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WG Ch. 8
South America
Term | Definition |
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favelas | slum areas or low income neighborhoods |
deforestation | destroying of large areas of forest for roads, farming, housing |
Native Americans | first to live in the America's |
Portuguese | first Europeans to settle in Brazil |
Brasilia | capital of Brazil |
Aconcagua | highest Mountain in the Western Hemisphere |
estancias | Argentina's ranches |
Gauchos | Argentina's cowhand |
Buenos Aires | Argentina's capital |
Spanish | official language of Argentina |
Farming and Forestry | Paraguay's major economic activity |
llanos | Venezuela grassy plains |
altitude | height above sea level |
Headed by a French official | French Guiana |
Carnival | celebration held in Rio de Janeiro |
Futbol | Brazilian soccer |
Roman Catholic | major religion for most of Central and South America |
Spain and Italy | immigration into Uruguay and Paraguay |