UNIT 8:

SOUTH AMERICA

SCHOLAR NAME: ______________________________

COHORT: ____________________________

HOMEROOM: ____________________________

GRADUATION YEAR: __________________________

Miranda, Joshua M.

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

Table of Contents
SOUTH AMERICA LOCATION GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.................................................. 3
SOUTH AMERICA PLACE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER .......................................................... 4
SOUTH AMERICA MOVEMENT GRAPHIC ORGANIZER ............................................... 5
SOUTH AMERICA GRAPHIC ORGANIZER ........................................................................ 6
SOUTH AMERICA HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION GRAPHIC
ORGANIZER ................................................................................................................................ 7
SOUTH AMERICA ABSOLUTE LOCATION ACTIVITY ................................................... 8
SOUTH AMERICA POLITICAL MAP ACTIVITY DIRECTIONS ..................................... 9
SOUTH AMERICA EAST POLITICAL MAP ACTIVITY MAP ........................................ 10
LATIN AMERICA POLITICAL MAP REFERENCE SHEET ........................................... 11
SOUTH AMERICA PHYSICAL MAP ACTIVITY .............................................................. 12
SOUTH AMERICA PHYSICAL MAP .................................................................................... 13
SOUTH AMERICA PHYSICAL REFERENCE MAP .......................................................... 14
LANGUAGES OF SOUTH AMERICA MAP ......................................................................... 15
LANGUAGES OF SOUTH AMERICA QUESTIONS ........................................................... 16
SOUTH AMERICA READING ACTIVITY ........................................................................... 17
BRAZIL WORKSHEET ............................................................................................................ 20
SOUTH AMERICA WORKSHEET ........................................................................................ 21
S. AMERICA INTRO ATLAS ACTIVITY ............................................................................. 22
SOUTH AMERICA PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY ATLAS ACTIVITY ................................ 23
RAINFOREST ACTIVITY ....................................................................................................... 27
SOUTH AMERICA HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITY ................................................... 28
SOUTH AMERICA REGIONS ATLAS ACTIVITY ............................................................. 31
HEROES of SOUTH AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE ACTIVITY ..................................... 34
BRAZILIAN CROPS CHARTS AND GRAPHS ACTIVITY ............................................... 35
CATTLE COUNTRY READING AND QUESTIONS ........................................................... 36
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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA LOCATION GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

ABSOLUTE
RELATIVE
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA PLACE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

PHYSICAL
HUMAN
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA MOVEMENT GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

PEOPLE GOODS

IDEAS
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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

GEOGRAPHICAL ECONOMIC

POLITICAL
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION GRAPHIC
ORGANIZER

DEPEND ON THE MODIFY/CHANGE THE

ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT

ADAPT TO THE ENVIRONMENT

 Scott Foresman

180 140W 100W 60W 20W 0 20E 60E 100E 140E 180
80N 80N
Name

60N 60N

40N 40N
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Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Cancer

20N 20N

Prime Meridian
The World Latitude and

Equator Equator
GLOBAL

20S 20S
Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Capricorn
N
Longitude

0 1,000 2,000 Miles

LITERACY

40S W E 40S
0 1,000 2,000 Kilometers
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Grid

Scale accurate only at Equator

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S
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

60S 60S
GRADE 6

80S 80S

160W 120W 80W 40W 0 40E 80E 120E 160E

SOUTH AMERICA ABSOLUTE LOCATION ACTIVITY

The World Latitude and Longitude Grid

SOUTH AMERICA
Date __________

BETWEEN LATITUDE LINES: _____________ and _____________

BETWEEN LONGITUDE LINES: _____________ and _____________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA POLITICAL MAP ACTIVITY DIRECTIONS

STEP 1: Label each country in the list below on the POLITICAL MAP of Africa.

