Physical Geography
What is the name of the mountain range that runs along the western spine of South America?
Andes Mountains
What is the primary language spoken in Brazil?
Portuguese
What are the two land-locked countries in South America?
Bolivia and Paraguay
What is the capital of Argentina?
Buenos Aires
What is the capital of Venezuela?
What body of water does it border?
Caracas
Caribbean Sea / Mar Caribe
What is the name of the largest rainforest in the world?
What country is it primarily located in?
Amazon rainforest
Brazil
In what South American country do they speak French?
French Guiana
What is the name of the tallest waterfall in the world?
Where is it located?
Angel Falls
Venezuela
Lima is the capital of what country?
What body of water does it border?
Peru
Pacific Ocean
What is the name of the longest country in the world from north to south?
What is its capital?
Chile
Santiago
What is the name of the tallest mountain in the Americas?
Where is it located?
Aconcagua (22,841')
Argentina
Dutch is the primary language spoken in what country?
What is the capital city of this country?
Suriname
Paramaribo
What is the largest country in South America in terms of size, population, and economy?
Brazil
English is the primary language spoken in what country?
What is the capital of this country?
Guyana
Georgetown
Which country in South America has two capitals, and what are they called?
Bolivia
Sucre & La Paz
What is the name of the driest desert in the world?
Where is it located?
Atacama Desert
Chile
What are the islands directly east of Argentina?
What body of water are they located in?
The Falkland Islands or Islas Malvinas
Atlantic Ocean
What is the name of the highest capital city in the world?
Where is it located?
La Paz (11,975')
Bolivia
Montevideo is the capital of what country?
What body of water does it border?
Uruguay
Atlantic Ocean
This country's capital is located along the Pacific Ocean.
The country was also the base of an ancient empire that center along much of western South America.
What is the name of the country?
What is the name of the ancient empire?
Peru
Incan Empire
How many countries does the mountain range that runs along the western spine of South America pass through?
7
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina
Which country in South America shares its border with the most countries?
Brazil
What is the second-highest capital city in the world?
Hint: It is known as "La Mitad del Mundo" and is located closest to the equator.
Quito (9,350'), Ecuador
This country is the only South American country with with shoreline along both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
Its capital is also the 4th highest in the world (8,612').
What is the name of this capital?
Bogotá
3 out of the top 5 highest capital cities in the world are located in South America.
What are their names?
What countries are they located in?
1) La Paz (11,942'), Bolivia
2) Quito (9350') Ecuador
4) Bogotá (8,612') Colombia