Unit 4 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. the location of the world’s largest known oil reserves with Caracus as its capital
  2. 3. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel
  3. 5. A major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil.
  4. 9. a narrow, coastal region of Nicaragua and Costa Rica
  5. 10. has a rich cultural heritage linked to the Inca empire and has had a global impact on environmental science studies such as geography and ecology with Quito as its capital
  6. 11. a long, narrow country and the closest country to Antarctica and uniquely claims Easter Island, a historic Polynesian island with stone statues, as its territory
  7. 13. with Lima as its capital, has a mainly tropical climate and is the home of Machu Picchu an ancient Inca ruins uniquely intact on the Andes mountains
  8. 16. The home of the worlds largest tropical rainforests, runs along the largest river in the world on the continent of South America
  9. 17. a country of South America covering the southern portion of the continent with a plethora of physical features such as plains, deserts, and forests along with miles of shorelines.
  10. 20. bordered by both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, uniquely named after Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus with Bogota as its capital
  11. 21. The largest country in South America, taking up half the continents landmass, and 5th largest in the world with Brasilia as its capital
  12. 22. The world’s longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America
Down
  1. 2. is one of the driest nonpolar deserts in the world
  2. 4. a major river of South America flowing from Guiana Highlands through Venezuela and uniquely historically names “a place to paddle” in the Warao language
  3. 6. a dry plateau region found in southern Argentina
  4. 7. Made of hilly, mountains, and plateaus located in central and southeastern Brazil
  5. 8. the second smallest country in South America located on its southeastern coast with Montvedeo, a harbor city, as its capital
  6. 12. Is the largest lake in the world able to allow ships to pass, located between Bolivia and Peru
  7. 14. The southernmost point o South America
  8. 15. A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay
  9. 18. a landlocked country in south central South America plagued by turbulent government and economy with Asuncion as its capital
  10. 19. a landlocked country of west-central South America housing part of Lake Titicaca with Sucre as its historic, constitutional capital and La Paz as its administrative capital