South America Geography

Leaders in government have a set of rules in a Constitution that must be followed

An area of ground having specific characteristics (rocky, wet, desert, etc.)

lake of stored water (or other liquid). Can be underground.

Top layer of the rainforest where the tallest trees rise above.

Fast -growing crop used for food and industrial products like plastic and ink.

Gradual change in Earth’s climate due to human release of carbon dioxide (greenhouse gases)

An armed takeover of a government

A roof over a rainforest created by treetops

A red/brown metal. South America is a leading producer, especially Chile

People who travel to spread their religion to others.

Mixed European and native South American ancestry

What is Ms. Elder's room number?

Clearing land for farming by cutting down and burning existing forest and vegetation.

a system of government in which all eligible citizens vote on representatives to pass laws.

Agreement that divided ownership of South America between Spain and Portugal.

Spanish / Mestizo cowboys that herd sheep and cattle in the Pampas.

Something or someone who is native to an area.

Cutting down forest for growing crops or building cities

An act of violence or defiance against those in control (Government, Parents, Rules)

A large farm for cash crops

A method of using a resource so that it does not run out or become permanently damaged.

European countries exporting enslaved African people to the Americas

A wealthy or powerful nation ruling over a weak one.

A country or territory controlled by another country. Example – French Guiana/ Falkland Islands

The layer of soil at the bottom of the forest, home to ferns, moss, fungi and rotted leaves.

The plants and animals found in a particular location that depend on each other to survive

A complex Inca city built on a mountain. Today it is a treasured world heritage site.

The land that water flows across or under on its way to a river.

A liquid removed from sugarcane or corn and mixed with gasoline to make biofuel.

Indigenous tribe in Brazil defending their rainforest home from deforestation. (lip plates)

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

World's second longest river. Flows east from the Andes Mountains (Peru) to the Atlantic Ocean

A person who has total rule over a country, usually in a brutal or cruel way.

Taking metals and minerals from the Earth

Raising cattle, sheep or horses on a large farm.

Flat fields cut into mountainsides.

Traps heat energy, warming the Earth. Caused by burning fossil fuels Ex: oil and coal

Large grassy plains in Argentina. The continent’s major crop growing region.

The process by which plants and trees release water vapor into the air

Desert of high plateau with a cold climate located to the West of the Andes Mountains.

World’s largest producer of hydroelectricity. Located between Paraguay and Brazil

Fossils underground become this after millions of years of heat and pressure.

The natural home or environment of an animal or plant

Used to cross canyons or water.

South America’s largest and most advanced civilization around the 1500s in Peru

World’s largest tropical rainforest near the basin of the Amazon River in northern S. America

An area of land that has common features. The basic units of Geography.

A system of government where the army leaders are also the leaders of the country.

The part of the land that's near the ocean – the edge

The time when a country gains freedom from the rule of another country.

Modern descendants of the Incas living in the Andes region.

Third layer of the rainforest, gets very little sunlight.

Electricity generated by the force of water

Longest mountain range in the world (5000 mi) located along the Pacific coast of South America

Imaginary line (zero degrees latitude) on the Earth’s surface which runs through South America

Current President of Chile and first woman elected to that position.

Total control of an area of business with no competitors

Artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships.