South America Review

13 cards·by dlallen2

world geography

The largest river system

Amazon

surrounded by what 3 bodies of water?

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea

theory that Pangaea broke apart into the 7 continents

continental drift

longest mountain system

Andes

landarea that covers a large part of Brazil

rainforest

most common language

Spanish

most common religion

Roman Catholic

Why are people migrating to the cities?

to find better jobs

type of farming still practiced by native people

subsistence

the biggest problem facing South America

poverty

official language of Brazil

Portuguese

Guyana, Venezuela and Suriname are in what region?

Caribbean

This cultural region includes the northern coast of S. America and eastern Brazil

Afro-American