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Purpose/Overview:
Students will use geographic clues and mental mapping to locateSouth American countries and relative location clues to locatemajor landforms and bodies of water.
Objectives:
Students will use geographic clues and mental mapping to locate thecountries of South America on a blank outline map.
Students will use relative location clues to locate South Americanlandforms and bodies of water on a blank outline map.
Students will obtain a visual image of South American landforms andbodies of water by viewing PowerPoint photographs of each feature.
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Procedures:
Students will label all the countries of South America on a blank outline map without looking at a map or globe.
Students will use the South American Puzzle sheet of geographic cluesto locate the countries on a blank outline map of South America.
When all students have finished, show the answers on PowerPointand have them check their answers.
Help students label the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and PacificOcean before they begin locating the countries.
Show the remaining PowerPoint slides depicting South Americanlandforms and bodies of water.
Ask students to use a physical map of South America to help themlocate the landforms and bodies of water on their outline maps as they see them depicted in the photographs.
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National Geographic Society
BRAZIL
VENZUELA
COLOMBIA
BOLIVIA
ECUADOR
URUGUAY
PARAGUAY
ARGENTINA
CH
ILE
PERU
GUYANA
SURINAM
E
FR. GUIA
NA
CARIBBEAN SEA
PACIFICOCEAN
ATLANTICOCEAN
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Procedures:
Students will label all the countries of South America on a blank outline map without looking at a map or globe.
Students will use the South American Puzzle sheet of geographic cluesto locate the countries on a blank outline map of South America.
When all students have finished, show the answers on PowerPointand have them check their answers.
Help students label the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and PacificOcean before they begin locating the countries.
Show the remaining PowerPoint slides depicting South Americanlandforms and bodies of water.
Ask students to use a physical map of South America to help themlocate the landforms and bodies of water on their outline maps as they see them depicted in the photographs.
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What mountain range stretches from Ecuador through Chile seen here surrounding Chacabuco, Chile?
All photos without URLs are by Glenda Sullivan
Andes Mountains
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What are the table-like mountains located in southeast Venezuela,Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and northern Brazil?
http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/181689.JPG
Guiana Highlands
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http://www.braziltravelnews.com/photos/chapada2.jpg
What is the low mountainrange in the eastern, southern and central portion of Brazil?
Brazilian Highlands
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Isabela Island seenin this satelliteimage is the largestisland of what archipelago thatis a province ofEcuador?Latitude/longitudeis 0⁰, 91⁰ W.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos_Islands
Galapagos Islands
Google Earth.lnk
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www.gonomad.com/.../Atacama_desert.jpg
What is one of the driest deserts in the world located in Chile?
Atacama Desert
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What is the world’s highest waterfallslocated in Venezuela?
www.islamargarita.com/images/AngelFalls2.jpg
Angel Falls
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls
Consisting of 275 cascades what falls forms the border between Brazil and Argentina?
Iguazu Falls
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http://vaughanwylie.com/images/amazon-river.jpg
What is the largest river in the world by volume?
Amazon River
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Maracaibo
What is the largestlake in South America located in Venezuela?
Lake Maracaibo
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What is the highest navigable lake in the world located on the border between Peru and Bolivia?
http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/88/3888-004-486D18C6.jpg
Lake Titicaca
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What rain forest is located in nine South American countries?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:River_in_the_Amazon_rainforest.jpg
Amazon Rain Forest
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What is the widest estuary in the world located between Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina?
Rio de la Plata
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What archipelago is separated from Argentina by the Strait of Magellan?
Tierra del Fuego
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What is the southernmost island in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile?
Cape Horn
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What navigable sea route separates Argentina fromTierra del Fuego and cuts through southern Chile?
Strait of Magellan