Geography of South America
This is the largest country in South America.
What is Brazil?
This is the capital of Venezuela.
What is Caracas?
This mammal is found in the amazon river
What is the pink dolphin?
South America is a country.
What is FALSE? South America is a CONTINENT.
This is a long shaped country in South America. Hint: It is not pronounced like something we eat!
What is Chile?
This is the capital of Colombia.
What is Bogota?
It is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the Pre-Columbian era
What is the Llama?
The most commonly spoken language in South America is Spanish.
What is FALSE? Portuguese is the most spoken language in South America, followed by Spanish, which is the official language of most countries.
This is South America's second largest country.
What is Argentina?
This is the capital of Peru
What is Lima?
Usually dappled in spots, this large feline creeps through the jungle catching their prey with their camouflage fur coat.
What is a jaguar?
In South America, each country has its own currency (money).
What is TRUE? There are actually 14 currencies (types of money) in South America!
Driest desert in South America
What is Atacama desert? This desert is located in Chile
This is the capital of Paraguay.
What is Asunción?
Making their home in the Amazon rain forest, these slithering creatures eat amphibious animals, like frogs & toads, as well as fish, caiman, birds, ducks and turtles.
What is an anaconda?
South America is home to over 380 million people.
What is TRUE? 387,489,196 to be close :) Compare it to the United States: 313,914,040
Most of South America is located in this hemisphere, although it also occupies other hemispheres.
What is the Southern Hemisphere? Keep in mind, South America simultaneously occupies the Southern, Western, and part of the Northern hemispheres.
This is the capital of Uruguay.
What is Montevideo?
This animal often dangles from trees, and within its' name is another animal that has 8 legs.
What is a spider monkey?
South America is mostly a jungle and a rain forest.
What is FALSE? Through yours and your peers research, you have found that there is SO much more to be found in South America than jungles and rain forests! However, Brazil is home to the biggest tropical rainforest in the world – The Amazon!