Land stuff
This continent is the fourth largest in the world and has a compact, roughly triangular shape.
What is South America?
This narrow land bridge connects South America to North America.
What is the Isthmus of Panama?
The climate system in which temperature changes with elevation.
What is (a) vertical climate?
The body of water that separates South America from Antarctica south of Cape Horn.
What is the Drake Passage?
The dominant landform and longest mountain range in South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
This region of South America includes Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.
What is the Tropical North?
This southern region includes Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay
What is the Southern Cone?
This remote Chilean island is famous for nearly 900 stone statues called moai.
What is Easter Island (Rapa Nui)?
A group of islands closely scattered in a body of water.
What is an archipelago?
The climate system in which temperature changes with elevation.
What is vertical climate?
This country is the largest in South America, covering over 8.5 million square kilometers.
What is Brazil?
This planned capital of Brazil was built in 1960 to encourage interior development.
What is Brasília?
Brazil’s former capital, known as the “Marvelous City".
What is Rio de Janeiro?
These islands off the coast of Ecuador inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
What are the Galápagos Islands?
A region organized around a central hub, such as a city or trade center.
What is a functional region?
This capital city is the largest urban center in northern South America.
What is Lima?
This Argentinian city sits on the Río de la Plata and is South America’s second most populous city.
What is Buenos Aires?
Forest-covered mesas found along the eastern edge of the Andes near Brazil.
What are tepuis?
This South American country leads the world in copper exports.
What is Chile?
The high plateau bordered by two branches of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia.
What is the Altiplano?
This region at the southern tip of South America is known for glaciers, plains, and wildlife
What is Patagonia?
The largest city in South America by population and GDP.
What is São Paulo?
The world’s largest salt flat, located in Bolivia’s Altiplano region.
What is Salar de Uyuni?
This wetland along the Paraguay River is one of the largest in the world.
What is the Pantanal?
Grassy, fertile plains used heavily for farming and ranching in Argentina and Brazil.
What are the Pampas?