Grade 7 Social Studies

Review Sheet: Cluster 4

Human Impact in Europe or the Americas
I. You should understand the following terms:
1. Chile
2. South America
4. Andes Mountains
5. Atacama Desert
7. Concepcion
8. precipitation
10. urbanization
11. immigrants
transportation
13. communication
14. industry
16. environment
17. rainforest
19. alerce trees
20. endangered
22. Pascua Lama gold-mining project
24. GDP or gross domestic product
26. imports
27. foreign investment
29. fair trade
30. global citizenship

3. Pacific Ocean
6. Santiago
9. elevation
12.
15. sustainability
18. pudu
21. forestry
23. glacier
25. exports
28. copper

II. You should be able to label the names of the countries on a map of South
America.
III. You should be able to answer the following questions:
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Describe Chiles shape.

True or False: Chile is located on the east coast of South America.
What borders the west coast of Chile?
What borders the east coast of Chile?
Which countries border Chile?
True or False: The distance from the north to the south of Chile is much greater
than from the east to the west of Chile.
7. What are some different factors that affect the climate of Chile?
8. True or False: Chiles geography is very similar throughout the whole country.
9. What desert is located inn northern Chile?
10. What mountain range is located in Chile?
11. True or False: Chiles seasons are opposite of ours.
12. What is the capital city in Chile?
13. True or False? Most people in Chile live in rural areas.
14. Which part of Chile has the best living conditions, the northern, the central, or the
southern regions of the country?
15. Besides Santiago, there are several other smaller cities in Chile. Where are these
generally located?
16. True or False. Chile is more urbanized than Brazil.
17. Why is Chile so urbanized?

18. How we demonstrate our responsibility for people, the planet, and for future
generations is called what?
19. True or False. Decisions we make today could harm
future generations.
20. Give two examples of human activity that have
affected the natural environment of Chile.
21. How has the Chilean government intervened in the
Pascua Lama gold-mining project?
22. True or False. Chile is one of the poorest countries in
the world.
23. What does a countrys GDP or gross domestic product
measure?
24. True or False. Chile is strongly opposed to any
foreign investment within its country.
25. What are Chiles main resources?
26. What term refers to a fair partnership between people
who sell goods in North America and people who
produce goods in Asia, Africa, Latin America and
other parts of the world?

Answers:
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Chile is very long and narrow.

False. It is located on the west coast.
the Pacific Ocean
the Andes Mountains
Argentina to the east, Bolivia to the northeast and Peru to the north
True. It is over 4630 km from north to south but only 430 km at the widest point
from east to west.
7. the amount of direct sunlight; The northern part gets more direct sunlight because
it is closer to the equator; The temperature stays fairly moderate because it is so
close to the ocean. A cold ocean current flows northward past Chile. The
elevation in Chile varies from sea level to high mountains in the Andes.
8. False. It varies greatly from the hot dry desert of the north to cooler, wetter areas
in the south.
9. the Atacama Desert
10. the Andes Mountains
11. True. When we have summer Chile has winter and vice versa.
12. Santiago
13. False. About 85% live in urban areas.
14. central Chile around Santiago
15. Several smaller cities are port cities along the coast. Others are inland along the
Pan America Route 5, a major inland highway.
16. True. Chile is the most urbanized country in South America.
17. The northern and southern areas of Chile are scarcely populated because of
harsh living conditions. Many immigrants to Chile moved to cities. Many rural
people in Chile then decided to move to the cities as well. Improved
transportation and communication made it easier to live in the cities. Different
industries also attracted people to the cities.
18. sustainability
19. True. It is important that we make decisions today that balance the needs of today
without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
20. The forestry industry has taken too many trees to meet a demand for Chilean
wood. This has endangered some forests. The Pascua Lama gold-mining project
is a threat to the water supply in northern Chile because the mining sites are
located under three glaciers which are a major source of water for that area.
21. The government has ruled that mining cannot take place if it has a harmful effect
on the region around the glaciers.
22. False. Chile is not as well off as Canada but is still better off than most of the
other countries in the world.
23. GDP measures a countrys wealth.
24. False. Chile has welcomed a lot of foreign investment.
25. Chiles main resources are mining, forestry, fresh fruit, processed food, seafood
and wine. The main resource is copper. If the world price of copper goes down,
the whole country suffers.
26. Fair Trade (see handout)