Pacific South America

Question 1

What feature is shared between the Pacific South America and the Caribbean and South America?

Answer 1

Andes Mountains

Question 2

What three places do the Andes run through?

Answer 2

Ecuador to Bolivia, Peru, and Chile

Question 3

What is the land of the North Andes like?

Answer 3

More rounded then rugged, split into 2 ridges

Question 4

What covers the rugged mountain peaks?

Answer 4

Ice caps

Question 5

What is located at the Southern tip of the continent?

Answer 5

Strait of Magellan

Question 6

What does the Strait of Magellan link together?

Answer 6

The Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Question 7

What is a narrow body of water that connects to larger bodies of water called?

Answer 7

strait

Question 8

What is the biggest factor that affects climate and vegetation?

Answer 8

Elevation

Question 9

How many climate zones are there in the Andes?

Answer 9

5..

Question 10

Where is the Atacama Desert located?

Answer 10

Northern Chile

Question 11

What is an ocean and weather pattern that affects the Pacific Coast called?

Answer 11

El Nino

Question 12

How often does an El Nino occur?

Answer 12

every 2-7 years

Question 13

What happens during an El Nino event?

Answer 13

the cool Pacific water near the coast warms. This change may cause extreme ocean and weather events that can have global effects

Question 14

What happens to the fish during an El Nino?

Answer 14

They leave the rich fishing area

Question 15

What can El Nino cause?

Answer 15

heavy rains and flooding

Question 16

The forests provide _______

Answer 16

lumber

Question 17

The coastal waters provide_______

Answer 17

fish

Question 18

What is the main export of Ecuador?

Answer 18

oil

Question 19

What does Bolivia have deposits of?

Answer 19

tin, gold, silver, lead, and zinc

Question 20

Chile has______

Answer 20

copper deposits

Question 21

What one thing does the Pacific South America not have a lot of? Why?

Answer 21

good farming because the cool Ari lands make it difficult to produce large amounts of crops for exports.

Question 22

Tell me three things about the 1st Zone of Climate & Vegetation.

Answer 22

1. lowest zone includes hot and humid lower elevations near sea level
2. Grow banana and sugar cane
3. Found along the coast

Question 23

Tell me three things about the 2nd Zone

Answer 23

1. has moist climates with mountains
2. grows coffee beans
3. Many large cities are included here

Question 24

Tell me three things about the 3rd Zone

Answer 24

1. Located higher up in the mountains
2. grows potatoes and wheat
3. the people live and farm

Question 25

Tell me three things about the 4th Zone

Answer 25

1. Located about the treeline 2. Contains meadows and treelines 3. Altiplano region is located here

Question 26

Tell me two things about the 5th Zone

Answer 26

1. The highest elevation | 2. No vegetation grows here because the ground is almost always covered with snow and ice

Question 27

Who was ruling the region by the 1500's and controlled the area that stretched from Northern Ecuador to central Chile?

Answer 27

Incas

Question 28

Was the Inca Empire organized?

Answer 28

Yes! Irrigation projects turned deserts into rich farmland, stone-paved roads connected the empire, used rope suspension bridges

Question 29

Did the Inca use wheels vehicles or horses?

Answer 29

No, they used a relay team of runners to carry messages, up to 150 miles in one day

Question 30

Did the Inca have a written language?

Answer 30

No

Question 31

Why did the Inca empire not last long?

Answer 31

The Spanish Explorer, Fransisco Pizarro captured the king, who ordered gold silver to fill a room. The king was killed, fighting broke out, Spanish controlled the Empire.

Question 32

How did the Spanish treat the South American Indians?

Answer 32

Badly, they had to work in the gold and silver mines or on Spanish plantations

Question 33

What is another name for a Spanish governor?

Answer 33

viceroy, appointed by the king of Spain to make sure Indians followed the Spanish laws

Question 34

Who are the Creoles

Answer 34

South-American born descendants of Europeans who revolted and wanted independence in 1800's

Question 35

What countries were created by the success of the revolt?

Answer 35

Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia

Question 36

What language do most in the Pacific South speak?

Answer 36

Spanish

Question 37

What is the main religion practiced in the Pacific South?

Answer 37

Roman Catholic