CH 10 - Andes & Midlatitude DIRECT STUDY GUIDE

1. What is #1 on the map?

48. Which phrase accurately describes Isabel Allende?

24. Paraguay gets almost all of its electricity from its extensive coal reserves.

56. What is another name for the most densely populated Andean zone?

45. Potatoes & corn are grown on highland terraces in Peru.

43. Bc of the relatively harsh living conditions people of the 2 regions have not developed arts, music, & literature

50. Why did four South American countries form Mercosur in 1991?

25. Llamas are used to carry goods or pull carts in the Andes and are important sources of food, wool, and hides.

34. Uneven distribution of wealth led to social& political instability in many South American nations after independence

28. Which statement describes the climate of the midlatitude countries of eastern South America?

13. What is #13 on the map?

38. Which Spanish conquistador conquered the empire of the Inca?

59. What is one difference between crops grown in Peru's highlands & crops grown in Peru's coastal valleys?

26. What is the correct order, from north to south, of the countries that make up the Andean region in South America?

17. What is #17 on the map?

27. Which term describes the area of Peru between the Andes & the Pacific?

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

29. What causes the weather disturbances called El Nino & La Nina?

14. What is #14 on the map?

6. What is #6 on the map?

36. Which statement accurately describes an aspect of Inca civilization?

2. What is #2 on the map?

11. What is #11 on the map?

46. How does the population of Peru differ from other countries in the region?

18. What is #18 on the map?

55. What is another name for the Andean zone containing forests & grassy areas?

19. What is #19 on the map?

16. What is #16 on the map?

5. What is #5 on the map?

41. Buenos Aires is the capital of Peru

35. Both Chile & Argentina have had women as presidents.

44. In the Andean & midlatitude countries, family ties are very important.

42. Wealthy South Americans would be unlikely to live in pueblos jovenes.

33. The Spaniards conquered the Inca because they greatly outnumbered the Inca.

7. What is #7 on the map?

57. What is another name for the Andean zone with the highest altitude?

54. Disputed borders have presented challenges in the Andean & midlatitude countries for years.

40. Which generalization about South American governments is most valid?

37. Who held the highest positions in the Inca's highly structured society?

12. What is #12 on the map?

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

20. What ocean is #20 on the map?

8. What is #8 on the map?

51. Baseball is the most popular sport in the Andean & midlatitude regions of South America

49. Guarani customs and folk art are an important part of the culture in which South American nation?

30. Which of the following statements about the mineral resources of the 2 regions' countries of SA is accurate?

15. What is #15 on the map?

53. What is the main factor that determines climate in the Andes?

47. Why do coastal portions of the region have the highest population density?

31. Early Native American societies in the Andes were based primarily on agriculture.

3. What is #3 on the map?

4. What is #4 on the map?

39. For what purpose did the Inca use the device known as the quipu?

32. The Inca were peace loving and cooperated with neighboring groups.

23. The most densely populated area of the Andes is the tierra helada

9. What is #9 on the map?

60. Which countries are building the Transoceanic Highway?

52. Why is the Parana, Paraguay, and Uruguay river system so important to Paraguay as a country?

58. What is another name for the "hot land" of the Andean zones?

10. What is #10 on the map?