6th Ch. 11 Review

La Paz and Quito are the two capitals of Bolivia.

Which of the following is an effect of El Nino?

Coastal ________ is one of the cloudiest and driest places on Earth.

a land locked country

governor of a Spanish colony

The large island that is south of the Strait of Magellan is called ______.

All of the countries in Pacific South America gained independence from Spain by 1825.

In colonial times the Spanish viceroy _______.

The Galapagos Islands _______.

What is the term for the broad, high plateau that lies between the ridges of the Andes?

The Shining Path ________.

Mountain peaks in the extreme southern Andes are rugged and covered by an ice cap.

The altiplano is a broad, flat plain found along the Pacific coast.

an ocean and weather pattern that affects the Pacific coast

settlements of poor people near Lima, Peru

Fruit and wine are major exports of ____.

Peru's capital, Lima, is the largest city in Pacific South America.

Spanish colonial governor

country with the strongest economy in Pacific South America

the capital of Chile

Which country has two capital cities?

The Atacama Desert is known for being very dry and ________.

highest lake in the world that large ships can cross

The __ run the length of Pacific South America.

American-born descendants of Europeans

Ecuador's main export is _________.

Right after the coup in the 1970s, Chile ______.

A _________ is a narrow passageway connecting two bodies of water.

a Spanish explorer who captured the Inca king

Francisco Pizarro offered the new Inca King gold and silver when they met on the road.

What is the elevation of the altiplano?

Which of the following is a characteristic of Chile's economy?

Which of the following was a terrorist group active in Peru in the 1980s and 1990s?

One characteristic that all Pacific South American countries have shared recently is __.

_____ is now one of the most stable countries in South America.

early culture in the Bolivian Highlands

helped the Incas cross steep Andean valleys

a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people.

The Inca Empire was once home to as many as ______.

The capital of Ecuador is _.

Ecuador exports more copper than any other country in the world.

As advanced as the Inca civilization was, it did not have ______.