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9th grade geography-South America

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