Geography of South America

Test your knowledge about geography of South America.
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1. What is the only South American country where Portuguese is the official language?
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Peru
2. Which South American capital has the highest elevation of all capitals in the world?
La Paz
Bogota
Caracas
Asuncion
3. Which of the following territories is not an independent country?
French Guiana
Guyana
Suriname
Ecuador
4. Galapagos Islands are administratively a province of which country?
Chile
Ecuador
Venezuela
Peru
5. Cotopaxi and Chimborazo are stratovolcanoes located in which country?
Peru
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
6. Which country's flag has the sun symbol in the upper left corner?
Chile
Uruguay
Paraguay
Argentina
7. What is the name of tropical rain forest found in South America around the Amazon Basin?
Campos
Prairie
Selvas
Llanos
8. What are pampas?
Sandy and muddy deserts
Tropical jungles
Large treeless plains
Deep swamps
9. What is the southernmost point of South America called?
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Fire
Cape Barrow
Cape Horn
10. What is the name of the peak situated in Rio de Janeiro?
Diamond Head
Sugarloaf Mountain
Hand of God
Holy Mountain
11. Angel Falls is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall. Where is it located?
Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
Venezuela
12. Quito is the capital of which country?
Ecuador
Equator
Equatorial Guinea
Uruguay
13. What is the former name of Suriname?
Belgian Guiana
French Guiana
British Guiana
Dutch Guiana
14. With population over 12 million what is the largest city in South America?
Bogota
Sao Paulo
Lima
Rio de Janiero
15. What is the only country in the Americas where a majority of the population speaks one indigenous language: Guaraní?
Paraguay
Chile
Ecuador
Argentina
16. Which two countries are sharing Tierra del Fuego archipelago?
Chile and Peru
Venezuela and Colombia
Argentina and Chile
Argentina and Uruguay
17. What is the largest lake in South America?
Titicaca
Tanganyika
Athabasca
Victoria
18. With 76.3% percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia, what is the fourth largest river in the world by discharge volume of water?
Sao Francisco
Parana
Amazon
Orinoco
19. What is the name of a navigable sea route separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south?
Strait of Drake
Strait of Magellan
Strait of Columbus
Strait of Vespucci
20. The isolated and sparsely-populated Falkland Islands are the overseas territory of which country?
Spain
Argentina
France
United Kingdom
21. Iguazú Falls are waterfalls on the border of Argentina and what other country?
Paraguay
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
22. The seat of government and executive capital of Bolivia is La Paz. What is country's constitutional capital?
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Sucre
Cochabamba
Valparaiso
23. What is the highest mountain in the Americas?
Vinson
Aconcagua
Kosciuszko
Denali
24. Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is an island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean and special territory of which country?
Peru
Ecuador
Argentina
Chile
25. What is the driest nonpolar desert in the world located in South America?
Atacama
Patagonia
Mojave
La Guajira
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