South America Vocab

Question 1

home of the world’s largest tropical rainforests

Answer 1

Amazon Basin

Question 2

major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil

Answer 2

Amazon River

Question 3

world’s longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America

Answer 3

Andes Mountain

Question 4

driest place on earth

Answer 4

Atacama Desert

Question 5

hilly, mountainous, full of plateaus, and located in central and southeastern Brazil

Answer 5

Brazilian Highlands

Question 6

Southernmost point of South America

Answer 6

Cape horn

Question 7

lake between Bolivia and Peru; highest lake in the world on which ships can travel

Answer 7

Lake Titicaca

Question 8

river mainly in Venezuela and part of South America’s northernmost river system

Answer 8

Orinoco River

Question 9

a grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay

Answer 9

Pampas

Question 10

Capital was Rio de Janeiro from 1763 to 1960, current capital is Brasilia

Answer 10

Brazil

Question 11

Dry plateau region found in southern Argentina

Answer 11

Patagonia