Argentina Jamaica Haiti Venezuela

Bolivia Panama Belize Ecuador
Brazil Nicaragua Bahamas Uruguay
Chile El Salvador Mexico Guatemala
Colombia Honduras Paraguay
Costa Rica Dominican Republic Peru
Cuba Guyana Suriname

STEP 2: Finish Presentation

Color all locations on each map (COLOR AROUND YOUR LABEL)

**SPICE CHALLENGE**: Label the Following Cities

Bogot Panama City Georgetown

Buenos Aires Managua San Salvador
Caracas Tegucigalpa Quito
Havana Guatemala City Braslia
La Paz Belmopan Santiago
Sucre Nassau Kingston
Lima San Jos Montevideo
Paramaribo Mexico City Santo Domingo
Port-au-Prince Asuncin

EXCEEDS MEETS APPROACHES NOT YET

THE STANDARD THE STANDARD THE STANDARD PROFICIENT

ALL locations on the map are
labeled correctly and neatly
and are printed in black or blue
ink or pencil. Labels are in
horizontal direction. Place
names are capitalized and
spelled correctly. Writing is
legible like it would be in an
atlas
Most of the locations Assignment is a little Assignment is poorly
are labeled correctly. more than half attempted or locations
Labels are not neatly complete. Labels are are not labeled
readable by the messy or unreadable accurately.
instructor or are not all by instructor or are not
in horizontal direction. in horizontal direction.
Place names are not Place names are not
capitalized. spelled correctly.
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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA EAST POLITICAL MAP ACTIVITY MAP
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

LATIN AMERICA POLITICAL MAP REFERENCE SHEET

1
2

6
7 3

4
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA PHYSICAL MAP ACTIVITY

1. Title your map: Physical Map of South America

2. Label the following rivers:

Paran River Paraguay River

Amazon River Plata River
Negro River Orinoco River

3. Label the following landforms.

Andes Mountains Brazilian Highlands

Amazon Basin Guyana Highlands

4. Label the following bodies of water:

Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean

EXCEEDS MEETS APPROACHES NOT YET

THE STANDARD THE STANDARD THE STANDARD PROFICIENT

ALL locations on the map are
labeled correctly and neatly
and are printed in black or blue
ink or pencil. Labels are in
horizontal direction. Place
names are capitalized and
spelled correctly. Writing is
legible like it would be in an
atlas
Most of the locations Assignment is a little Assignment is poorly
are labeled correctly. more than half attempted or locations
Labels are not neatly complete. Labels are are not labeled
readable by the messy or unreadable accurately.
instructor or are not all by instructor or are not
in horizontal direction. in horizontal direction.
Place names are not Place names are not
capitalized. spelled correctly.
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA PHYSICAL MAP
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA PHYSICAL REFERENCE MAP
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

LANGUAGES OF SOUTH AMERICA MAP
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

LANGUAGES OF SOUTH AMERICA QUESTIONS

1. In what part of Latin America is Quechua, the language of the Inca Empire, spoken?

____________________________________________________________________________________

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2. In what parts of modern Latin American are the dialects of the Maya Empire spoken?

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3. Which European language is the most widespread in Latin America?

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4. Name three parts of Latin America where Spanish is spoken.

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5. Name three European languages, besides Spanish, that are spoken in parts of Latin America today.

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6. What language is spoken only on an island in the Caribbean Sea and nowhere else in Latin America?

____________________________________________________________________________________

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7. Using this map and a political map of Latin America, name the country in which Portuguese is the main
language. Why do you think Portuguese is the main language there?

____________________________________________________________________________________

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SOUTH AMERICA READING ACTIVITY
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

