Powerful People
Who Conquered the Incan people of Peru?
Francisco Pizzaro
The Galapagos Islands belong to which nation?
Equador
What's the world's highest waterfall?
Angel Falls
What nation is known as the "granary of the south"?
What is the largest city in S. America?
Sao Palo
Who liberated Venezuela and other countries from Spain?
Simon Bolivar (The Liberator)
What mountain range is the longest on land?
Andes
What's South America's largest lake?
Lake Maracaibo
What is the official language of Brazil?
Spanish
What are the names of Bolivia's two capitals?
La Paz and Sucre
What missionary was martyred in Ecuador while trying to evangelize the native people?
Jim Elliot
What's the highest Peak in South America?
Mt. Aconcagua
What waterway separates S. America from Antarctica?
Drake Passage
What country produces more emeralds that any other (also more drugs)?
Columbia
What capital was designed to draw people into the continent's interior?
Braillia
What people group makes up more than half of Equador's population?
Mestizos
What's the southern most location in S. America?
Cape Horn
World's largest river basin?
Amazon Basin
What's the name of the line Pope Alexander VI used to divide S. America for Spain and Portugal?
Line of Demarcation
What is the capital of Guyana?
Georgetown