Chapter 8 Study Guide

Chapter 8 Study Guide Brazil and Its Neighbors

 Quebracho trees produce ______, which is used to produce leather.  Brazil is the ______largest country in the world.  Venezuela is the largest producer of ______in South America.  Brazil’s government is led by a p______t.  Brazilian television produces prime-time soap operas called ______.  Paraguay sells nearly 90 percent of the ______it produces.  In Argentina, vast, treeless plains are called the ______.  The Orinoco River is a valuable source of ______power.  As in Mexico, temperatures in Venezuela differ with ______, which means height above sea level.

 In the early 1960’s, Brazil moved its capital from Rio de Janeiro to ______.  The area of Brazil that is full of thick forests and subsistence farms is the ______Chaco.  Patagonia is made up of plateaus.  The first people who lived in Paraguay were the ______.  Brazil’s culture is largely P______e.  The Amazon Basin is located in the northern region of ______.  In Guyana the majority of the people have an ______background.  Paraguay is ______, which means it has no seacoast.  The Amazon is the world’s ______longest river.  Like the United States, Brazil is divided into states.  Many cities in Brazil are surrounded by slum areas called ______.  The largest population of any Latin American country is Brazil.  Grassy plains known as llanos are found in part of (Suriname or Venezuela).

Terms to know: Carnival-

Rio de la Plata- selva- futbol- gaucho-

Itaipu Dam-