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South America-geo
9th grade geography-South America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Largest lake in South America? | Lake Maracaibo |
| Capital of Argentina? | Buenos Aires |
| Only Portuguese-speaking country in the Western Hemisphere? | Brazil |
| Capital of Peru? | Lima |
| Two South American nations that border the Caribbean Sea? | Colombia and Venzuela |
| South America's only geographical tie to North America? | 100 mile border with Panama |
| What country has coasts on both the Caribbean and the Pacific? | Colombia |
| What mountain range follows the entire west coast of South America | Andes Mountains |
| Capital of Colombia? | Bogota |
| What is the highest quality coffee bean? | Arabica coffee |
| What country is the largest producer of the Arabica coffee bean? | Colombia |
| What product is Colombia's main source of income? | Illegal drugs including heroin, cocaine, and marijuana |
| Broad grassy plains east of the Andes in Colombia are called: | the Llanos |
| What make Venezuela the riches country on the S.A. continent? | oil fields under Lake Maracaibo |
| Where are the only places the flesh eating pirahna live? | Orinoco and Amazon Rivers |
| Huge block shaped mountains in Guyana are called: | tepuis |
| What country has the fewest people per square mile in South America | Suriname |
| Which is the only country in South America still under European control? | French Guiana-sends a representative to Paris. |
| Longest mountain range in the world? | Andes Mountains |
| How long is the Andes Mountain range? | 4500 miles |
| How did Ecaudor get its name? | means equator and the equator cuts accross Ecuador. |
| Highest active volcano in the world? | Ecuador's Cotopaxi at 19,347 feet! |
| Where is the highest railroad in the world? | Crosses the Andes mountains in Peru. |
| What canyon is twice the depth of the Grand Canyon? | Colco Canyon in Peru, in the Andes Mountains. |
| Peru has not only the highest railroad in the world, but also the highest what? | Highest major mines. |
| Name the last great Indian civilization in South America. | Incas |
| the name Incas means: | "Children of the sun" |
| The lower class in Peru decended from the Incas and speaks what language? | Quechua |
| What is the most widely spoken native language in South America? | Quechua |
| The Peru Current keeps the air ___________ | Cold and dry |
| Most Bolivians live on the ___________ between the Andes ranges. | Antiplano |
| Chili has the world's only natural source of: | Sodium Nitrate |
| Sodium nitrate is used for what? | Explosives and fertilizer |
| Name the 3 geographical regions of Chili. | Atacama Desert, Central Valley, Archipelago |
| Which desert has places that have never recorded any rainfall-driest on earth? | Atacama Desert |
| Three fourths of all Chileans live in what region of Chili? | Central Valley |
| Who introduced the free market reforms in Chili? | Augusto Pinochet |
| Before the Panama Canal was built, what was the main shipping route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? | Strait of Magellan in the Archipelago southern tip of Chili |
| Latin American of mixed European and Indian blood> | Mestizos |
| Possibly the most bilingual nation in the world? | Paraguay who speak Spanish for education, commerce, and government, but the native Indian tounge, Guarani for daily life. |
| What country covers half of the South American continent? | Brazil |
| What city is considered the 'most charming city in the world"? | Rio de Janeiro in Brazil |
| Greatest River system in the world? | Amazon |
| Whose fleet was the first to journey around the world? | Ferdinand Magellan |
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