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Test your knowledge of South America with these 20 questions and see how much you've learned about this diverse continent. Have fun and challenge yourself!
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Twenty Questions SOUTH AMERICA
Instructions • To end our unit on South America, we will play a little game to see how much you have really learned! • Read each question carefully and try to come up with the right answer. Write your answer on the sheet provided (to be corrected by a classmate at the end). This is not a test, so have fun!
1. The continent of south America is divided into how many different time zones?
2. What South American ecosystem contains the widest variety of plant and animal life in the world?
3. Which South American country uses Portuguese as its official language?
4. Which very popular drink comes from crops grown in South America?
5. Which South American country is divided into 3 time zones?
6. When it is summer in Canada, what season is it in Argentina?
7. The highest navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca, is in the Andes. Name the two countries it is on the border between.
9. The highest and lowest points in South America are located in which country?
10. What South American country is more than ten times longer than it is wide?
12. The world’s highest and second highest waterfalls are located in what South American country?
14. What river carries the greatest volume of water of any river in the world?
16. Which country is the largest Spanish-speaking country of South America?
17. Galapagos Islands belong to which South American country?
18. In which country can Cape Horn, the southern most point of South America, be found?
19. What empire was one of the largest and richest empire in the Americas between about 1430 and 1530?
20. Brazil and Argentina are the two largest countries in South America. What is the next largest?
11. A water passageway immediately south of mainland South America, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
