- 1. What is the main language of Brazil?
A) English
B) Spanish
C) French
D) Portuguese
- 2. In what city would you find a huge statue of Jesus?
A) Santiago
B) Cuzco
C) Rio De Janiero
D) Sao Paulo
- 3. Hugo Chavez is the leader of this country and does not like the U.S.?
A) Colombia
B) Venezuela
C) Argentina
D) Brazil
- 4. These two countries are world leaders in coffee production.
A) Columbia and Brazil
B) Chile and Paraguay
C) Uruguay and Bolivia
D) Bolivia and Peru
- 5. What is the main language of most countries in South America?
A) Portuguese
B) French
C) English
D) Spanish
A) Mix of European and Native American
B) Mix of Native American and Arab
C) Mix of Black person and White person
- 7. What Native American group ruled western South America for hundreds of years?
A) Incas
B) Nez Perce
C) Aztecs
D) Cherokee
- 8. What is the fertile area where many crops are grown in Argentina?
A) Llanos
B) Amazon
C) Highlands
D) Pampas
- 9. If you wanted to attend one of the biggest Carnivál celebrations in the world - which country would you go to?
A) Brazil
B) Ecuador
C) Bolivia
D) French Guyana
- 10. Which country has a large Italian influence (as mentioned by our guest speaker)?
A) Brazil
B) Colombia
C) Guiana
D) Argentina
- 11. This country is home to Lake Maracaibo
A) Brazil
B) Chile
C) Venezuela
D) Paraguay
- 12. Which of the following countries is landlocked?
A) Ecuador
B) Peru
C) Colombia
D) Paraguay
- 13. Which South American country has one of the highest kidnapping rates in the world?
A) Argentina
B) Chile
C) Colombia
D) Suriname
- 14. Sucre and La Paz are the capitals of what country?
A) Venezuela
B) Bolivia
C) Argentina
D) Falkland Islands
- 15. Bolivar is a hero to many countries in South America because...
A) he found Machu Pichu
B) he was a liberator
C) he brought new farming methods
D) he was the first person to sail all the way down the Amazon.
- 16. Who owns the Falkland Islands?
A) Argentina
B) Uruguay
C) Chile
D) Brazil
- 17. What is the difference between farmers in Bolivia and farmers and Argentina?
- 18. Why were Spanish explorers not able to conquer western South America for many years?
- 19. Who conquered the Incas?
A) Cortes
B) Pizarro
C) Bolivar
D) Chavez
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