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9th Grade Geography
Test 3 South America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| World's largest river | Amazon River |
| South America's largest lake | Lake Maracaibo |
| World's highest freshwater lake | Lake Titicaca |
| World's highest waterfall | Angel Falls |
| Waterfall in the Brazilian Highlands | Iguacu Falls |
| Inlet above Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea | Gulf of Venezuela |
| Inlet in the Pacific Ocean between North America and Columbia | Gulf of Panama |
| Is a narrow strip of water that separates Cape Horn from the rest of South America | Strait of Magellan |
| A strip of water that separates Cape Horn from Antarctica | Drake Passage |
| A large seaport in Rio Brazil | Guanabara Bay |
| Highest peak in the Western hemisphere | Mount Aconcagua |
| First to explore the Amazon | Francisco de Orellana |
| Archipelago on the southern side of the coast of Chile | Tierro del Fuego |
| Islands on the western side of South America near the top. | Galapagos Islands |
| The Galapagos Islands belong to what country? | Ecuador |
| Brazil's largest crop | Coffee |
| World's highest volcano | Cotopaxi |
| Longest mountain range in the world | Andes Mountains |
| Largest desert in the world | Atacama Desert |
| Produces more emeralds than any other | Columbia |
| Home to the Rain Forest | Amazon Basin |
| Home to Angel Falls | Guiana Highlands |
| Only American country with a coastline on the Pacific and the Carribean Sea | Columbia's coastline |
| Southern most point of South America | Cape Horn |
| Home to the Inca | Inca Empire |
| Inca sun god | Machu Picchu |
| Spanish word for tortoise | Galapagos |
| Because of the way houses are built on stilts | Venezuela |
| Christopher Columbus | Columbia |
| The equator passes through it | Ecuador |
| The native word for abundance | Peru |