Andes and Midlatitude Countries

Today, Bolivia and Peru have large Native American populations.

• True

• False

During the centuries of Spanish colonization, the Lutheran Church was one of 

the most important institutions in the Andean region.

• True

• False

Baseball is the most popular sport in the Andean and midlatitude regions of 

South America. 

• True

• False

South American independence leader.

•  Simón Bolivar 

• Francisco Pizarro 

• Eva Perón

• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Argentina's first elected woman president.

•  Simón Bolivar 

• Francisco Pizarro 

• Eva Perón

• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

 Spanish conquistador who conquered 

the Inca.

•  Simón Bolivar 

• Francisco Pizarro 

• Eva Perón

• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

  popular wife of overthrown Argentinian 

president.

•  Simón Bolivar 

• Francisco Pizarro 

• Eva Perón

• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

series of parallel mountain ranges

• cordillera

• estuary

• altiplano

high plain in Peru and Bolivia

• cordillera

• estuary

• altiplano

an area where the ocean tide meets a 

river current 

• cordillera

• estuary

• altiplano