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Quiz about A Tour of South America
Quiz about A Tour of South America

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Come! Join me for a tour of some interesting geographic features of South America.

A photo quiz by bernie73. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
bernie73
Time
3 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
380,298
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
756
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Question 1 of 10
1. To start my journey I visit the country of Venezuela. Traveling into the interior I find my first destination, a waterfall. In fact, it is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. What is its name? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Returning to my travels, I next visit Atacama Desert. This is one of the driest places on earth. While the desert lies in parts of several South American countries, it is primarily located in the northern area of one. Which country is that? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. I am now traveling off the coast to an island group--the Falkland Islands, to be exact. The closest South American nation is Argentina, which has a long-standing claim to the islands and tried to occupy them in the early 1980s. Which European nation actually controls the Falkland Islands, however? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. From one island I take a jump to another. Easter Island is a part of Oceania but as a dependency of Chile I think it can be part of this quiz. It is best known for large sculptures known as moai. What do the moai depict? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. I travel to the interior of Brazil to visit its capital city, Brasilia, founded in 1960 to be the capital. If I was making this trip in the first half of the 20th century I would have visited a different city. What city known for a large statue of "Christ the Redeemer" is this? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Next I visit Titicaca on the border of Bolivia and Peru. "What is it?" you ask. I reply that it's the highest. Which of these is Titicaca the one that sits at the highest elevation? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. I am now standing along the coast of Brazil where a mighty river is emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. It is a huge river--the longest in South America and the second longest in the world. Which river is it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In the western part of the continent I find a large, long mountain range. Including Mount Aconcagua, this range is the tallest mountain range outside of Asia. Which mountain range is it? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Patagonia is not a nation in South America but a region. Which two nations share control of Patagonia? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. South America and North America are connected by the Isthmus of Panama. Which country in South America borders this Isthmus? Hint



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1. To start my journey I visit the country of Venezuela. Traveling into the interior I find my first destination, a waterfall. In fact, it is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. What is its name?

Answer: Angel Falls

The falls are named after US aviator Jimmie Angel who was the first person to fly over them. Angel Falls stands over 3,200 feet high and has an uninterrupted drop of nearly 2,650 feet. The falls are on the Orinoco River. Victoria Falls lie on the Zambesi River in Southern Africa. Niagara Falls lie between Lakes Erie and Ontario on the US-Canadian border. Wallaman Falls are on Stoney Creek in Australia.
2. Returning to my travels, I next visit Atacama Desert. This is one of the driest places on earth. While the desert lies in parts of several South American countries, it is primarily located in the northern area of one. Which country is that?

Answer: Chile

The Atacama Desert covers about 41,000 square miles. The desert mostly sits on a plateau region west of the Andes Mountains. The average rainfall is about six-tenths of an inch of rain a year. Some areas of the desert go years between rainfalls. You might live in a more arid area of the world but since where I live (Maryland) can occasionally get an inch of rain in a single heavy storm, the dryness of the Atacama desert is amazing.

Despite the aridity, there is a surprising amount of plant life in the desert.
3. I am now traveling off the coast to an island group--the Falkland Islands, to be exact. The closest South American nation is Argentina, which has a long-standing claim to the islands and tried to occupy them in the early 1980s. Which European nation actually controls the Falkland Islands, however?

Answer: Great Britain

The Falkland Islands lie about 300 miles east of Argentina. The group is made up of West Falkland, East Falkland and numerous smaller islands. The Falkland Islands cover about 4,700 square miles but only have about 3,000 inhabitants. Both Spain/Argentina and Britain have had a long-standing dispute over who controls the islands. The Falkland War occurred in 1982.
4. From one island I take a jump to another. Easter Island is a part of Oceania but as a dependency of Chile I think it can be part of this quiz. It is best known for large sculptures known as moai. What do the moai depict?

Answer: people

Numbering over 800, the moai were created between the 12th and 17th centuries. Often thought in popular imagination as heads, the statues include torsos and suggestions of arms and legs. The moai depict various ancestors of the inhabitants of Easter Island.

Easter Island is about 63 square miles (approximately the size of Washington, DC) and has about 6,000 inhabitants. It lies nearly 2,200 miles to the west of Chile.
5. I travel to the interior of Brazil to visit its capital city, Brasilia, founded in 1960 to be the capital. If I was making this trip in the first half of the 20th century I would have visited a different city. What city known for a large statue of "Christ the Redeemer" is this?

Answer: Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro had a population (2014) of nearly 6,500,000 people and covers an area of close to 500 square miles. Founded in 1565, the city served as the capital of Brazil from 1763 to 1960. Rio de Janeiro means "river of January" in Portuguese. Rio de Janeiro was awarded the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first city in South America to do so.
6. Next I visit Titicaca on the border of Bolivia and Peru. "What is it?" you ask. I reply that it's the highest. Which of these is Titicaca the one that sits at the highest elevation?

Answer: lake

Lake Titicaca sits over 12,500 feet high. It has a surface area of over 3,200 square miles and is about 350 feet deep on average. Because of the elevation of the lake and the area winds, the lake temperature remains in the 50-59 degrees Fahrenheit range year round.
7. I am now standing along the coast of Brazil where a mighty river is emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. It is a huge river--the longest in South America and the second longest in the world. Which river is it?

Answer: Amazon River

The Amazon River is over 4,000 miles long. It actually discharges more water per hour than any other world river including the Nile River. The Amazon River drainage basin covers much of northern South America. The Amazon rainforest has over one-third all world species within its borders.

A note about the stamp: Mary Walker was a trained doctor who served as a Union army surgeon during the American Civil War. Captured by the Confederate army when she traveled behind the lines to treat wounded civilians, she is the first and only (to 2016) American woman to ever win the Medal of Honor. I hoped that the connection of her as a woman serving with the army would make you think of the Amazons as female warriors from Ancient Greek History--another male-dominated society.
8. In the western part of the continent I find a large, long mountain range. Including Mount Aconcagua, this range is the tallest mountain range outside of Asia. Which mountain range is it?

Answer: Andes Mountains

Mt. Aconcagua rises almost 23,000 feet high--it is the highest mountain outside of Asia. The Andes run for about 4,300 miles and travel through seven nations-- Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. The Andes are rich in animal life with thousands of species. For me, the animals I would first associate with the Andes are the llama and the alpaca.
9. Patagonia is not a nation in South America but a region. Which two nations share control of Patagonia?

Answer: Argentina and Chile

Patagonia is the thinly populated area at the southern end of South America. It has a cool and dry climate with seasonal precipitation. Farming and livestock herding are important economic activities.
10. South America and North America are connected by the Isthmus of Panama. Which country in South America borders this Isthmus?

Answer: Colombia

Panama was under the control of Colombia until the early 20th century. Colombia is the only nation in South America to have a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and one on the Caribbean Sea/Atlantic Ocean. Colombia cover over 440,000 square miles and has about 48,000,000 people (2015).
Source: Author bernie73

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