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1. Argentina can be divided into four physical regions. What is the treeless grassland area known as? Answer: (One word)

2. What is the highest mountain in Argentina called? Aconcagua Kosciusko Ojos del Salado Orizaba

3. What is the name of the archipelago at the tip of South America which belongs to Argentina and Chile? Answer: (Three words)

4. Many an abode in smaller Argentinian communities is built from sun-dried bricks. What is the name of this type of building? Answer: (One word. There's an anagram hint in the question.)

5. In the north of Argentina is a forested lowland. What is it called? Gran Chaco Gran Pajonal Gran Dolina Gran Sasso

6. Which of these is NOT a river in Argentina? Parana Uruguay Colorado Orinoco

7. Does Lake Titicaca form part of the border between Argentina and Chile? Yes No

8. What is the name of the falls that lie on the Argentina/Brazil border? El Salo Angel Falls Iguacu (Iguazu) Falls Agoyan Falls

9. In Argentina's grasslands what plant, also known as lucerne, is widely grown both for use as pasture and for hay? Answer: (One word - seven letters)

10. The first letters of the correct answers to the first nine questions spell the name of the dry region in southern Argentina? Answer: (One word)