How do people adapt to life in the tierra caliente?

They wear light clothes and live in bamboo or thatch houses.

Person of mixed European / Native American ancestry.

Which of the following is a FALSE statement? The air is thinner at higher elevations. The higher you go, the more oxygen the air contains. More solar heat is found at the base (bottom) of a mountain. Gravity pulls oxygen toward the earth's surface.

The higher you go, the more oxygen the air contains.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the Andes Mountains? Longest mountain chain in the world. Run down the western coast of South America. Highest mountain chain in the world. Pass through seven different countries.

Highest mountain chain in the world.

Which three groups benefit from deforestation? Options: loggers, ranchers, and cattle farmers, native amazonians, cattle ranchers, and loggers, loggers, rubber tappers and settlers, rubber tappers, native amazonians, and environmentalists

loggers, ranchers, and cattle farmers

Which three groups argue for sustainable development? Options: loggers, environmentalists, government, native amazonians, rubber tappers, environmentalists, loggers, rubber tappers, settlers, native amazonians, loggers, rubber tappers

native amazonians, rubber tappers, environmentalists

What is the point of sustainable development? Options: To find a balance between preservation and development, to maximize the profit made in the rainforest, to leave the rainforest as an untouched habitat, to create a new country in the rainforest

To find a balance between preservation and development

Which of the following is NOT a reason that clear-cutting is harmful? Options: It takes all the trees making it difficult for the rainforest to grow back., it destroys habitats, clear cutting causes an increase in deforestation, There is nothing wrong with clear cutting. What you heard is a lie.

There is nothing wrong with clear cutting. What you heard is a lie.

Define "clear-cut" as used in the context: Loggers "clear cut" whole patches of the rainforest to find mahogany & rosewood trees.

Loggers cut down all of the trees in area & disguard those types not needed.

What do environmental groups want to do to the rainforest?

Slow down development of forest, Find plants that could cure diseases, Save unknown species.

Why do settlers have a hard time farming?

They have no experience, Most of the good farmland is owned by wealthy people, The soil has poor nutrients.

2024 Midterm Exam Review PART 4 (South America) Flashcards

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What is the country in red?

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Venezuela

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What is the country in red?

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Chile

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What is the country in red?

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Brazil

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What is the country in red?

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Argentina

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What is the country in red?

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Paraguay

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What is the country in red?

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Peru

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What is the country in red?

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Uruguay

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