Capitals
The Amazon and the Andes
Vocabulary
Latitude and Longitude
Current Events and 5 Themes
100
The capital of Brazil.
What is Brasilia?
100
The number of continents that the Andes Mountains run through.
What is two?
100
Gaucho.
What is Argentine cowboy.
100
The latitude and longitude of Caracas, Venezuela.
What is 10 degrees N, 66 degrees W?
100
When we talk about latitude and longitude we are talking about this theme of geography.
What is place?
200
The capital of Chile.
What is Santiago?
200
Covers more than 1/3 of South America.
What is the Amazon rain forest?
200
Grassy plains of central Argentina.
What are the Pampas?
200
The latitude and longitude of Lima, Peru?
What is 12.00 degrees S, 77.00 degrees W?
200
The country in which the world's biggest snake (heavier than a car, longer than a bus!) was discovered.
What is Colombia?
300
In Spanish, the capitol of this country means "Good Airs"
What is Argentina?
300
Runs from Peru to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Amazon River?
300
Members of an irregular military force.
What are guerrillas?
300
55 degrees N, 37.35 degrees E
What is Moscow, Russia?
300
The type of food Josh brought in from Ecuador.
What are empanadas?
400
The capital of the smallest country in South America.
What is Paramaribo?
400
Driest place on earth.
What is the Atacama Desert?
400
Ocean and weather pattern that affects the Pacific coast and causes extreme weather.
What is el Nino?
400
5 degrees N, 52 degrees W
What is Cayenne, French Guiana?
400
A plant that eats worms was discovered in Brazil. The plant is ___________________.
What is carnivorous?
500
Montevideo.
What is the capital of Uruguay?
500
4,000 miles.
What is the length of the Amazon River.
500
Completely surrounded by land.
What is landlocked?
500
54 degrees N, 25 degrees E
What is Vilnius, Lithuania?
500
This type of fossil was discovered in the Atacama desert in Chile.
What are whale fossils?
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