1. Twenty Questions
SOUTH AMERICA

2. 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!

3. Twenty Questions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

4. 1. The continent of south America is divided into how many different time zones?

5. 2. What South American ecosystem contains the widest variety of plant and animal life in the world?

6. 3. Which South American country uses Portuguese as its official language?

7. 4. Which very popular drink comes from crops grown in South America?

8. 5. Which South American country is divided into 3 time zones?

9. 6. When it is summer in Canada, what season is it in Argentina?

10. 7. The highest navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca, is in the Andes. Name the two countries it is on the border between.

11. 8. How many countries in South America are landlocked?

12. 9. The highest and lowest points in South America are located in which country?

13. 10. What South American country is more than ten times longer than it is wide?

14. 11. What is the Strait of Magellan?

15. 12. The world’s highest and second highest waterfalls are located in what South American country?

16. 13. What is the longest mountain chain above sea level?

17. 14. What river carries the greatest volume of water of any river in the world?

18. 15. What is the most populous city in South America?

19. 16. Which country is the largest Spanish-speaking country of South America?

20. 17. Galapagos Islands belong to which South American country?

21. 18. In which country can Cape Horn, the southern most point of South America, be found?

22. 19. What empire was one of the largest and richest empire in the Americas between about 1430 and 1530?

23. 20. Brazil and Argentina are the two largest countries in South America. What is the next largest?

24. Answers to follow!

25. 1. Three

26. 2. The Amazon Rainforest

27. 3. Brazil

28. 4. Coffee

29. 5. Brazil

30. 6. Winter

31. 7. Bolivia and Peru

32. 8. Two

33. 9. Argentina

34. 10. Chile

35. 11. A water passageway immediately south of mainland South America, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

36. 12. Venezuela

37. 13. The Andes

38. 14. The Amazon River

39. 15. Sao Paulo, Brazil

40. 16. Argentina

41. 17. Ecuador

42. 18. Chile

43. 19. The Inca Empire

44. 20. Peru