History Final Exam

Capitals

100

Capital of Brazil

Brasilia

200

Capital of Ecuador

Quito

300

Capital of Uruguay

Montevideo

400

Capital of Peru

Lima

500

Capital of Venezuela

Caracas

South America

100

Largest city in SA.

Sao Paulo, Brazil

200

Most famous early SA Indian civilization.

Inca

300

Fertile grasslands extending across Argentina

Pampas

400

Oldest permanent European settlement in SA

Cumana, Venezuela

500

British missionary who died during the first attempt to bring the gospel to the Indians

Captain Allen Gardiner

People

100

Who was a missionary to the Qechuas and the Aucas of Equador?

Jim Elliot

200

Who was the most famous patriot in South America's struggle for independence; the 'George Washington of South America"?

Simon Bolivar

300

Who was the first European to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?

Ferdinand Magellan

400

Who was one of the first Protestant missionaries to South America?

Francisco Pizarro

500

Who was the first man to realize that the Americas were a "New World"?

Americo Vespucci

Location

100

This country is said to produce the world's finest coffee.

Columbia

200

Which SA country produces a great volume of wheat?

Argentina

300

This country is the only SA country that speaks English?

Guyana

400

This country is known for its productions of petroleum and natural gas.

Venezuela

500

This country changed its name when Dutch Guiana became independent.

Suriname

Rivers, Lakes, & Mnts.

100

South America's largest lake

Lake Maracaibo

200

The highest navigable lake

Lake Titicaca

300

Largest South American river

Amazon

400

one of the driest regions in the world (in SA)

Atacama Desert

500

The Strait of Magellan separates this from the SA mainland.

Tierra del Fuego