South America

36 important questions on South America

What is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the New World?

Cusco

Why is Peru's coast a desert?

Easterly Winds from the Atlantic Ocean leave almost no water for the rain shadow and the cold Peru current keeping the air cold and dry causes Peru's coast to be a desert.

How has being landlocked hurt Bolivia?

It has hindered the devlopment of the trade and industry
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What nation has two capitals?

Boliva has two capitals.

Name the three regions of Chile

The northern desert(Atacama Desert), the Central Valley, and the Archipelago

What dictator helped bring prosperity to Chile?

General Augusto Pinochet(August Pinnochio)

Who libertaed Argentina and Chile from Spain?

Jose de San Martin

What is the second largest city in South America?

Buenos Aries


Match each area with the associated word
  1. Pampas                     (a) Gran Chaco
  2. Paraguay                   (b) plateau
  3. Patagonia                  (c) gauchos

  • Pampas: gauchos
  • Paraguay: plateau
  • Patagonia: gran chano

What is the oldest city in Brazil?

Sao Vicente

What country colonized Brazil?

Portugal

What is Brazil's largest city?

Sao Paulo

Brazil leads in world prouction of what three products from the Brazillian Highlands?

  1. Gold
  2. Topaz
  3. Iron Ore

What word refers to the steamy rain forest of the Amazon basin?

Selva

What records does the Amazon River hold?

  1. Most volume
  2. largest rain forest

What mineral products from the Amazon Basin?

  1. Iron Ore
  2. Bauxite
  3. Tin

Match each geographic feauture with its most cloesly associated term
  1. Lake Maracaibo              (a). Andes Moutains
  2. Strait of Magellan          (b). estuary
  3. Amazon River                  (c). Carribean Sea
  4. Aconcagua                       (d).  selva
  5. Parana River                     (e). Guiana Highlands
  6. Angel Falls                         (f). Tierra del Fuego
  7. Rio de la Plata                   (g). Paraguay River

  1. (c.)
  2. (f.)
  3. (d.)
  4. (a.)
  5. (g.)
  6. (e.)
  7. (b.)

Name the three plateau regions of South America

Brazillian Highlands, Guiana Highlands, and Patagonia

Name the three South American river systems.

Amazon River, Parana, and Orinoco

What piece of land join North and South America?

Panama

What illegal drug first came from South America?

Cocaine

What is the most fertile grassland in South America?

Pampas Grassland

What large plain lies high in the Andes?

Altiplano

Name the countries of Spain not settled by the Spanish

  1. Brazil
  2. Suriname
  3. Guinia
  4. French Guinia

Why do some tropical areas bring dryness?

Summer winds bring rain where as Winter brings dryness

What is Slash-and burn agriculture?

It is when tribes cut down a plot of forest, burn the vegetation to fertilize the soil, and then plant cassava.

What is the capital of Columbia?

Santa Fe Bogota

Name the three mountain ranges of the Andes in the Colombia/Venezuela

  1. Cordillera Occidental(Accidenatlly WET myself)
  2. Cordillera Central
  3. Cordiller Oriental(Chinese)

What is the third longest river in South America?

Orionoco River

Match a words wiht Suriname

baux(box)ite (aluminum ore)

What language do the lower class of Indian's speak?

Quecha(I quenched my thirst)

What is the captial of Chile?

Santiago

What are Argentina's low plains called?

Pampas

What is Argentina's capital?

Bueno Aries

What is the capital of Uraguay?

Montevideo

What is the captial of Paraguay?

Asuncion

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