Latin America Flashcards
1
Q
Guatemala
A
Ciudad de Guatemala
2
Q
El Salvador
A
San Salvador
3
Q
Honduras
A
Tegucigalpa
4
Q
Nicaragua
A
Managua
5
Q
Costa Rica
A
San José
6
Q
Panama
A
Ciudad de Panama
7
Q
Colombia
A
Bogotá
8
Q
Ecuador
A
Quito
9
Q
Peru
A
Lima
10
Q
Bolivia
A
La Paz
11
Q
Chile
A
Santiago
12
Q
Argentina
A
Buenos Aires
13
Q
Uruguay
A
Montevideo
14
Q
Paraguay
A
Asunción
15
Q
Venezuela
A
Caracas
16
Q
Guyana
A
Georgetown
17
Q
Surinam
A
Paramaribo
18
Q
Guyana Francesca
A
Cayenne
19
Q
Brasil
A
Brasilia
20
Q
Which country has not had an army since 1949?
A
Costa Rica
21
Q
What percent of Latin America’s population lives in cities?
A
80%
22
Q
What percentage of the Oxygen in the world comes from the Amazon rain forest?
A
20%
23
Q
What is the only river that can be seen from space?
A
Amazon River
24
Q
What type of dolphins are found in the Amazon River?
A
Amazon pink river dolphins
25
What is the biggest lake in Latin America?
Lake Titicaca
26
Where is Lake Titicaca?
Bolivia/Peru
27
Besides Japan, what town has the most Japanese people on Earth?
São Paulo
28
What countries are the biggest producers of silver worldwide?
Mexico and Peru
29
What country invented the technique of looking for fingerprints as identification?
Argentina
30
In what country are there more dialects than all of Europe?
Mexico
31
Who was the poorest president in the world?
Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay
32
Who was the first president in Latin America to legalize marijuana?
Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay
33
What town sinks 10 cm. every year?
Ciudad de Mexico
34
Which country in Latin America was the first to kick out McDonalds?
Bolivia
35
The 10 happiest countries in America are in Latin America. Which is the happiest?
Colombia
36
Which country has the most Miss Universe winners?
Venezuela
37
Where is the second tallest mountain in the world?
Chile
38
What is the tallest waterfall in the world?
Angel Falls in Venezuela
39
What is the driest desert on Earth? When's the last time it rained there?
Atacama desert; 1971
40
What is the number one priority in Latin America?
Family
41
Belize
Belmopan
