The Gauchos, the cattle rearing cowboys of South America, belong to which natural region?
- A.The Amazon rainforest
- B.The Atacama desert
- C.The Pampas grassland
- D.The Andean altiplano
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, the Pampas grassland. The Pampas is the temperate grassland of Argentina and Uruguay, a flat and fertile region of wheat farming and cattle ranching. The Gauchos are its horsemen and cattle herders, the South American counterpart of the cowboy of the North American prairie, and the estancia is the large ranch on which they work.
Option A, the Amazon rainforest, is home to shifting cultivators and hunters such as the Yanomami and the Boro. Option B, the Atacama desert of Chile, is almost rainless and supports mining rather than herding. Option D, the Andean altiplano, is the high plateau of the Quechua and Aymara, who herd llama and alpaca. Temperate grassland names are worth pairing: pampas in Argentina, prairie in North America, veld in South Africa, downs in Australia and steppe in Eurasia.
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- A.The savanna of Kenya and Tanzania
- B.The Kalahari desert
- C.The Congo rainforest
- D.The Sahel of West Africa
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- A.The Sahara desert
- B.The equatorial forest of the Congo basin
- C.The Australian outback
- D.The Siberian tundra
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- A.Thar
- B.Atacama
- C.Kalahari
- D.Gobi
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- A.The Arabian desert
- B.The Amazon basin
- C.The steppes of Ukraine
- D.The highlands of New Guinea
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- A.Yak
- B.Reindeer
- C.Llama
- D.Camel
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