South America Flashcards
(83 cards)
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Capital City of Colombia
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Bogota
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Capital City of Venezuela
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Caracas
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Capital City of Guyana
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Georgetown
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Capital City of Suriname
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Paramaribo
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Capital City of French Guiana
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Cayenne
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Capital City of Brazil
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Brasilia
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Capital City of Ecuador
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Quito
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Capital City of Peru
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Lima
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Capital City of Chile
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Santiago
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Capital City of Bolivia
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La Paz
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Capital City of Argentina
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Buenos Aires
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Capital City of Paraguay
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Asuncion
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Capital City of Uruguay
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Montevideo
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Christ the Redeemer/Corcovado (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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Easter Island, Chile (Moai)
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Lake Titicaca (border of Bolivia and Peru)
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Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Rio Carnival
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Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio, Brazil
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Tango, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Margarita islands belong to
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Venezuela
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Salt Cathedral, Colombia
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Nazca Plains (Lines), Peru
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Iguassu Falls, Argentina
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Mendoza Wine Region, Argentina
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Atacama Desert, Chile
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Uros Khantati Islands, Peru
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Riviera
Uruguay
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Colon Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Portillo, Andes, Chile
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Angel Falls, Venezuela
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Devil's Island, Cayenne, French Guiana
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Machu Picchu, Peru
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Cuzco
City in Peru (capital of Inca, archaeological remains and Spanish colonial architecture)
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Amazon River (mostly in Brazil)
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La Paz, Bolivia
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Patagonia, Argentina and Chile
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Gaucho
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Pampas (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina)
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Ushuaia, port city in Argentina
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Salt Flats, Bolivia (Largest salt flat in the world)
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A town in Argentina’s Patagonia region, bordering Nahuel Huapi, a large glacial lake surrounded by the Andes Mountains. Known for its Swiss alpine-style architecture and its chocolate,
Bariloche
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Pantanal, tropical wetland in Brazil
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Orinoco River
Venezuela
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The biggest waterfall system in the world (bordering Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil)
Igussau Falls
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The world's longest mountain range
Andes
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World's highest navigabe lake
Lake Titicaca
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The world's tallest waterfall
Angel Falls, Venezuela
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Two landlocked countries in South America
Bolivia and Paraguay
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Equator runs through
Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
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Two popular beaches in Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana and Ipanema
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The world's most remote inhabited island
Easter Island, Chile
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South America is borderd to the north by
Panama
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Gold Museum, Colombia
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Highest peak in South America
Aconcagua
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Which of the 13 countries in South America is not an independent country?
French Guiana
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2 Countries that do not border Brazil
Ecuador, Chile
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Who discovered Machu Picchu?
Former US Senator Hiram Bingham
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Brazil's national Airline
Varig
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Currency in Bolivia
Boliviano
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Language spoken in Venezuela
Spanish
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Language in Guyana
English
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Language in Suriname
Dutch
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Ushuaia
a port city in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
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World's highest capital city
La Paz, Bolivia
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Aerolíneas Argentinas
Argentina's national airline
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BOA (Boliviana de Aviacion)
Bolivia's National Airline
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LATAM
Peru and Chile's National Airline
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Avianca
Colombia's National Airline
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Ecuador currency
USD
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Peru currency
Sol
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Guaraní
Paraguay currency
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Brazil currency
Real
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Countries that use Peso as currency
Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay
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What was the largest empire before the arrival of Spain in South America?
Inca Civilization (Cuzco, Peru as capital)
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His goal is to circumnavigate the Earth
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer
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a Venezuelan military and political leader who liberated Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama from Spain
Simon Bolivar
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Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution, inspired from his trip to Galapagos Island by HMS Beagle
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an American academic, explorer and politician
Hiram Bingham III
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Juan Peron and Eva Peron
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Bolivian Souvenirs
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2nd largest country in South America
Argentina
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