| Term | Definition |
|---|
| maraca | musical instrument made from a hollow gourd filled with dried seeds or pebbles that sounds like a rattle |
| Chile | longest, narrowest country in the world |
| to protect the crops from foreign plant or animal matter that might bring disease to the crops | Why is the Chilean government so concerned with border restriction? |
| Andes Mountains | What natural resource protects Chile from insect pests and plant disease? |
| Atacama Desert (north) and central valley near the coast | geography of Chile |
| central valley near the coast | Where do most people in Chile live? |
| To prevent foreign items such as new seeds for planting from entering the country | Why does Chile inspect maracas at the border? |
| mestizos (75%), Eurpoeans (20%), Native American (3%) | ethnic groups of Chile |
| copper | What does Chile export more of than any other country? |
| Atacama Desert | Where is mosty of Chile's copper located? |
| wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, corn tomatoes, and many fruits | What crops do the farmers in Chile grow? |
| sheep hearders, farmers and businessmen | lifestyles of Chileans |
| pollution | What is a problem in the city of Santiago? |
| the Andes Mountains block the wind, economy that encouraged industry/factories with relaxed environmental laws | What are the causes of pollution in Chile? |
| cities | Where do 80% of the people live in Chile? |
| the drop in copper prices in the early 1980's | What prompted the Chileam government to encourage industry and sell more crops/agricultural revolution? |
| when the wind does not blow, industries are shut down; limit the number of cars in the city and require new cars to have special exhaust systems | What has the government done to reduce pollution in Chile? |
| agriculture with the selling of crops | What has become a billion dollar industry for Chile? |
| the southern hemisphere has summer when the Northern Hemisphere has winter so Chile can provide crops when countries cannot produce them, the Andes protects it from plant pests, the central valley is largest | Why does Chile's location gives it an advantage in agriculture? |
| It provided the economy with diversity and provided jobs for farmers and workers at packing plants | How has the growth of agriculture helped Chileans? |
| Caracas/cities | Where do most Venezueleans live? |
| (standard of living increased) people moved to the cities, changed from a traditional agriculture culture to a modern urban country, governement built high-quality roads and subways | What was the results of the oil boom? |
| (people lost their jobs) oil industries and the governement cut jobs | What happened when the price of oil decreased? |
| baseball | What sport is popular in Venezuela? |
| a new policy of privatization and starting new industries by providing money for people to start farming | What did the government do to improve Venezuela's economy? |
| People found new jobs. | What was the effect of privatization? |
| New jobs and made the country wealthy | What was the effect of finding oil? |
| It made them aware of modern conveniences and made them want those things. | How did the period of wealth change the people in Venezuela |
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