| Term | Definition |
|---|
| South America | fourth largest continent; twice the size of the U.S. |
| Tropic of Cancer & Tropic of Capricorn | South America lies between them |
| Summer in South America | December to March |
| Winter in south america | June to September |
| Seasons in south America | opposite of United States |
| Location of south america | south of the equator |
| Brazil | S. American country that is as big as the continental US |
| tapir | largest south american animal |
| one-fourth | home for this amount of all known kinds of animals |
| jaguar | largest cat in the western hemisphere |
| capybara | largest rodent in the world |
| spectacled bear | only bear in the world that lives south of the equator |
| two-toed sloth | lives in the trees in the tropical rain forest of South America |
| Mount Aconcagua | in Argentian is the highest mountain in the Western hemisphere |
| Gulapagos giant tortoises | world's oldest living creatures |
| Andean condor | largest flying land bird in the western hemisphere |
| soil | S. America's most important natural resource |
| coffee | volcanic soil of the Andes Mountains is ideal for its growth |
| Amazon River | world's largest and second longest river |
| Madeira river | Amazon's longest tributary over 2000 miles long |
| Amazon River Basin | world's largest tropical rain forest |
| selvas | name given to tropical rain forests |
| animals living in the Amazon Basin | jaguars, sloths, anteaters, snakes, parrots, and monkeys |
| live in the Amazon river | manatees, piranhas, crocodiles and giant leeches |
| rubber | wild trees which grow in the amazon valley |
| Arawak | Small tribes of indians that live in the rain forests of the amazon river |
| Incas | established a great empire in the Andes Mountains |
| Cuzco | Incas established this as the capital and center of civilization in 1200 BC |
| builders | Incas were great at constructing thousands of miles of paved roads |
| Inca people divided into four classes | rulers, nobles, common people and slaves |
| potatoes | Incas were first to cultivate these as one of their important foods |
| Quechua | language of the Incas that is still spoken by some Peruvians |
| Pedro Alvares Cabral | discovered and claimed Brazil for Portugal |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Explorer who the Americas were named |
| Pedro de Valdivia | Spanish conquistador who took control over the South America Indies |
| Jose de san Martin | Led his native Argentina and Peru in their revolts against Spain |
| Bernardo O'Higgins | gained independence for Chile |
| James Thomson | first protestant missionaries to South America |
| Schools with Bible as main textbook | James Thomson created in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Peru |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador who kidnapped Atahualpa; gained control over S. America |
| Atahualpa | Inca ruler who was kidnapped, held for ransom and then killed for not converting to Catholicism |
| Ferdinand Magellan | First European to sail from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean |
| Simon Bolivar | Famous South American patriot, fought for South America, called the "George Washington of South America" |
| James Thomson | Started schools in Argentina, Uraguay, Chile and Peru using the Bible as a main textbook |
| Incas | Most famous South American Indians from the Andes Mountains |
| Quecha | language is the most spoken language in Peru |
| South America | Fourth largest continent, 2 times as big as US |
| Andes Mountains | Largest and second highest mountain range in the world |
| Mount Aconcagua | Highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere |
| Amazon River | Second longest river in the world, south of the Guiana Highlands |
| Madeira River | Amazon's largest tributary |
| Amazon River Basin | World's largest tropical rain forest |
| tapir | largest South American animal |
| capybara | largest rodent in the world |
| spectacled bear | only bear in the world that lives south of the equator |
| llama | largest South American camels |
| anaconda | Largest snake in the world |
| piranha | fish with very sharp teeth eats flesh off animals |
| Andean condor | largest flying bird in the Western hemisphere |
| Galapagos giant tortoise | oldest living creature |
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