World Geography
11-3 Note Outline
Main Idea 1: Ecuador struggles with poverty and political instability
Government
• A __________ with instability because of widespread
___________
• The country has had nine different __________ in ____
years.
• 2005: People forced the president from power after
− He fired the country’s ________ _____ to
gain power
− _________ reforms had failed to improve
housing, medical care, or education in the
country
Economic Regions
• The coastal lowlands has agriculture and industry and ________,
Ecuador’s major _____ and _________ city.
• The __________ region of ________ is poorer, though open-air
__________ and Spanish colonial building attract tourists to
___________, the capital, and other towns.
• The Amazon basin has _________, Ecuador’s main _________.
Main Idea 2: Bolivia’s government is trying to gain stability and improve the economy
Government
• After years of __________ rule, Bolivia is a ____________.
• __________ has been a cause of __________ unrest in
recent years.
• Two capital cities:
− _________ where the Supreme Court meets
− _________, an industrial center located at
12,000 feet above sea level, where congress
meets
• Early 2000s: People forced presidents to resign after
reforms failed to improve housing, medical care, and
education.
Economy
• Bolivia is the _________ country in South America.
• In the eastern __________, there are few roads and little
________ for ____________.
• However, _____ _____ helped development.
Main Idea 3: Peru has made progress against poverty and violence
• __________ capital, _________, is the largest city in the region.
− Home to nearly _________ of all Peruvians
− High-rise ____________ and private houses, some from
the ___________ era
− Industry, universities, and government jobs
• Most poor people don’t live in slums, but build their own houses on
city ___________.
• These ____________ develop into large, permanent suburbs.
• Many young town people are migrants from the ____________.
• They came to escape ___________ in their home villages.
Peru Today
Government
________ and _______: A terrorist group called the _____ _______
opposed government policies.
About ___________ people died in violence
Peru’s economy suffered.
_____________ arrested leaders and made progress against political
violence and poverty
The country has an elected president and __________
Resources
Peru’s resources are key factors in its _________ progress.
Some ________ deposits are near the coast
_____________ projects on rivers provide _________.
In Peru’s less developed highlands, Indians grow _______ and _____.
Main Idea 4: Chile has a stable government and a strong economy
Government
• _________: Chileans elected a president who had some
ideas influenced by ____________.
• A few years later he was overthrown and died in a U.S.backed military _________, or a sudden overthrow of a
government by a small group of people.
• In the years after the coup, military rulers imprisoned or
killed thousands of people to end __________.
• Late 1980s: The rulers weakened, and Chile created a
stable, ____________ government.
Economy
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Economy is _________ in the region.
About one-third of Chileans live in _________ Chile.
This region includes the capital, _________.
________ climate allows many crops.
_________, ________, ________, and ________ form the
basis of Chile’s economy.
• __________ accounts for more than one-third of Chile’s
exports.
• Chile _________ with the U.S., Argentina, Brazil, and
China.