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Unit 3: South America Terms

Authored by Megan Cisneroz

Social Studies

4th - 8th Grade

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Unit 3: South America Terms
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 17 pts

Match the following

Blood or Family relationship

Kinship

Farming to grow only enough food for families to eat, not to sell.

Subsistence Farming

Small river that drains into a larger river

Tributary

The variety of species in an ecosystem

Greenhouse Gas

A gas that traps the sun's heat over Earth

Biodiversity

2.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 17 pts

Match the following

When mountains are cut into flat fields

Hunter-Gatherer

An object made by humans from a past culture

Terraced

The complete control of the market for a service or product

Monopoly

Farming method of clearing land by cutting down and burning forest and vegetation

Artifact

A person who hunts animals and gathers plants and fruits for food

Slash and Burn

3.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 17 pts

Match the following

plant life

Exile

To revolt or resistance of authority

vegetation

a reversal of usual and ocean currents

Rebellion

to be forced to leave a country

liberate

to set something or someone free

El Niño

4.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 17 pts

Match the following

a process by which plants and trees release water vapor into the air

transpiration

the continuous movement of air or water in the same direction

current

wide open areas used for grazing and crops

grasslands

to adjust or modify to fit

Adapt

a dry region on one side of a mountain range

rain shadow

5.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 17 pts

Match the following

to soak thoroughly

Llanos

the largest river basin on Earth

saturate

to recognize

Amazon River Basin

grasslands, wide open areas used for grazing and crops

acknowledge

a string of mountain ranges that stretch along the western side of the continent

Andes Mountains

6.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 15 pts

Match the following

Desert found on the Western border of the Andes Mountains and on the border of Chile and Bolivia

Pampas

rich soil of the grassy plain in Argentina is ideal for growing alfalfa, corn, and wheat

Angel Falls

Highest waterfall in the world, located in Venezuela

Atacama Desert

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