South America

Match the following

• Basin

• Cutting down the trees of the rain forest

• deforestation

• Small country between 2 larger often hostile countries

• Caudillos

• Low lying land surrounded by higher land

• Llanos

• Harsh Military Ruler

• Buffer Zone

• Plains area of Caribbean South America

Match the following

• Escarpment

• South American word for Rain forest

• Selva

• Extremely poor living conditions

• Cacao Bean

• Steep slope off of a plateau

• Poverty

• A country having no coastline

• Landlocked

• Plant that makes chocolate

Match the following

• Brackish

• When a King or Queen run a country

• Liberator

• How people make and spend money

• Patriots

• Freedom Fighter

• Economy

• These people wanted democracy

• Monarchy

• Mix of salty and fresh water

These people wanted to stay a colony

• Monarchy

• Loyalist

• Caudillos

• Liberator

Water used to generate power

• Hydroelectricity

• Selva

• Brackish

• Basin

Match the following

• Venezuela

• Country with one of the largest iron deposits in the world

• The country of Brazil

• Angel Falls is located here

• Brazil, Country

• Largest country in South America and the 5th largest country in the world

• North Venezuela

• Where Lake Maracaibo is located

• Brazil

• This is the #1 manufacturing country in South America

Match the following

• The country of Brazil

• Lake Maracaibo is located here

• North Venezuela

• Named by the Spanish explorers because it reminded them of Venice Italy

• Venezuela the country

• This country's culture is based on the Portuguese

• Venezuela

• Oil has helped make this one of the wealthiest countries of South America

• Brazil

• This country moved their capital city in 1960 to develop the center of their country

Match the following

• The country of French Guiana

• Is still a French colony

• French Guiana

• Former British Colony

• The country of Suriname

• French used to send their prisoners here until the late 1940's

• Suriname

• Former Dutch Colony

• Guyana

• Smallest independent country in South America

Match the following

• Incas

• Treated conquered tribes well

• Simon Bolivar

• Indigenous People Group

• The famous Pele

• Famous Soccer player

• Pele

• Played soccer for a Brazil team even though more money could have been made elsewhere

• Inca Tribe

• Famous Freedom Fighter

Match the following

• Mr. Simon Bolivar

• Elected President of Venezuela

• Inca Tribe

• Made jewelry of gold

• Simon Bolivar

• Excellent farmers, terraced and grew lima beans, peanuts and tomatoes

• Incas

• Served as Minister of Sports in Brazil

• Pele

• Lost both his parents by the age of 9