grade 6 history chap 17-18 test 15
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- the fourth largest continent is
- South America
- the major mountain range in South America is
- Andes Mountains
- most of South America is located in the
- Torrid Zone
- the Strait of Magellan separates the South American mainland from the islands of
- Tierra del Fuego
- world's largest tropical rainforest is found in
- the Amazon River Basin
- largest South American river is the
- Amazon
- South America's largest lake
- Lake Maracaibo
- highest navigable lake in the world is Lake
- Titicaca
- one of the driest regions in the world is
- Atacama
- fertile grasslands extending across Argentina are
- Pampas
- most famous early Wouth American Indian Civilization
- Inca
- Spain and who clained land in South America
- Portugal
- largest city in South America
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- major religion of South America
- Roman Catholicism
- missionary to the Quechuas and the Aucas of Ecuador
- Jim Elliot
- one of the first Protestant missionaries to South America
- James Thompson
- most famous patriot in Wouth America's stuggle for independence
- Simon Bolivar
- forst European to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific
- Ferdinand Magellan
- first man to realize that the Americas were a "New World"
- Amerigo Vespucci
- the country with the most Indians
- Peru
- language of the Incas
- Quechua
- Wcuador is Spanish for
- equator
- capital of Qcuador is
- Quito
- the landlocked South American Country with two capital cities
- Bolivia
- produces the world's finest coffee
- Colombia
- known for its production of petroleum and natural gas
- Venezuela
- the one South American country still ruled by a European country
- French Guiana
- when Dutch Guiana became independent, it changed its name to
- Suriname
- has a larger population than all other South American countries combined
- Brazil
- South American country that produces alot of wheat
- Argentina
- Chile is the world's largest producer of
- copper
- the poorest country in south America
- Paraguay
- capital and largest city if Uruguay is
- Montevideo