The largest river in South America, and the 2nd largest river in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
100
The largest tropical rain forest in the world.
What is the Amazon Rain Forest?
100
This is one of the best places to go in the southern hemisphere for astronomers.
What is Cerro Tololo?
100
These are ancient drawings in the ground in Peru. They are of birds, animals, fish, etc. Some are very large...660 feet across.
What are Nazca Lines?
200
The skinny country along the southern western coast of South America.
What is Chile
200
The largest lake in South America, and the world's highest commercially navigable lake.
What is Lake Titicaca?
200
The driest place in the world.
What is the Atacama Desert?
200
These are the flat lands of South America, and are famous for the amount of beef produced there.
What is the Pampas?
200
These ruins were made by the ancient Incas in Peru. They are high in the Andes Mountains.
What is Machu Picchu?
300
The large country to the east of Chile. It is in the southern-most part of the continent.
What is Argentina?
300
The oceans that lie to the east and west of South America.
What is the Atlantic and the Pacific?
300
This place has many types of plants and animals that can be found no where else in the world. Darwin did his research here for his evolution theory.
What are the Galapagos Islands?
300
This South Pacific island is one of the most remote places in the world. It was discovered on a holiday.
What is Easter Island?
300
This village holds ancient monumental statues.
What is San Agustin?
400
The country named after the Equator, which runs through it.
What is Ecuador?
400
The highest waterfall in the world.
What is Angel Falls?
400
This large group of islands are in the countries of Chile and Argentina. They hold the southern most city in the world.
What is Tierra del Fuego?
400
This is an active volcano that is near the Equator, and is also a glacier.
What is Cotopaxi?
400
This is the capital city and the largest city in Argentina.
What is Buenos Aires?
500
The northern country in South America that touches Panama in Central America.
What is Colombia?
500
The narrow waterway that runs through the southern part of South America. It was named for the man that discovered it.
What is the Magellan Strait?
500
This large area of ice is still growing and at some places is taller that a 15 story building.
What is Moreno Glacier?
500
This is the largest city in Brazil, South America, and in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is Sao Paulo?
500
This Brazilian city is the 2nd largest in the country, and is a world famous tourist attraction. It is famous for its Carnival celebrations, and for containing the 2nd largest statue of Jesus.