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Chapter: 09. South America

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What is the significance of Lake Titicaca?
What are ‘llanose’ and where are they found?
Name two commercially valuable hardwood trees found in the Amazon’s equatorial forests.
What is the significance of the La Paz cable car system beyond transportation?
What is the collective name for South America, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies, and why are they referred to as such?
What is the name of the highest waterfall in the world, and where is it located?
What is the geographical shape of the South American continent?
Why is the traditional way of life of indigenous people in the Amazon Basin under threat?
Which types of forests are found on the eastern slopes of the Andes and in Chile that are important for the paper industry?
What are ‘pampas’ and for what economic activities are they known?
What is the specific width of the West Coastal Plain in Peru, and how wide is it elsewhere?
What is the official language of Brazil and why is it different from most other South American countries?
Which ocean current has a cooling and drying effect on the west coast of South America?
What important product is derived from nitrates found in the Atacama Desert?
Name three specific types of animals found in the Amazon forests besides birds, monkeys, and insects.
What medicinal product is obtained from the cinchona tree?
What is the widest distance across South America from north to south and east to west?
Name the two oceans bordering South America.
Which country is the biggest exporter of oil in South America and a member of OPEC?
What is the range of average rainfall in regions with an Equatorial Climate in South America?
What are ‘selvas’ and why are they important?
How are the short, swift-flowing streams from the Andes useful?
Why does the Amazon River carry the largest volume of water in the world?
What specific feature of the Alpaca and Llama makes them valuable domesticated animals in the Andes?
For what mineral deposit is Lake Maracaibo important?
What product is derived from the droppings of guano birds on the Guano Islands?
Who was Amerigo Vespucci, and what is his significant contribution?
What is the significance of the coca tree found in the Andes?
In which climatic region does rainfall mainly occur in winter in South America?
Which desert is known as the driest in the world and where is it located?
What are the ‘lungs of the world’ in South America and why are they called that?
Name the two main languages spoken in South America.
Besides Brazil and Argentina, name three other large countries in South America.
Which significant latitude passes just south of Rio de Janeiro?
How is the climate of Quito different from Manaus, despite being at the same latitude, and why?
Why are the Eastern Highlands considered different from the Andes Mountains geologically?
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