Fun Facts 1
The number of countries in South America
What is 13?
This country is where Machu Picchu is located
What is Peru?
This is the century that the Spanish conquistadors arrived in South America.
What is the 16th century?
This is the percentage of the Amazon rain forest today that is destroyed and gone forever because of deforestation.
What is 20%
The Andes Mountains consist of two parallel mountain ranges called this.
This is what South America is most known for.
What is Biodiversity?
The Pampas are mostly in these 2 countries.
What are Argentina and Uruguay?
The Amazon River is the longest river in the world by this
What is Volume?
DAILY DOUBLE
Name 2 rainforest layers.
What is the
1. Emergent
2. Canopy
3. Understory
4. Floor
South America has many earthquakes and volcanoes especially in the Andes Mts. because part of it is located on this
What is the Ring of Fire?
This is the highest capital city in the world.
The Inca’s road network included 14,000 miles of roads reaching this many people.
What is 10 million people?
This is the driest non-polar place in the world
What is the Atacama Desert?
Another name for the Amazon Rainforest
What is "The Lungs of the Planet"?
The Andes people use this kind of farming.
What is Steppe farming?
Name five of the South America countries.
What is
1. Brazil
2. French Guiana
3. Suriname
4. Guyana
5. Venezuela
6. Colombia
7. Peru
8. Chile
9. Argentina
10. Uruguay
11. Paraguay
12. Bolivia
13. Ecuador
It is called this when plants give back to the atmosphere much of the water they absorb.
What is transpiration?
This is one of the highest South American economies. (a country)
What is Brazil?
Scientists believe that the Amazon Rainforest contain this percentage of the world's plants and animal species.
What is 50%?
Located in the Andes Mts. the Inca Empire was Polytheistic but this was their highest god.
What is the Sun god?
The highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.
What is Angel Falls?
The Pampas are 300,000 square miles of this
What is fertile grassland?
Name 2 of the major industries in South America. (in no particular order)
What is
1. Agriculture
2. Mining
3. Forestry
4. Fishing?
The second longest river in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
The Inca Empire did not have this for communication.
What is a written language?