DISCOVERING WORLD GEOGRAPHY–QUESTIONS–PP.312-317 – Life in the Region – Andes and
Mid-latitude Countries
1) In the Andes and Mid-latitude countries there are people from many different areas and nations of the earth. List
5 different areas or nations from which people have come and now live permanently in the Andes/Mid-latitude
region.
1)__________________________________
2)___________________________________
3)_____________________________
4)_________________________________________
5)______________________________________________
2) What is the living area of the Andes/Mid-latitude nations where people live along the coasts of the country called?
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3) What are two problems with the settlement of the INLAND AREAS of the Andes/Mid-latitude nations?
1)______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4) The largest city among the Andes/Mid-latitude nations in Buenos Aires, Argentina. What is the population of the
METROPOLITAN AREA of Buenos Aires?
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5) Buenos Aires looks like a European city. List 3 ways Buenos Aires looks like a large European city.
1)__________________________________
2)___________________________________
3)______________________________________
6) What is a SHANTYTOWN? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
7) What are SHANTYTOWNS called in Lima, Peru, (the largest city in Peru)? ______________________________________________
8) What is important about the work of Maria Elena Moyano in Peru? ______________________________________________________
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9) Who are the GUARNI? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
10) What are GUARNI, SIRIONO and QUECHUA? ______________________________________________________________________________
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11) What is the practice of KALLAWAYA MEDICINE? _________________________________________________________________________
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12) What are MIXED RELIGIONS in the Andes/Mid-latitude region? ______________________________________________________
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13) Many great writers have come from the Andes/Mid-latitude region. List 3 of them. 1)______________________________
2)____________________________________________
3)__________________________________________________
14) What is the strong bond between a child’s parents and the child’s godparents called? _______________________________
15) What are 3 popular sports in Argentina? 1)_______________________________
2)____________________________________
3)______________________________________________
16) Agriculture is important in the Andes countries. Name 3 crops grown there. 1)______________________________________
2)___________________________________________
3)________________________________________________
17) Mining and fishing are important to Peru. What are 4 resources that are mined in Peru? 1)________________________
2)_________________________
3)________________________________
4)______________________________________
18) Bolivia is a LANDLOCKED country. Why is there suspicion and anger by Bolivians toward Chile? __________________
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19) List 4 highways in the area and the places they join together or plan to join together in the future.
HIGHWAY NAME
PLACES JOINED OR PLANNED TO BE JOINED
1)__________________________________________ - _________________________________________________________________________________
2)__________________________________________ - _________________________________________________________________________________
3)__________________________________________ - _________________________________________________________________________________
4)__________________________________________ - _________________________________________________________________________________
20) MEROSUR was signed by the countries of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil in 1991. A new trade
organization called the Union of South American Nations was started in 2011. What is the goal of the Union of South
American Nations.
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21) What are 3 problems for the future of the countries of the Andes/Mid-latitude?
1)___________________________________________________________
2)__________________________________________________
3)____________________________________________________________________________