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Andes and Midlatitude Countries

A. Content Vocabulary

cordillera

multinational

pueblos j¨®venes

estuary

altiplano

guerrilla

coup

altitude

pampas

smallpox

Directions: Use the words in the word bank to complete each sentence.

1. Literally meaning ¡°young towns,¡±

are shantytowns

where people who have migrated to the cities from rural areas live.

2. In 1973 Chile¡¯s president Allende was removed from power by a military

, an illegal seizure of power.

tactics use their local

3. Fighters who use

knowledge of the landscape to their advantage.

companies based in the United

4. In the 1900s,

States and Europe began mining operations in the Andes and

midlatitude countries of South America.

,

5. The Andes are a type of mountain range called a

which is made up of many parallel ranges.

6. The region in Argentina known as the

compared to the Great Plains of the United States.

can be

, is the main factor that

7. Height above sea level, or

determines climate in the Andes.

, or ¡°high

8. A geographical region in Peru called the

plain,¡± borders on the Andes Mountains.

10. The Rio de la Plata meets the ocean in a broad

area where the ocean tide meets a river current.

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, an

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9. The Native American population declined drastically from diseases

.

brought by Europeans, such as

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Directions: Circle the word or words that are closest in meaning to the

underlined word.

11. Chilean author Isabel Allende is a famous contemporary writer.

a. present-day

b. realistic

c. South American

d. fiction

12. In Inca society, the emperor, high priest, and commander of the army

were at the top of the hierarchy and farmers and laborers were at the

bottom.

a. system of economics

b. system of government

c. system of ranking

d. system of thought

13. The rugged terrain of the cordilleras isolated people from each other,

but today roads and highways are being built to solve that problem.

a. united

b. separated

c. altitude

d. protected

b. distance

c. salary

d. effect

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14. Where people decide to settle reflects the impact of many factors,

including politics, economics, and the availability of natural resources

and jobs.

a. modernization

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