Unit 5 Test Review Flashcards
(88 cards)
1
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A sudden overthrow of a government, often by the military
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coup
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aids trade in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay
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Rio de la Plata
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires
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Bahamas
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Nassau
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Q
Belize
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Belmopan
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Bolivia
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La Paz
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Bolivia was named for ___, a famous freedom fighter during the South American wars of independence.
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Simón Bolivar
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Brazil
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Brasília
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Chile
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Santiago
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Colombia
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Bogotá
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controlled most of Central and South America in the 16th-18th centuries
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Spain
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Costa Rico
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San José
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Cuba
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Havana
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Dominican Republic
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Santo Domingo
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Ecuador
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Quito
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El Salvador
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San Salvador
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has the highest density of biodiversity of any ecosystem in teh world.
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Amazon rainforest
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French Guiana
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Cayenne
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Guatemala
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Guatemala City
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Guyana
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Georgetown
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Haiti
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Port-au-Prince
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Honduras
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Tegucigalpa
23
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Identify Angel Falls
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Identify Argentina
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Identify Belize
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Identify Bolivia
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Identify Brazil
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Identify Cape Horn
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Identify Chile
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Identify Colombia
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Identify Costa Rica
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Identify Cuba
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Identify Ecuador
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Identify El Salvador
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Identify French Guiana
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Identify Guatemala
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Identify Guyana
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Identify Haiti
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Identify Honduras
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Identify Jamaica
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Identify Lake Maracaibo
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Identify Lake Nicaragua
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Identify Lake Titicaca
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Identify Nicaragua
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Identify Pagonia
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Identify Panama
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Identify Paraguay
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Identify Peru
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Identify Puerto Rico
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Identify Rio de la Plata
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identify Suriname
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Identify the Amazon Rainforest
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Identify the Amazon River
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Identify the Andes Mountains
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Identify the Atacama Desert
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Identify the Atlantic Ocean
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Identify the Bahamas
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Identify the Brazilian Highlands
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Identify the Caribbean Sea
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Identify the Dominican Republic
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Identify the Drake Passage
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Identify the Equator
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Identify the Greater Antilles
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Identify the Guiana Highlands
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Identify the Lesser Antilles
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Identify the Pacific Ocean
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Identify the Pampas Plains
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Identify the Panama Canal
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Identify the Rio Orinoco
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Identify the Rio Paraná
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Identify the Strait of Magellan
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Identify Tierra del Fuego
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Identify Uruguay
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Identify Venezuela
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In 1804, ___ gained independence from France by means of a slave revolt
Haiti
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Jamaica
Kingston
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Nicaragua
Managua
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Panama
Panama City
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Paraguay
Asunción
80
Peru
Lima
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prior to the construction of the Panama Canal, the safest passageway for ships traveling from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Strait of Magellan
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Puerto Rico
San Juan
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Suriname
Paramaribo
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the driest desert on earth
Atacama Desert
85
The peaks of the Andes Mountains are ___ than the Rocky Mountains.
higher
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the world's highest waterfall
Angel Falls
87
Uruguay
Montevideo
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Venezuala
Caracas
