Macca's version of Lesson 1 Southern America

4. Chapter 7
South America

6. rainforest

7. Christopher Columbus

8. Geo-Stats
 Which of the four countries is largest in
area?
 Which of the countries has the largest
population?
 Buenos Aires is the capital of which
country?

9. Map Skills
 Brazil; French Guiana
 the west coast
 Atlantic Ocean, Pacific
Ocean, and Caribbean
Sea
 Buenos Aires,
Montevideo, Bogota
 Brazil and Argentina

10. Lesson 1
South America

11. Warm-up activity
 Can you name as many things as you can
about South America? ( including
geographical and cultural words if they are
able)
 What season is it in South America right
now?

13. Core words
agribusiness 农业企业
continental drift 大陆漂移
death rate 死亡率
estuary 河口
foothill 小山丘
damp 潮湿的
loess 黄土
Pangaea 泛大陆
Savanna climate 稀疏草原气候
temperate climate 温带气候

14. Extension words
fossils 化石
ancient 古代的
connected 连接的
Caribbean 加勒比海

15. Where is South America located?
Boston
Santiago

16. Tropics
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn

17.  Which
countries does
the equator run
through?
0°

18. What is continental drift?

22.  大陆漂移学说
 海底扩张学说
 板块构造学说
魏格纳

23. What countries are in the
Caribbean region?
Caribbean Sea
1
2
3 4 5
1
2
3
4
5
Colombia
Venezuela
Guyana
Suriname
French Guiana

24. plains and highlands

25. Bogotá, Colombia

26. Caracas, Venezuela

27. What countries are in the
Atlantic region?
1
2
3 4
1. Brazil
2. Paraguay
3. Argentina
4. Uruguay

28. Brazil
 Russia
(Europe)
 Canada
(North America)
 China
(Asia)
 United States
(North America)
 Brazil
(South America)

29. Brazilian states by population

30. Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo

32. Amazonia

33. What countries are in the
Pacific region?
the Andes Mountains

34. 1
2
3
4
1. Ecuador
2. Peru
3. Bolivia
4. Chile

35. Altiplano

36.  BOLIVIA is the
only country of
the four that is
landlocked

37. Chile