| A | B |
| smuggle | to move goods in or out of a country illegally |
| cacao | the plant from wich chocolate is made |
| aqueduct | a structure that carries water |
| junta | a group of leaders who rules a country by force |
| landlocked | a country that is surrounded by land |
| terrace | a long step cut into a slope to create level land for farming |
| quipu | a knotted string used by the Inca to keep records |
| Andes Mountains | chain of peaks that stretch more than 5,000 miles along the coast of South America |
| Pampas | a region in South America that is flat and covered with grass |
| cocaine | an illegal drug that is made in Colombia and smuggled to the U.S. |
| Brazil | the largest country in South America |
| Brasilia | The capital of Brazil |
| oxygen | an important by-product of the rain forests |
| gauchos | the name for cowboys in Argentina |