World Continents Series: South America Resource Bo

Grades: 5-8

Get familiar with the Caribbean Region, one of the world's most sought-after tourist destinations. Describe the relative location of Chile using the features around it. Discover how the Andes Mountains and the Pampas are different. Do some research in the Amazon River, the most famous river in the world. Use the Wildlife Organizer to find the different kinds of wildlife that are unique to the Andes Mountains, the Amazon Rainforest and the Pampas regions. Find information about the subway system in some of South America's largest cities, like Caracas, Venezuela and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Compare an ancient South American civilization with the one that exists there now on the Regions Change Over Time graphic organizer. Locate the countries and capital cities on a political map. Aligned to your State Standards and the Five Themes of Geography, additional maps, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

Reproducible, 60 pages.