3. Objectives
Students will be able to define
Glacier
Service Industry
Students will be able to discuss culture
of the region.
Food
Mestizo Ancestry
4. Chile Chile is almost twice the size of
California, although its width is
only _________ miles.
What Chile lacks in width, Chile
makes up for in length,
____________ miles long.
About 80% of Chile’s land is
mountainous with the
___________ running along Chile’s
border with Bolivia and Argentina.
5. In the north of Chile lies the
More Land of
Chile _______________________,
one of the driest places on
Earth.
A steppe climate zone lies
just north of Chile’s capital,
_____________________.
Most of Chile’s people are in
the central valley that has a
Mediterranean climate, the
fertile valleys here have the
largest concentration of
cities, industries, and farms.
6. Landform The lake region in the south has
thick forests.
s Chile’s far south is a stormy,
wind-swept region of
snowcapped volcanoes, thick
forests and huge
___________________, a slowly
moving mass of ice originating
from an build up of snow.
The Strait of Magellan separates
mainland Chile from a group of
islands known as the Tierra Del
Fuego (Land of Fire.)
At the Southern tip of South
America, you find
______________________, the
southernmost point of the
continent.
8. Economy of Mining forms the backbone of
Chile’s economy.
Chile Chile ranks as the world’s
leading
_________________ producer.
Chile has factories that
process fish and other foods
and
___________________,
businesses that offer a
service, such as banking and
tourism are very important.
9. People of Of the 16 million people in
Chile Chile, most are
___________________, a
mixture of European and
Native American ancestry.
Nearly all of the people of
Chile speak Spanish and
practice the Roman
Catholic religion.
Chile has been a
democratic republic since
the end of military rule in
1990.
10. Ecuador is one of
the smallest
countries in South
America
Ecuador is the
Spanish word for
_______________,
which runs directly
through it.
12. Swamps, deserts
The and fertile plains
Land cover Ecuador’s
___________ coast.
The Andes run right
down the center of
the country.
Ecuador’s capital of
______________ lies
more than 9,000 feet
above sea level.
13. Living With Snakes! In
Ecuador,
nearly
80% of
the
population
has been
bitten by a
venomous
snake at
least one
time in
their lives!
15. Economy ________________ is
Ecuador’s leading
economic activity. This
includes bananas,
cacao, sugarcane and
other important crops
growing in coastal
lowlands.
Due to being directly on
the ocean, Ecuador
catches and exports
shrimp, lobsters, crabs,
and tuna.
16. The Of Ecuador’s
People _________ million people,
most claim Native
American or
_________________
ancestry.
A small number are of
African background.
_________ of Ecuadorians
live in urban areas.
