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South America C+C
South America Countries and Capitals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Only nation to have both Atlantic and pacific coastlines 90% of the world's supply of emeralds Fine Coffee Cocaine and marijuana have been a big cash crop | Colombia |
| For nearly 100 years it was used as an overseas penal colony. Devil's island, the most notorious of this country's three prisons, was a living hell for political prisoners sent from France Considerable mineral wealth | French Guiana |
| Asian majority, who control commerce, have often been in conflict with the black minority. Speak Creolese World leader in the production of Bauxite | Guyana |
| Dutch gave New Netherlands and New Amsterdam to the British in exchange for what is now this country. Black descendants of slaves often called "bush negroes" | Suriname |
| "Little Venice" World's first oil exporting nation and the wealthiest country in South America Huge foreign debt | Venezuela |
| The fifth largest nation in the world Superpower of South America Leading industrial, agricultural, and mining nation in South America world's third largest debtor nation | Brazil |
| Landloacked, is South America's poorest nation. Has worlds highest capital on top of andes mountains Democracy returned in 1985 | Bolivia |
| As long as the US is wide but less than 150 miles wide Rainfall varies from small to very large Punta Arenas, on the strait of Magellan, is the worlds southern most major city.Large production of copper | Chile |
| "Equator" Hot, swampy coast produces the world's largest crop of bananas and feather light balsa trees "Panama Hats" straw Exports go through the Port of Guayaquil Owns the Galapagos Islands | Ecuador |
| Third largest country in South America city of Cuzco Over 9 million Inca descendants make up Largest Indian population of any country on the Western Hemisphere Leading exporter of fish | Peru |
| World's leading beef exporter Continents second largest contry in size and population Juan Peron Spanish is said to be spoken in an Italian accent | Argentina |
| River divides this landlocked counry into two dissimilar regions: the Gran Chaco of the west and the Oriental in the east. Enormous hydroelectric dams Virtually indestructible hardwood Most people live in Oriental | Paraguay |
| Was Model society called "Switzerland of South America" Agricultural economy, political, and social policies were the most advanced on the continent but when worlds commodity prices went down it couldn't pay for its social bureaucracy New conservative m | Uruguay |
| Cap: Colombia | Bogota |
| Cap: French Guiana | Cayenne |
| Cap: Guyana | Georgetown |
| Cap: Suriname | Paramaribo |
| Cap: Venezuela | Caracas |
| Cap: Brazil | Brasilia |
| Cap: Bolivia | La Paz |
| Cap: Chile | Santiago |
| Cap: Ecuador | Quito |
| Cap: Peru | Lima |
| Cap: Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| Cap: Paraguay | Asuncion |
| Cap: Uruguay | Montevideo |
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