Topic 4: South America

1. Incan artifact that looks like a necklace and used for writing and counting
3. native language of the Inca
7. most popular sport in South America, by far!
10. desolate, wind swept plateau of southern Argentina
12. defeated the Aztec
13. this South American country has two capitol cities
14. Buenos Aires lies on the Rio de la Plata in what South American country?
16. controversial leader from Argentina in the 1940's and 1950's; wife was Eva
19. agriculturally rich plains of Argentina
20. primary language of most of Latin America
21. emerged about 10,000 years ago after Native Americans domesticated plants and animals
23. Brazilians speak Portuguese due to the Treaty of...
24. leads the world in oil reserves
25. primary language of French Guiana
27. "Christ the ______________" Rio de Janeiro
29. primary language of Brazil
30. Sao ________, Brazil; the largest city in South America
31. celebration prior to Lent in Rio de Janeiro

2. emerged in the 1400's AD as one of the great Native American empires
4. problem crop of Colombia
5. a country literally named after being on the Equator
6. T/F: South America supports many different types of climates
8. his observations on the Galapagos led to his book, "On the Origin of Species"
9. Colombia is the world's largest producer of green garnet
11. Venezuela is the only country in the America's that belongs to this oil cartel
14. largest river in the world by volume]
15. this country owns the Galapagos Islands
16. defeated the Inca
17. Brazil is the world's largest producer of this waker upper
18. from Venezuela; freedom fighter who led many South American countries to independence from Spain
22. primary language of Suriname
26. Chile is the words largest producer of this "electric" product
28. primary language of Guyana