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Week 15 Overview

The document provides an overview of vocabulary words and topics for Week 15 of a CWC class. It includes a vocabulary list defining 15 key terms related to South America such as the Amazon River, Selvas, and Gauchos. It also lists 13 bullet points covering topics to know about South American geography, including the largest group to colonize Brazil, factors bringing companies to the Amazon Basin, coffee growing in Colombia, and challenges facing the Brazilian economy. Students are instructed to use the vocabulary chart and provided materials to study for an upcoming test.

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Week 15 Overview

The document provides an overview of vocabulary words and topics for Week 15 of a CWC class. It includes a vocabulary list defining 15 key terms related to South America such as the Amazon River, Selvas, and Gauchos. It also lists 13 bullet points covering topics to know about South American geography, including the largest group to colonize Brazil, factors bringing companies to the Amazon Basin, coffee growing in Colombia, and challenges facing the Brazilian economy. Students are instructed to use the vocabulary chart and provided materials to study for an upcoming test.

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CWC Week 15 Overview

I.

Vocabulary
Amazon River

the worlds second longest river


winding 4000 miles from the Andes
Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean
a low area surrounded by higher
land.
An example is the Amazon
Basin which gets 120 inches of rain
every year.
thick tropical rainforests in Brazil
the steep cliff in Brazil between the
Brazilian Highland and the Atlantic
Ocean
a major religious celebration in Brazil
that takes place before Lent
the highest mountain in the Western
Hemisphere
a dry, windswept plateau south and
east of the Andes Mountains
group of islands that lie in the
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of
Argentina; Argentina and Great
Britain went to war over them and
Great Britain won and controlled
them
ranches that cover the Pampas of
Argentina
vast treeless plains in the center of
Argentina
ranches that cover the pampas
cowhands that take care of the
livestock on the ranches
located in Paraguay, it is located on
the Parana river and is used for
generating hydroelectric power

Basin

Selvas
Great Escarpment
Carnival
Aconcagua
Patagonia
Falkland Islands

Estancias
Pampas
Estancias
Gauchos
Itaipu Dam

Know who the largest group to colonize Brazil were


Know the major resources that bring companies to the Amazon
basin

Know what is not a factor that makes Colombia ideal for


growing coffee
Know where Colombians live
Know how Colombia tries to solve the problem with guerrillas
Know coffee is one of the most important exports of Colombia
Latitude is horizontal lines across the globe and the Equator is
a line of latitude
Longitude is vertical lines going up and down the globe and the
Prime Meridian is a line of latitude
Know about deforestation
Know what economic challenges face Brazilians
Know how the pampas are like the Great Plains of the U.S.
Know about the Itaipu Dam
Know about Juan Peron
*USE CHART AND VOCAB CHART TO STUDY FOR TEST THURSDAY

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