BRAZIL WORKSHEET

Brazil
Overview:( Government:((
Con,nent:(( Form(of(government:(
___________________( ________________________(
Popula,on:(( Head(of(state:(
___________________( ________________________(
World(rank((popula,on):((( Head(of(government:(
___________________( ________________________(
Capital:(( Legisla,ve(body:(
___________________( ________________________(
Largest(City:( How(many(states(are(in(
___________________( Brazil?(
In(terms(of(land(area,(where( ________________________(
does(Brazil(rank(among(all( (
countries?( Label&Brazil&on&the&map& (
___________________( Economy:(
History:( Per(capita(GDP:(
In(1822,(Brazil(declared(their( ________________________(
independence(from(what(country?( World(rank((GDP):(
____________________________( ________________________(
Brazil(fought(in(a(war(against(what( Currency:(
country(in(the(1860s?( ________________________(
____________________________( What(is(Brazil(the(worlds(
In(1889,(what(popular(monarch( leading(producer(of?(
was(overthrown(by(the(military?( ________________________(
____________________________( (
Geography:( What(year(did(the(military(turn( Culture:(
The(majority(of(what(major( over(power(to(civilian(rule?(( Languages:(
rainforest(is(in(Brazil?( ____________________________( ________________________(
________________________(
________________________(
In(terms(of(water(discharge,(
Major(religions:(
what(is(the(largest(river(in(the( ________________________(
world?(
What(is(the(most(popular(
________________________(
sport(in(Brazil?(
Describe(Brazils(climate:(
________________________(
(
What(annual(fes,val(marks(
( the(beginning(of(Lent?(
( What(is(the(name(of(the(statue( (
( pictured(above?(( ________________________(
( _____________________________(
Describe(one(thing(about(Brazil(you(found(interes,ng:(
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South America
Overview:(
In(terms(of(land(area,(where(
does(South(America(rank(
among(all(con;nents?(
_________________________(
In(terms(of(land(area,(what(is(
South(Americas(largest(country?(
_________________________(
In(terms(of(popula;on,(where(
does(South(America(rank(
among(all(con;nents?((
_________________________(
What(is(the(most(populous(
country(in(South(America?(
_________________________(
( dominated(the(Andes(region(from(
Geography:(
What(is(the(archipelago(across(
of(the(southernmost(;p(of(
South(America(called?(
_________________________(
What(river(is(the(largest(river(in(
the(world(by(discharge(of(water?(
_________________________(
What(South(American(
mountain(range(is(the(longest(
con;nental(mountain(range(in(
the(world?(
_________________________(
Describe(one(thing(about(South(America(you(found(interes;ng:(
Argosy Class of 202X
GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6
Geography((con;nued):(
What(is(the(highest(mountain(in(
South(America?(
_____________________________(
What(South(American(desert(is(the(
driest(nonTpolar(desert(in(the(world?(
________________________________(
History:(
What(highly(developed(civiliza;on(
1438(to(1533?(
_____________________________(
What(country(did(Brazil(gain(
independence(from(in(1822?(
_____________________________(
Indigenous(peoples(would(be(
forced(to(work(for(Europeans(along(
with(slaves(from(what(con;nent?(
_____________________________(
What(war(was(the(deadliest(in(La;n(
Americas(history?(
( pictured(above?(
_____________________________(
Governments:((
What(type(of(government(do(
all(South(American(countries(
have(some(form(of(today?(
________________________(
What(organiza;on(comprises(12(
South(American(countries(and(
seeks(to(establish(economic(
development,(free(movement(of(
people,(and(more?(
________________________(
Economies:(
What(are(two(major(economic(
ac;vi;es(in(South(America?(
________________________(
What(country(has(the(largest(
economy(in(South(America,(and(
seventh(largest(in(the(world?(
________________________(
Cultures:(
What(are(the(most(spoken(
languages(in(South(America?(
________________________(
What(is(the(most(popular(
sport(in(South(America?(
________________________(
What(is(the(name(of(the(Inca(
site(built(around(1450(that(is(
________________________(
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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

S. AMERICA INTRO ATLAS ACTIVITY

DIRECTIONS: Use the information above to determine if the following statements are true or false.
1. ______The Andes Mountains are the longest range in South America.
2. ______Lake Maracaibo is the highest lake in South America.
3. ______The Amazon is South Americas longest river.
4. ______Argentina is South Americas largest country.
5. ______French Guiana is South Americas most densely populated country.
6. ______South Americas largest urban area is in Brazil.
DIRECTIONS: Use the information on page 111 to answer the following questions. Circle the correct answer
under each question.

1. In which South American country is the worlds highest waterfall located?

a. Brazil c. Peru
b. Venezuela d. Chile
2. What is South Americas highest peak?
a. Aconcagua c. Mt. Chimborazo
b. Ojos del Salado d. Mt. Roraima
3. What is South Americas largest island?
a. San Ambrosio c. San Felix
b. Tierra del Fuego d. Trindade
4. Which of the following is South Americas highest large lake?
a. Lake Poopo c. Fernas Reservoir
b. Lake Maracaibo d. Lake Titicaca
5. Which is the second-longest river in South America?
a. Parana River c. Parnaiba River
b. Paraguay River d. Purus River
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY ATLAS ACTIVITY

DIRECTIONS: Use the Land Cover Map of South America to match the following places in South America
with their predominant land cover.

