Test 14 - ch. 17 - 18 and MM 16-17 Flashcards
What is South America’s largest lake?
Lake Maracaibo
What is the fourth largest continent?
South America
What is the highest navigable lake in the world?
Lake Titicaca
What zone is most of South America located in?
Torrid Zone
This desert located in South America is one of the driest regions in the world.
Atacama Desert
What is the major mountain range located in South America?
Andes Mountains
What is the largest South American river?
Amazon River
The Strait of Magellan separates what islands from the South American mainland?
Tierra del Fuego
Where is the world’s largest tropical rain forest located?
the Amazon River Basin
Who was British missionary who died during the first attempt to bring the gospel to the Indians to Tierra del Fuego?
Captain Allen Gardiner
What are the fertile grasslands the extend across Argentina called?
Pampas
What is the largest city in South America?
Sao Paulo, Brazil
What is the oldest permanent settlement in South America?
Cumana, Venezuela
A missionary to the Quechuas and the Aucas of Equador
Jim Elliot
the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas
Fransisco Pizarro
one of the first Protestant missionaries to South America
James Thomson
the first man to realize that the Americas were a “New World”
Amerigo Vespucci
the most famous patriot in South America’s struggle for independence; the “George Washington of South America”
Simon Bolivar
the first European to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Magellan
The most famous early South American Indian civilization was what group?
Inca Indians
More Indians live here than in any other country in the world.
Peru
The capital and the largest city of Uruguay
Montevideo
The language of the Incas
Quechua
The official language of Guyana
English
Who became emperor of Brazil at age 15 and helped Brazil to develop into a strong country
Pedro II
Chile is the world’s largest producer of what?
copper
The capital of Ecuador
Quito
The South American country that produces a great volume of wheat
Argentina
The landlocked South American country with two capital cities
Bolivia
What is the capital of Brazil
Brasilia
Which country is said to produce the world’s finest coffee?
Columbia
When Dutch Guiana became independent it changed its name to what?
Suriname
What country is known for its production of petroleum and natural gas?
Venezuela
Which one of the seven natural wonders of the world is located in Brazil?
Guanabara Bay
Know the following locations
Turks and Caicos, Mount Aconcagua, Uruguay, Venezuela, Suriname, Caribbean Sea, Bolivia, Paraguay, Lake Titicaca, Peru, Isthmus of Panama, Colombia, Tierra del Fuego, Lake Maracaibo, Parana River, Argentina, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, Cuba, Strait of Magellan, Cape Horn, Jamaica, Amazon River, Brazil, South Georgia Island
Know the following locations
Missouri River, Andes River, Great Bear Lake, Mt. McKinley, Rio de la Plata, Angel Falls, Gulf of Mexico, Amazon River, Appalachian Mountains, Patagonia Desert, Mississippi River, Greenland, Rocky Mountains, Panama Canal, West Indies
