Discovering World Geography, Chapter 10

Who ruled Argentina after Juan Perón was overthrown?

Someone might live in a pueblo jóven because ____.

Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín were important in the history of the region because they _____.

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

Conditions in the land at the highest altitude--tierra helada--can be _____.

The Inca created a counting system called _____ for record keeping.

In the region, the primary economic activities of agriculture, mining, and _____ remain important.

What was the capital of the Inca Empire?

The largest city in the region is _____, the capital of Argentina.

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

Spanish rule of the Andean and midlatitude areas in the region continued for nearly _____ years.

Chile is the world's leading exporter of _____.

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

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

to make separate from others

The _____ will link Amazon River ports in Brazil with Peruvian ports on the Pacific Ocean.

The Andes form a series of parallel mountain ranges called a(n) _____.

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

In the Andean and midlatitude countries, the population is densest in the _____.

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

Many Inca and other Native Americans died from _____, which was a highly infectious disease introduced by the Europeans.

Which climate zone in the Andean region does not grow crops?

The Paraná-Paraguay-Uruguay river system is very important to Paraguay because it is a _____ country.

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

The Patagonia desert in _____ lies in the rain shadow of the Andes.

The Inca became extremely wealthy because of _____.

a cowboy of the South American pampas

Two Chilean poets, Gabriela Mistral and _____, have won the Nobel Prize for literature.

In the region, the compadre relationship between a child's parents and a child's _____ is highly valued.

Spanish conquistador _____ conquered the empire of the Inca.

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

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

At the top of the highly structured Inca hierarchy were the emperor and _____.