chapter 9 unit 3
Test Friday on Unit 3
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- What greater Antilles Island is divided between Hati and the Dominom Republic?
- Hispanioal
- What river forms part of the border between Mexico and the Unted States?
- Rio Grande River
- The practice of cutting step-like fields into the sides of hills and slopes in oreder to grow crops in mountains areas to known as what kind of farming?
- Terraced Farmer
- The name of the of the South American mountain range?
- The Andes
- What is the most populyst city in Latin America?
- Mexico City, Mexico
- The Amazon River carries and discharges more water than any other River in the world. Where does it rank in the world on terms of its length?
- second
- What is the tallest waterfall in the World?
- Angel Falls
- Cowboys from Argentina and Urugay who often use a bolo to capture animals?
- Gauchos
- What southeastern region of South America borders the Atlantic Ocean and includes parts of Argentina and Chile
- Patagonia
- The grassu plains of Columbia and Venezuala are called llanos. In Brazil, the great plains are called cerrado. What are the grasslands of Argentina and Uruguay called?
- pampas
- The Lesser Antilles islands of the Caribbean are divided into two groups. One is the Windward Islands. the other is...
- The leeward islands
- What county's goverment is encouraging settlers to move into the country's interior and devolop the land for farming?
- Brazil
- The river in South America thats starts in the highlands and goes through Paraguay and Argentina is?
- Parana River
- The parana river emptyies into what estuary
- Rio De Plait
- What rain forest tree can grow up to 150 feet high
- The Brazil nut tree
- What is the name of this Rio de Janeiro mountain, famous for the staue of Christ atop it?
- Sugarloaf Mountain