S.S. Chapter 11

___ is the largest and most populous country.

___ has two capitals

___'s main export is oil, and it also has reserves of natural gas.

In the ___ climate zone some people grow potatoes and wheat among the grasslands and forests

Most people in the region speak ___, an official language in every country in the region.

___ is the poorest country in South America.

Ecuador's third economic region, the Amazon basin, produces Ecuador's major export ___.

the capital of Chile

American-born descendants of Europeans

Francisco Pizarro then ___.

In the Inca Empire teams of runners would carry messages 7 a team could cover  ___ miles a day.

In the late 1980s, ___ restored democracy, and now they have a stable government.

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile receives rain only about once every ____ years.

The Andes region of Ecuador is poor but ___ is a major industry there.

___, which has the highest percentage of Indians in South America, has 3 official languages.

Although ___ is a democracy, it has not had a stable or popular government for a long time.

In the highest zone no vegetation grows and most of this zone is covered in snow___.

one of Bolivia's two capital cities

a broad, high plateau that lies between the ridges of the Andes

There are 5 climate zones, the hot & humid zone grows _____ and sugarcane

Rivers flowing into the altiplano never reach the _____, but fill two large lakes.

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

Grassland and shrubs, but not trees, grow in the ___ zone.

the capital of Ecuador

governor of a Spanish colony

the capital of Peru

About ___ of Chileans live in central Chile, near the capital, Santiago.

a very dry desert in northern Chile

From 1996-2007, Ecuador had ___ diferent presidents.

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

Coffee is the main crop of the _____ climate zone

A new Inca ruler on his way to be crowned met a Spanish explorer and he took him

Many people also live in the _____, cooler climate zone.

an ocean weather pattern that affects the Pacific coast

Earthquakes and volcanoes sometimes disturb Andean glaciers, causing _____

Every two to seven years, the water off the Pacific coast is ___, rather than___.

a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

This area has a Mediterranean climate good for crops such as ___ for making wine.