1. South America Vocabulary and Key Terms

2. 1) _________________is a mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges. The Andes Mountains form this.

3. Cordillera

4. 2) An area of mostly grassland with few trees is the _________________.

5. Llanos

6. 3)___________is the capital of Columbia, located high in the eastern Andes.

7. Bogota

8. 4) Members of an irregular military force are called _____.

9. Guerillas

10. 5) The capital of Venezuela is___________and is the economic and cultural center of the country.

11. Caracas

12. 6) A________ is a group of workers stopping work until their demands are met.

13. Strike

14. 7) The ________ river is 4,000 miles long and is the world’s largest river system.

15. Amazon River

16. 8) A partially closed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty sea water is an ____________.

17. Estuary

18. 2) ________ is the Clearing of trees.

19. Deforestation

20. 10) When the soil is infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants it is called______________.

21. Soil exhaustion

22. 11) __________ is a giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs.

23. Megacity

24. 12) Huge slums found in cities throughout this region are called__________.

25. Favelas

26. 13) ____________is the capital of Argentina.

27. Buenos Aires

28. 14) An organization that promotes trade and economic cooperation among the southern and eastern countries of South America is called___________.

29. Mercosur

30. 15) _________is a part of the economy based on odd jobs that people perform without government regulation through taxes.

31. Informal economy

32. 16) ___________means completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean.

33. Landlocked

34. 17) An ocean and weather pattern that affects the Pacific coast is called________.

35. El Nino

36. 18) A _______ is a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people.

37. Coup

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