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Atlantic South America
Questions over Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uraguay
33 cards·by abiederstadt
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a major port and industrial city in the Amazon Region
Manus
Argentine Cowboys
guachos
huge slums in Brazil
favelas
capital of Brazil
Brasilia
a region of dry plains and plateaus in southern Argentina
Patagonia
a partially enclosed body of water where salt water and fresh water mix
estuary
capital of Uruguay
Montevideo
an organization that promotes trade among countries of South America
Mercosur
a low plains region in Paraguay and Argentina
Gran Chaco
completely surrounded by land
landlocked
The southernmost country in Atlantic South America is
Argentina
The world's largest river system is the
Amazon River
The wide, grassy plains in central Argentina are called
Pampas
The largest country in South America is
Brazil
The first people who lived in Brazil were
American Indians
Argentina's informal economy is based on
odd jobs
A megacity is
a giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suberbs
The only landlocked country in Atlantic South America is
Paraguay
Which country has the largest population of Roman Catholics in the world?
Brazil
What has become an issue in the Amazon rain forest in recent years?
deforestation
The Amazon Basin is a
giant flood plain
Rio de la Plata is an example of
an estuary
The world's greatest variety of plant and animal life is found
in the Amazon rain forest
Which part of Argentina has a humid, tropical climate?
the Gran Chaco
The capital of Brazil is
Brasilia
Enslaved Africans were brought to Brazil to
work on plantations
The official language of Brazil is Portuguese because
Portugal colonized Brazil
The first Europeans to come to Argentina were
the Spanish
During the 1900s, Argentina struggled under many
dictatorships
Most of Argentina's people are
descended from European settlers
Countries of South America have benefited economically from membership in
Mercosur
About what percent of Uruguay's people live in urban areas?
90%
Planting the same crop year after year has caused _____________ in some coastal areas
soil exhaustion