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1
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Capital of Venezuela

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Caracas

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Capital of Colombia

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Bogota

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Capital of Peru

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Lima

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Capital of Ecuador

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Quito

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Capitals of Bolivia

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Sucre- The real capital, La paz- The government capital

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Capital of Paraguay

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Asuncion

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Capital of Brazil

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Brasilia

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Capital of Chile

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Sanitago

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Capital of Argentina

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Buenos Aires

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Uruguay

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Montevideo

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Guyana’s capital

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Georgetown

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Capital of Suriname

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Paramaribo

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Capital of French Guiana

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Cayenne

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Capital of Mexico

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Mexico City

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Capital of Guatemala

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Guatemala City

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Capital of El savador

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San Salvador

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Capital of Belize

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Belmopan

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Capital of Costa Rica

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San Jose

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Capital of the Bahamas

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Nassau

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Capital of Cuba

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Havana

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Capital of Nicaragua

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Managua

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22
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Capital of Jamaica

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Kingston

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Capital of Honduras

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Tegucigalpa

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24
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Capital of Haiti

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Port au Prince

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Capital of DR

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Santo Domingo

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Capital of Panama

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Panama City

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Capital of Puerto Rico

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San Juan

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Where is the Brazilian Highlands?

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The very east of South America, covering a huge chunk of land

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Where are the Pampas?

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Below the Brazillian Highlands, near the south east border of South America

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What mountain range covers the entire west of south america?

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The andes

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What Chunk of forest covers the middle part of south America?

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The Amazon Rainforest

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What river runs from the peninsula of east south america to the andes?

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The Amazon River

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33
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Where is Lake Titicana?

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The edge of the mid Andes Mountains

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What is cape horn?

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The edge of southern Chile, touching the ocean

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35
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What is the Orinico?

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A river in the north part of South America, stretching to the Andes

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Where are the Llanos?

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North, on the Orinoco River and near the Andes

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Where is the Atacama Desert?

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On the very edge of the west Andes Mountains

38
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Where is mt. Aconcagua

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On the Southern Andes

39
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Where is Patagonia

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The entire southern region of South America

40
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What is Guyana’s official Language

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English

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What is Suriname’s official language

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Dutch

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What is French Guiana’s official language

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French

42
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How long is Latin America

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From the bottom of the US to Chile, 7000 miles

43
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How large is south america

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The 4th largest continent in the world

44
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Traits of the andes

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ring of fire-lots of volcanoes, jagged and snow covered, home to the incans, and very long

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What are the plains

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llanos- in colombia and venezuela, flat treeless land, and good for farming

46
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Covers over 2.7 M sq miles - accounts for ½ of world’s rainforest area
Covers 9 countries

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Pampas

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Argentina and Uruguay, grasslands great for farming

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orinoco

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1500 miles long, northermost river

47
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amazon

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4000 miles, most water in a river, and water comes from andes snow

47
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How much dust fertlizes the rainforest

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Over ½ of the dust that fertilizes the RF comes from the Sahara!!

47
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altiplano

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Bolivia, chile, argentina, very high up to 12000ft, and dry, cool

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How many wildlife species are there

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40,000 plant species (390 B individual trees)
1300 bird species (â…• of all bird species)
3000 types of fish (â…• of all fish species)
430 types of mammals
2.5 M different types of insects!!

48
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Tribes in the amazon

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400-500 indigenous tribes live here and up to 50 have had no contact with the outside world!

49
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How large is the Amazon

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Covers over 2.7 M sq miles - accounts for ½ of world’s rainforest area
Covers 9 countries

50
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What is the 3rd largest cat in the world

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jaguar- weighing 200 pounds

51
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Related to parrots

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macaw- lives 2-4 lbs, and largest member of parrot family

52
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Piranhas

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Can reach up to 1 ft

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Sloths

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Poop once a week, 20-40 lbs, travels 13ft per hour

53
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Anaconda

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30ft long, 250-500 lbs, and can live up to 25 years

53
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1st incan mummy found when

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1954, a 8yr old male

54
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ice maiden

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500 yrs old, everything preserved, found in 1995

54
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Ice maiden info

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found with two 3-5 yr old children, and had been given drugs to be more easily coerced into sacrificing herself

54
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Favela facts

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600 found in rio, 6% live in them

55
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Mexico history

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Independence in 1821, Aztecs, and spanish colonization

56
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What is mestizo

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a mix of spanish and native culture

57
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what are maquiladoras

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mexican factories

58
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what is nafta

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freedom of trade between north american countries

59
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who is benito juarez

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president of mexico in mid 19th century. made land reforms letting anybody own land, a huge economic change

60
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toltecs

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ancient group, even before the aztecs

61
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who was cuauhtemoc

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lived 1495-1525, and led the final fight against the spanish, but ultimately lost to them and got killed

62
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caribbean countries

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Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Cuba

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central american countries

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Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, and Nicaragua

64
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what does taino mean

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what caribbean people refer to themselves as

65
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who led the only successful slave revolt that led to the independence of a country

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toussaint louverture, who also was a slave and freed haiti

66
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a mix of catholic and african beliefs

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santeria, developed in cuba

67
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what countries are in spanish speaking south america

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Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay,Suriname, Guyana and **French Guiana

68
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what is a junta

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a military dictatorship

69
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who was simon bolivar

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fought against the spanish for many countries independence

70
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what is mercosur

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a trading organization with countries of south america

71
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What are the pryamids at tikal

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In northern guatemala, tallest structures in americas until 1900s.

72
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when was the panama canal opened

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1914

73
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who was jose de san martin

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worked with simon bolivar to gain independence of chile, argentina, and peru

74
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is education valued in chile?

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very much, their literacy rates are 96% and a school push is happening

75
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brazil size and population?

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largest country and most population in south america

76
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what was the treaty of tordesillas

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1494, giving portugal brazil and spain everything else

77
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largest ____ popluation in brazil?

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catholic in the world, and japanese besides japan

78
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what is carnival?

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a festive holiday right before lent

79
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how many acres of forest are destroyed in south america

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50 million and rising every year

80
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what covers 6% of earth

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rainforests 🌳

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