Physical Features
What are the physical regions of South America?
Hint: There are three
Mountains and highlands, river basins, and coastal plains.
What is one of the top 5 biggest cities in South America? (Bonus if you can name all 5)
São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, and Lima.
What percent of the total population of South America lives in urban environments?
Hint: It's around 80%
85%
Uruguay River.
What is the most well known major city in South America? (Bonus if you can name it's famous landmark)
Rio de Janeiro. (Christ the Redeemer statue)
Which major city had the biggest population before 1974?
Hint: Now it has the second biggest population
Buenos Aires
The Amazon is a very important basin in South America, but what are the other two important basins?
Orinoco and Parana.
What is the capital of Brazil?
Brasilia
How many of the major cities are the largest in its country?
9
(Caracas, Montevideo, Lime, Guayaquil, Bogota, Santiago, São Paulo, Santa Cruz, and Buenos Aires)
What major city of South America is in the Atacama Desert?
A: Rosary B: Copiapo C: Teresina D: Curitiba
Option B, Copiapo.
How many major cities are in South America?
50
What is the smallest population out of the 50 major cities? (Bonus points if you guess the name)
Hint: 6 digits
755,732 (Peace)
How many major cities are in the Andes Mountains?
10
(Quito, Bogota, Cali, Arequipa, Medellin, Bucaramanga, Sucre, Merida, El Alto, and La Paz)
How many of the major cities are capitals?
8
(Peace, Montevideo, Quito, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Santiago, Bogota, and Lime)
What is the population of Sao Paulo in 2024?
Hint: 8 digits
11,895,578