Places in South America Land Cover

1. _____ Patagonia A. Tundra

2. _____ Amazon Basin B. Tropical rain forest
3. _____ Llanos C. Semi-desert & desert
4. _____ Sucre, Bolivia D. Grassland
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DIRECTIONS: Use the Elevation Map of South America and Cross Section to determine if the following
statements are true or false. Write T in front of the sentence if it is true and F if it is false.

1. _____ The highest elevation in South America is in the Andes Mountains.

2. _____ Most of the Amazon River flows through an area with an elevation of 0 to 500 feet above sea
level.

3. _____ South Americas elevation is generally higher in the west than the east.

4. _____ Buenos Aires, Argentina, has a higher elevation than Bogota, Colombia.

5. _____ Most of South Americas high ground is centered in the middle of the continent.
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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DIRECTIONS: Use Altitude Zones in the Andes to

answer the following questions.

1. If you lived at 13,000 feet in the Andes, would you more

likely work as a farmer or a herder?

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

2. Would a farmer who prefers warmer weather be more

likely to grow bananas or potatoes?

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

DIRECTIONS: Use the Precipitation map ___________________________

and the Elevation Map of South America (earlier section)
to complete the following sentences.

1. The coast of Peru receives an average of

_________________ inches of precipitation per

year.

2. Suriname and French Guiana both receive

_________________ inches of rain per year.

3. Most rainfall in South America is (direction)

_________________ of the Andes Mountains.

4. Uruguay receives an average of

_________________ inches of precipitation per

year.
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DIRECTIONS: Use the Climate map and Climographs to decide if the following places are in tropical, dry, or
mild regions. Write T for tropical, D for dry, or M for mild next to each region below.

1. ______ Coast of Peru

2. ______ Uruguay

3. ______ Belem, Brazil

4. ______ Most of Venezuela

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

RAINFOREST ACTIVITY

DIRECTIONS: Use the graphs and text above to answer the following questions. Circle the correct answer
under each question.

1. About what fraction of Brazils land cover is rain forest?

A. one-half B. two-thirds C. three-fourths D. four-fifths

2. About how many times larger is Brazils world percentage of carbon dioxide from land use change than
its world percentage of land area?

A. two times B. three times C. four times D. six times

3. If harvesting rain forest products can earn 40 times as much as herding cattle, which is the more likely
reason ranchers continue deforesting?

a. Ranchers dont care about the b. Ranchers are more familiar with
environment. raising cattle.
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITY

DIRECTIONS: Use the Land Use map to match the following places in South America with their
predominant land use.

Places in South America Land Use

1. ______ Northern Chile A. Urban

2. ______ Lima, Peru B. Subsistence farming

3. ______ Southern Argentina C. Ranching or herding

4. ______ Most of Colombia D. Forestry

5. ______ Banks of the Amazon E. No widespread use

DIRECTIONS: Use the Balance of Trade graphs, the Geode, and

the photo caption to determine if the following statements are true
or false. Write T in front of the sentence if it is true and F if it is
false.

1. ______ The European Union is a larger trading partner with

Chile than the United States.

2. ______ Chile exports more to Japan and China than to

Argentina and Brazil.

3. ______ Chile exports less than it imports.

4. ______ Venezuela is the second largest exporter of oil in the

world.

5. ______ Ethanol is cleaner and cheaper to produce than

gasoline.
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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DIRECTIONS: Use the Energy Resources and Metals

map to answer the following questions. Circle the correct
answer under each question.

1. Which country has the most uranium resources?

a. Peru
b. Venezuela
c. Brazil
d. Argentina

2. Which country has the most aluminum (bauxite)

resources?

a. Suriname
b. Uruguay
c. Paraguay
d. Bolivia

3. Which country has the most copper resources?

a. Colombia
b. Chile
c. Ecuador
d. Guyana
e.
DIRECTIONS: Use the Natural Population Growth graph to
complete the following.

1. Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru each have _________________

rates which are more than twice as high as their

_________________ rates.

2. The birth rate of _________________ is three times higher

than its death rate.

3. Of the three countries on the graph, _________________ is

the only one with a birth rate lower than the world average.

4. For every 1,000 people in Peru, _________________ are

born and _________________ die each year.

5. The world and _________________ share the same

population growth rate percentage.
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DIRECTIONS: Use the Population map to sequence the

following areas of South America in order of population
density, with 1 representing the most densely populated
area and 5 the least.

1. ______ Most of western Ecuador

2. ______ Most of Uruguay

3. ______ Santiago, Chile

4. ______ Most of southern Argentina

5. ______ Along most of Brazils northern coast

DIRECTIONS: Use the Descendants of Indigenous South

Americans map and the Geode on page 117
to answer the following questions.

1. Which two countries have the highest percentage of

indigenous descendants?

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

2. Why is there a higher percentage of mulattos than mestizos in

French Guiana?
_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

___________________________
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AMERICA REGIONS ATLAS ACTIVITY
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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DIRECTIONS: Use the Political Relief Map of Northwestern South America to answer the following
questions. Circle the correct answer under each question.
1. What is the elevation of Mount Chimborazo?

A. 9,094 feet B. 16,411 feet C. 20,702 feet D. 22,205 feet

2. Which of the following cities has the largest population?

A. Cumana, Venezuela C. Manta, Ecuador

B. Cali, Colombia D. Iquitos, Peru

3. Which river flows through Venezuela?

A. Maranon River C. Caqueta River

B. Amazon River D. Orinoco River

4. Which country has the longest coast line?

A. Peru B. Ecuador C. Colombia D. Venezuela

5. Which country does the Equator NOT pass through?

A. Ecuador B. Colombia C. Venezuela D. Brazil

DIRECTIONS: Use the Political Relief Map of Southern South America to complete the following sentences.

1. The Atacama Desert is located in the country of .

2. Mirim Lake is located between and Brazil.

3. Patagonia and the Pampas are located in .

4. The Pilcomayo River flows along southwestern border.

DIRECTIONS: Use both maps to match the following South American cities with their correct countries.
Cities Countries

1. ______ Cordoba A. Chile

2. ______ Medellin B. Peru

3. ______ Trujillo C. Argentina

4. ______ Puerto Montt D. Colombia

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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DIRECTIONS: Use the Political

Relief Map of Brazil and Its Neighbors
to sequence the following cities in order
from north to south, with 1 representing
the northernmost city and 5 the
southernmost.

1. ______ La Paz, Bolivia

2. ______ Montevideo, Uruguay

3. ______ Georgetown, Guyana

4. ______ Sao Paulo, Brazi

5. ______ Manaus, Brazil

DIRECTIONS: Use the map on page 119 to determine if the following statements are true or false. Write T in
front of the sentence if it is true and F if it is false.

1. ______ Sucre, one of the capitals of Bolivia, has a larger population than Asuncion, the capital of

Paraguay.

2. ______ Antofagasta, Chile, is closer to the Tropic of Capricorn than Curitiba, Brazil.

3. ______ The Parana River flows through Brazil and Argentina.

4. ______ The Mouths of the Amazon River are near the Equator.

5. ______ The Amazon Basin is southeast of the Brazilian Highlands.

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

HEROES of SOUTH AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE ACTIVITY

DIRECTIONS: Complete the compare and contrast chart below using the information from above.

Differences BOLIVIAR Similarities Differences SAN MARTIN

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

BRAZILIAN CROPS CHARTS AND GRAPHS ACTIVITY

1. What geographical factors explain Brazils high ranking in such a large number of crops?

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

2. Based on the information in this table, which crop does Brazil produce the most? How does Brazil rank
in the production of the crop?

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

3. Below, choose at least 4 crops and create a bar graph of the data from the chart above.
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

CATTLE COUNTRY READING AND QUESTIONS

1. What is one cause of the rising importance of Brazilian and Argentinian beef?

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

2. Why did colonists in the region not focus on the importance of cattle at first?

____________________________________________________________________________________

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3. Below, create a timeline showing important changes in the cattle industry from 1500 to today?