Western Studies Ch. 16
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- Salvador
- The capital city of Brazil and major port of Bahia state, in North Africa.
- Santiago
- The capital and largest city of Chile.
- Yanomamo
- Native American group that lives in the rain forest in Brazil.
- photosynthesis
- When green plants and trees produce their own food using water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight.
- canopy
- At the top of the trees, the leaves form a dense mass.
- sierra
- The mountains that run from northwest to southeast Peru.
- Uros
- People who live on totora reed islands on Lake Titicaca.
- Atacama Desert
- One of the driest regions in the world, found in South America.
- pesticide
- A chemical used to kill pests.
- privatization
- The process of putting ownership of productive resources into the hands of non governmental organizations and people.
- Rio de Janeiro
- The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
- Lake Maracaibo
- South America's largest lake.
- Cuzco
- A town in the Andes in southern Peru.
- Brasilia
- The capital of Brazil.
- Quechua
- The language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas.
- montana
- made of large streaches of tropical forests on the lower slopes of the mountains in northeast Peru.
- boom
- Period of economic proserity.
- Lake Titicaca
- The lake between Bolivia and Peru; highest lake in the world on which ships can travel.
- tundra
- An area where no trees grow because the soil is always so cold.
- altiplano
- A high plateau in the Andes.