Chapter 8

Front 1

Broad flat lowland area surrounded by higher land

Back 1

Basin

Front 2

thick tropical forests of the Amazon basin in Brazil

Back 2

Selva

Front 3

steep cliff separating two fairly flat land surfaces, one higher then the other

Back 3

Escarpment

Front 4

plant fiber used to make rope

Back 4

Sisal

Front 5

in Brazil, term used for urban slum areas

Back 5

Favela

Front 6

large, rassy plains regions of Latin America

Back 6

llanos

Front 7

electric power generated by falling water

Back 7

Hydroelectric power

Front 8

hight above sea level

Back 8

Altitude

Front 9

in Latin American history, a military dictator

Back 9

Caudillo

Front 10

descrbing a country that has no land on a sea or ocean

Back 10

Landlock

Front 11

small country located between larger often hostile, states

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Buffer State

Front 12

country in which government money is used to provide needy people with health care, unemployment benefits and so on

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Welfare State

Front 13

in southern South America, a cowhand on horeseback

Back 13

Gaucho

Front 14

plant whose roots are ground into flour and eaten; in tapioca pudding, for example

Back 14

Cassava

Front 15

What are Uruguay's major economic activities?

Back 15

Raising Sheep and Cattle

Front 16

What region does most of the people in Paraguay live?

Back 16

East

Front 17

Uruguay has been a buffer state between what towo countries?

Back 17

Brazil and Argentina

Front 18

What divides Paraguay into east and west regions?

Back 18

Paraguay River

Front 19

What country was Uruguay once a colony of?

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Spain

Front 20

What European country did settlers come from to live in Paraguay?

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Spain

Front 21

What are the two major economic activities in Paraguay?

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Forestry and Farming

Front 22

What two industries have the Brazilian government encouraged in the north?

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Logging and Mining

Front 23

What is the name of the large highland area in Brazil?

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The Brazilian Highlands

Front 24

What is the largest country in South America?

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Brazil

Front 25

What region do you find Brazil's major cities and centers of industry?

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Southeast

Front 26

What type of climate is found in the Amazon basin? Brazil's highland areas climate?

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tropical rain forest climate, tropical savanna climate

Front 27

Why did the Brazilian government move the capital city inland away from the coast?

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they moved the capital city to encourage people to move the the less populated inland areas, rather than the crowded coastal areas

Front 28

What has ruined much of the land in the northeast?

Back 28

Overgrazing of the land

Front 29

Brazil was once a controlled by what European country?

Back 29

Portugal

Front 30

What is the largest lake in South America?

Back 30

Lake Maracaibo

Front 31

In what highland area the most of Venezuela's people?

Back 31

Andean Highland

Front 32

What group of people once controlled Guyana as a colony?

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British

Front 33

What river is a valuable source of hydroelectric power in Venezuela?

Back 33

Orinoco

Front 34

What group of people once controlled Suriname as a colony?

Back 34

Dutch

Front 35

What is the major language in Venezuela? Major religion?

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Spanish, Roman Catholic

Front 36

What has made Venezuela one of the wealthiest countries in South America?

Back 36

Oil production

Front 37

After Native Americans and Africans were used as slaves in Guyana, who came to work the sugarcane fields voluntarily?

Back 37

Asians

Front 38

What is Guyanna's marjor agricultural product?

Back 38

sugar

Front 39

What did France use the area of French Guiana for from the 1790's to the 1940's?

Back 39

It was used as a place for French prisoners