<p>Chapter 9 Homework: Atlantic South America Pages 184-199</p><p>Name ______Hr.___ 9 Point Option out of 15 Section 1 1. Which four countries is part of Atlantic South America?</p><p>2. Which of these countries occupies nearly half of the continent?</p><p>3. List at least two interesting facts about the Amazon River. A.</p><p>B.</p><p>4. What effect do the Andes Mountains have on storms coming from the Pacific Ocean?</p><p>5. What resources are provided by the Amazon rain forest?</p><p>Section 2 6. Which country did Brazil gain independence from in 1822?</p><p>7. What is the official language of Brazil? </p><p>8. Where does Brazil rank in the world in size (area)?</p><p>9. Where does Brazil rank in the world in population?</p><p>10. What are Brazil’s two giant cities?</p><p>Section 4 11. What is the major waterway of southern South America?</p><p>12. What country did Uruguay claim its independence from?</p><p>13. Paraguay is a landlocked country. What does this mean?</p><p>12 Point Option out of 15 Section 1 14. How big is South America’s tropical rain forest? (Our Amazing Planet)</p><p>15. Why can summer rains turn areas of the Gran Chaco into marshlands?</p><p>Section 2 16. What activities are affecting the size of the Amazon rain forest?</p><p>17. The root of which plant is used for many foods today in Brazil?</p><p>18. What inland city is the Amazon’s major port?</p><p>19. Why was the city of Brasilia, the capital of Brazil built?</p><p>Section 3 20. What are gauchos?</p><p>21. What is an important agricultural product and big part of the Argentine diet?</p><p>15 Point Option out of 15</p><p>Section 1 22. What is different about the school day in Argentina?</p><p>23. What plateaus and plains are found in Atlantic South America? </p><p>Section 2 24. What type of government does Brazil have today?</p><p>25. What is interesting about the number of Roman Catholics found in Brazil?</p><p>26. What was the former capital of Brazil?</p><p>Section 3 27. How is supper time in Argentina different than the United States?</p><p>28. Where is most of Argentina’s industry located?</p><p>29. How has the government in Argentina changed since 1983?</p><p>Section 4 30. What is the capital city of Uruguay? How many people live in or around this city?</p><p>31. What is the literacy rate of Uruguay? How does this compare to the U.S.?</p><p>32. What percent of Paraguayans are mestizos?</p><p>33. Who owns much of Paraguay’s wealth?</p><p>34. What do nearly half of Paraguay’s workers do? </p>