Download Guided Notes South America

Guided Notes South America
For use with pages 146-150 in Social Studies book.
1. They land at El Alto Airport. El Arto means “the high one” in Spanish. It is a
good name for this airport, which is located more than 13,000 feet up in the
_______________.
2. _____________ _________ makes (to the Andes) makes visitors hearts beat
faster and leaves them short of breath.
3. The continent is part of a larger region called ________ __________, which also
includes Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.
4. An __________ is a strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger
bodies of __________.
------------- draw an isthmus to the right of these words.
5. South America includes _________ independent countries.
6. What are the three regions of South America?
7. The Andes stretch 5,500 miles along the _______ coast of South America. This is
the ______ mountain range above sea level in the world.
8. Living on the ______ slopes of the Andres is difficult, but many people live and
farm in the valleys and ______ in this region.
9. Plateau: _________________________________________________________
10. A few crops, like __________, are grown here, but most of the desert is too dry
for farming.
11. The Andes mountains are apart of a _________ chain located in and around the
Pacific Ocean called the _________ ____ ____________.
12. The Central Plains begin at the __________ edge of the Andes and extend
through the middle of the continent.
13. Which region does the Amazon River lie in?
14. The Amazon River is the _________ river in South America.
15. Rain forest: _______________________________________________________.
16. The Eastern highlands is a region made up of mostly ______ hills and plateaus
that lies north and southeast of the Amazon Basin.
17. The northern part of the Eastern Highlands has a small population, and much of
the land has not been __________.
18. Rivers serve as natural _________in places where it is hard to build roads. Fish
from the rivers provide _______. Rushing water from large rivers provides power
to _________ electricity.
19. The Amazon River is the __________ longest river in the world. Only the ______
in ___________ is longer.
20. What are the main landforms of South America?
21. What are three important characteristics of the Amazon River?
South America Map
Complete the following on your map of South America.
1. Label all countries. Use the map on page 143 for help.
2. Label the Andes Mountains and shade them yellow. Use the physical map on page
485 for help.
3. Using the physical map on page 485, draw in the Amazon River. Use blue for
this.
4. Label the Falkland Islands.
5. Label the capital cities for the countries. Write the capitals next to the stars on the
map.
6. Shade in the Eastern Highlands brown. Label this location as the Eastern
Highlands. Page 147 for help.
7. Shade in the Central Plains green. Label this location the Central Plains. Page 147
for help.