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LESSON 2

4 Answer the following questions.

1. How is South America considered to be in both the Southern and the Northern
Hemispheres?

2. Why is the Amazon River basin considered “the lungs of the world”?

3. How did the Amazon River help increase the agriculture industry?

4. How did the import substitution policy affect South America?

5. What were the early civilizations of South America thriving on?

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