Landforms
Known as the driest and longest desert in the world and located west of the Andes mountains.
What is the Atacama Desert?
This is the most popular sport in South America.
What is soccer?
The longest mountain range in the world that runs through the countries of Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
What are the Andes Mountains?
The world’s tallest waterfall located in Venezuela.
What is Angel Falls?
This capital city of Peru looks like the English word “lime” but the “i” is pronounced like an “e”.
What is Lima?
An archipelago of volcanic islands located along the equator west of Ecuador, they are named after their giant tortoises.
What are the Galapagos Islands?
These are South America's 2 largest countries.
What are Argentina and Brazil?
This river is the longest river in South America and largest river by discharge volume. it starts in the Andes Mountains in Peru and runs east to the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil.
What is the Amazon River?
This statue stands 124ft tall and overlooks the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
What is Christ the Redeemer?
This capital city of Chile is located within an hour's drive of the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains.
What is Santiago?
This is the name given to one of the most southern points of Chile. It is a treacherous place to sail around and lies between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is also not that far from Antarctica.
What is Cape Horn?
This is the most popular religion in South America.
What is Roman Catholicism?
This mountain is known for its striking colors which are the result of various minerals in the earth. It is located in Peru.
What is Rainbow Mountain?
This site of ancient Inca ruins is located high in the Andes mountains of Peru.
What is Machu Picchu?
The capital city of Argentina, its name translates to “Good Winds”.
What is Buenos Aires?
This Chilean island is famous for its giant stone statues. Its original inhabitants called it “Rapa Nui”.
What is Easter Island?
This is South America's thinnest coutnry.
What is Chile?
This mountain in the South American country of Argentina is the highest peak in South America at 22,858 feet.
What is Mount Aconcagua?
This is the primary language spoken in South America.
What is Spanish?
This capital city of Venezuela has the tallest skyscraper in South America and is nicknamed “The City of Eternal Spring”.
What is Caracas?
This large jungle covers 40% of Brazil and is home to millions of species of insects, plants, birds, and other forms of life yet to be discovered. It is also home to the jaguar, tapir, and capybara.
What is the Amazon rainforest?
These are two very important, very similar herd animals used in South America.
What are alpacas and llamas?
This large lake straddles the border of Peru and Bolivia in the Andes Mountains and is the highest navigable lake in the world.
What is Lake Titicaca?
What is Patagonia?
This is the name of the region of South America that is closest to the south pole and even has some penguins.
This capital city is a territory of France in the country of French Guiana.
What is Cayenne?