Statistics for Latin American Geography

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
World's longest continental mountain range	Andes	97%
Landlocked country named after a famous liberator	Bolivia	84%
European country that holds most of the dependent Caribbean territories	United Kingdom	84%
Biggest economy	Brazil	81%
World's largest river by discharge volume of water	Amazon River	76%
In 1982, Argentina engaged into conflict with UK regarding the control over this territory	Falkland Islands	76%
Alongside with Chile, this is the only South American country that does not share a border with Brazil	Ecuador	74%
Most populous city	São Paulo	74%
Revenue from petroleum exports accounts for more than 50% of this country's GDP and roughly 95% of total exports	Venezuela	74%
Ecuadorian archipelago of volcanic islands visited by Darwin in the 19th century	Galápagos Islands	72%
Cuban bay that houses a controversial American prison	Guantanamo	72%
Chilean island famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai	Easter Island	71%
Most populous metropolitan area	Mexico City	69%
Dominican Republic capital, the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas	Santo Domingo	69%
Largest non-polar desert (105,000 km²/40,541 sq mi)	Atacama Desert	67%
Artificial 77 km (48 m) waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean	Panama Canal	67%
Southern's largest lake by volume of water and by surface area	Lake Titicaca	66%
Country with the highest HDI (Human Development Index)	Chile	64%
Mexico's second most populous metropolitan area, host of the 2011 Pan American Games	Guadalajara	62%
Country with the lowest HDI (Human Development Index)	Haiti	62%
Colombian city that harbored a famous cartel headed by Pablo Escobar	Medellín	62%
Peninsula where a meteor collided 66 million years ago	Yucatán Peninsula	62%
Venezuela waterfall that inspired the setting of the Disney animation Up	Angel Falls	59%
Peruvian city, former capital of the Inca Empire	Cusco	57%
First country in the world to legalize the production, sale and use of marijuana	Uruguay	57%
Rio de Janeiro famous beach, popularized by Bossa Nova	Ipanema	53%
15th-century Inca citadel situated on a mountain ridge 2,430 m (7,970 ft) above sea level.	Machu Picchu	50%
Highest mountain	Aconcagua	45%
Argentinian city famous for the production of Malbecs and other red wines	Mendoza	33%
Bolivian city that held the 16th century silver boom	Potosí	31%
Executive mansion and office of the President of Argentina	Casa Rosada	24%
Southern common market	Mercosur	22%
Often referred to as the best Latin American university	USP (Universidade de São Paulo)	21%
World's largest salt flat (10,582 km²/4,086 sq mi)	Salar de Uyuni	19%
Easternmost city, "where the sun rises first"	João Pessoa	14%
Highest active volcano in the world (6,893m/22,615 ft)	Ojos del Salado	14%
Stadium declared by FIFA as the only historical monument of World Football	Estadio Centenario	12%
Largest desert (670,000 km²/258,688 sq mi)	Patagonian Desert	12%
Oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America	Nazca Plate	10%
Astronomical interferometer located at the above	ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array)	7%
Highest city in the world (5,100 m/16,700 ft)	La Rinconada	3%
Brazilian city where the astronomical observation of a solar eclipse, in 1919, was offered as the first proof of Einstein's theory of general relativity	Sobral	3%