Countries
The largest country in South America.
What is Brazil?
The largest rainforest in the world.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
The most practiced religion in South America.
What is Catholicism?
This ancient civilization ruled over South America before the arrival of Europeans.
Who are the Inca?
This famous landmark is found just outside the city of Rio de Janeiro, and is an iconic imagine of Brazil and South America as a whole.
What is Christ the Redeemer?
This country is found along the western coast of South America, and is generally viewed as long, but skinny.
What is Chile?
The large mountain range that towers over west South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
This festival is celebrated in Brazil, and features a competition of parade floats, dancing, and music. It is the largest celebration of its kind.
What is Carnival?
The largest non-interrupted waterfall in the world. It is located in Venezuela.
What is Angel Falls?
The capital of Peru, and a city of the culinary arts.
What is Lima?
This country is home to Lake Maracaibo and Angel Falls.
What is Venezuela?
The driest desert in the world.
What is the Atacama Desert?
Most of South America speak Spanish, but Brazil is known for speaking this language.
What is Portuguese?
The largest ethnicity in South America (as well as Mexico and Central America)
What is Mestizo?
This famous landmark is an island located off the coast of Chile. It houses over 900 moai statues.
What is Easter Island?
This country is bordering the Central American country of Panama, and is famous for its coffee production.
What is Colombia?
The area at the bottom of South America where the Pacific and Atlantic ocean meet.
What is Cape Horn?
The term that is used when people combine the culture of Mexico, Central America, and South America.
What is Latin America?
These TWO European countries colonized the land of South America during the Age of Exploration (1500s-1800s).
Who are Spain and Portugal?
This famous landmark was built by the Inca civilization high in the Peruvian Andes Mountains.
What is Machu Picchu?
This country is found along the Atlantic Ocean and is squeezed in between Brazil and Argentina.
What is Uruguay?
This lake can be found in Venezuela and it known for its oil production.
What is Lake Maracaibo?
This festival is celebrated in Peru, and is centered around the Incan Empire and its traditions.
What is Inti Raymi?
The Inca perfected this type of farming along the Andes Mountains to farm and help erosion control.
What is terrace farming?
The capital of Chile, known as the gateway to the Atacama.
What is Santiago?