3. Purpose/Overview: Students will use geographic clues and mental mapping to locate South American countries and relative location clues to locate major landforms and bodies of water. Objectives: Students will use geographic clues and mental mapping to locate the countries of South America on a blank outline map. Students will use relative location clues to locate South American landforms and bodies of water on a blank outline map. Students will obtain a visual image of South American landforms and bodies of water by viewing PowerPoint photographs of each feature.

4. Procedures: Students will label all the countries of South America on a blank outline map without looking at a map or globe. Students will use the South American Puzzle sheet of geographic clues to locate the countries on a blank outline map of South America. When all students have finished, show the answers on PowerPoint and have them check their answers. Help students label the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Pacific Ocean before they begin locating the countries. Show the remaining PowerPoint slides depicting South American landforms and bodies of water. Ask students to use a physical map of South America to help them locate the landforms and bodies of water on their outline maps as they see them depicted in the photographs.

5. National Geographic Society BRAZIL VENZUELA COLOMBIA BOLIVIA ECUADOR URUGUAY PARAGUAY ARGENTINA CHILE PERU GUYANA SURINAME FR. GUIANA CARIBBEAN SEA PACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN

6. Procedures: Students will label all the countries of South America on a blank outline map without looking at a map or globe. Students will use the South American Puzzle sheet of geographic clues to locate the countries on a blank outline map of South America. When all students have finished, show the answers on PowerPoint and have them check their answers. Help students label the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Pacific Ocean before they begin locating the countries. Show the remaining PowerPoint slides depicting South American landforms and bodies of water. Ask students to use a physical map of South America to help them locate the landforms and bodies of water on their outline maps as they see them depicted in the photographs.

7. What mountain range stretches from Ecuador through Chile seen here surrounding Chacabuco, Chile? All photos without URLs are by Glenda Sullivan Andes Mountains

8. What are the table-like mountains located in southeast Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and northern Brazil? http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/181689.JPG Guiana Highlands

9. http://www.braziltravelnews.com/photos/chapada2.jpg What is the low mountain range in the eastern, southern and central portion of Brazil? Brazilian Highlands

10. Isabela Island seen in this satellite image is the largest island of what archipelago that is a province of Ecuador? Latitude/longitude is 0 ⁰, 91⁰ W. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos_Islands Galapagos Islands

11. www.gonomad.com/.../Atacama_desert.jpg What is one of the driest deserts in the world located in Chile? Atacama Desert

12. What is the world’s highest waterfalls located in Venezuela? www.islamargarita.com/images/AngelFalls2.jpg Angel Falls

13. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls Consisting of 275 cascades what falls forms the border between Brazil and Argentina? Iguazu Falls

14. http://vaughanwylie.com/images/amazon-river.jpg What is the largest river in the world by volume? Amazon River

15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Maracaibo What is the largest lake in South America located in Venezuela? Lake Maracaibo

16. What is the highest navigable lake in the world located on the border between Peru and Bolivia? http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/88/3888-004-486D18C6.jpg Lake Titicaca

17. What rain forest is located in nine South American countries? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:River_in_the_Amazon_rainforest.jpg Amazon Rain Forest

18. What is the widest estuary in the world located between Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina? Rio de la Plata

19. What archipelago is separated from Argentina by the Strait of Magellan? Tierra del Fuego

20. What is the southernmost island in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile? Cape Horn

21. What navigable sea route separates Argentina from Tierra del Fuego and cuts through southern Chile? Strait of Magellan