Chapter 10 Quiz

Potatoes and corn are grown on highland terraces in Peru

What was the capital of the Inca Empire?

Wealthy South Americans would be unlikely to live in pueblos jovenos

The Inca developed a highly sophisticated civilization, first settling in what is now ________.

For countries in the region, soccer is the national sport, but it is called __________.

Llamas are used to carry goods or pull carts and are important sources of food, wool, and hides

Buenos Aires is the capital of Chile.

Someone might live in a pueblo joven because

The Inca created a counting system called __________ - for record keeping

The Andes form a series of parallel ranges called a(n) ________________

In Peru and northern Chile, the area between the Pacific and the Andes is a ____________.

Name the correct order from north to south of the countries that make up the bulk of the region

In Peru and Bolivia, the main branches of the Andes border a high plain called the ___________.

The _________ will link the Amazon ports in Brazil with Peruvian ports on the Pacific Ocean

In Peru, the Inca language of ___________ is still widely spoken, along with Spanish

The Parana-Paraguay-Uruguay rivers are very important to Paraguay because it is a ____ country

The Patagonia Desert in _____ lies in a rain shadow of the Andes.

Altitude is an important feature in the Andean region because it determines

Which term refers to an area where the ocean tide meets a river current?

Spanish conquistador _________, conquered the the Inca empire.

Harsh conditions, are why the Andean countries have not developed art, music and literature

South America has few large lakes, but the largest lake in the Andean region is Lake Titicaca.

The pampas, like North America's __, provide land for growing wheat and corn and cattle grazing

In the Andean and midlatitude countries, family ties are very important

Coastal regions have the highest population density because ________.

Chile is the world's leading producer of __________

Conditions in the land at the highest altitude, tierra helada can be ______.

When they get sick, many Bolivians seek the help of ________ healers.

Who ruled Argentina after Juan Peron was overthrown?

Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin were important because they___________.

The Andes are the longest continuous group of mountain ranges in the world.

The Inca became extremely wealthy because of ________________.

Which phrase accurately describes Isabel Allende?

At the top of the highly structured Inca empire were the emperor and ____________.

The most densely populated area in the Andes is the tierra helada.

Many Inca and other Native Americans died from _______.