1. Latin America Chapter 6 Vocabulary Review Click once for a definition, then click again to see the vocabulary word

2. military dictator of Chile from 1973-1988

3. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte military dictator of Chile from 1973-1988

4. fertile area in a desert that has a source of water

5. OASIS fertile area in a desert that has a source of water

6. a flat, grassy region or plain

7. SAVANNA a flat, grassy region or plain

8. dense mass of leaves & branches that form the top layer of a rain forest

9. CANOPY dense mass of leaves & branches that form the top layer of a rain forest

10. large city on the coast of Brazil; used to be the capital

11. RIO DE JANEIRO large city on the coast of Brazil; used to be the capital

12. To sail or fly all the way around something, such as the Earth

13. CIRCUMNAVIGATE To sail or fly all the way around something, such as the Earth

14. the mountain region of Peru including the Andes and the Altiplano

15. SIERRA the mountain region of Peru including the Andes and the Altiplano

16. Portuguese explorer sailing for Spain, whose expedition first circumnavigated the globe

17. FERDINAND MAGELLAN Portuguese explorer sailing for Spain, whose expedition first circumnavigated the globe

18. a large, slow-moving mass of ice & snow

19. GLACIER a large, slow-moving mass of ice & snow

20. high plateau in the Andes Mountains

21. ALTIPLANO high plateau in the Andes Mountains

22. the new capital city of Brazil

23. BRASILIA the new capital city of Brazil