is always frozen. | tundra |
The __________ is made up of tropical rain forests on the lower slopes of the Andes Mountains in Peru. | montaƱa |
The highest mountains in Peru are located in the __________, the mountains that run from northwest to southeast Peru. | sierra |
The __________ in Peru is a high plateau located in the Andes. | altiplano |
One of the reasons that the rain forest is so important is that oxygen is made there through the process of _________. | photosynthesis |
The __________ is the name for the top layer of the Brazilian Rain Forest | canopy |
Rain forests are important because they contribute to the Earth's supply of... | oxygen |
The capital of Brazil was moved from the coast to the middle of the country because the government wanted to... | develop the interior by attracting people to it |
Most Quechua people living in the altiplano make a living by... | farming and herding |
Chile inspects all luggage brought into the country because... | the country tries to protect its agricultural products |
Because Chile is located in the Southern Hemisphere, its seasons... | occur at the opposite time as those in the US |
In the early 1980s, Venezuela was the richest country in Latin America because of vast supplies of... | oil |
When oil prices fell in the mid-1980s, Venezuela's economy.. | suffered a decline |
Most of the people of Brazil live... | along the coasts |
Hundreds of years ago, much of Peru was controlled by the empire of the... | Incas |
About a third of Brazil's farmland is... | unused |
Santiago, Chile's pollution problem is caused in part by its location... | in the Andes |
Most of Venezuela's population lives... | in cities |