Statistics for Geography of South America

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This quiz has been taken 29 times
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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the only South American country where Portuguese is the official language?	Brazil	100%
Which South American capital has the highest elevation of all capitals in the world?	La Paz	96%
Which two countries are sharing Tierra del Fuego archipelago?	Argentina and Chile	93%
Galapagos Islands are administratively a province of which country?	Ecuador	93%
Quito is the capital of which country?	Ecuador	93%
Which of the following territories is not an independent country?	French Guiana	93%
What is the largest lake in South America?	Titicaca	93%
The isolated and sparsely-populated Falkland Islands are the overseas territory of which country?	United Kingdom	93%
Angel Falls is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall. Where is it located?	Venezuela	93%
What is the former name of Suriname?	Dutch Guiana	89%
What is the name of the peak situated in Rio de Janeiro?	Sugarloaf Mountain	89%
What are pampas?	Large treeless plains	85%
The seat of government and executive capital of Bolivia is La Paz. What is country's constitutional capital?	Sucre	85%
What is the highest mountain in the Americas?	Aconcagua	81%
What is the driest nonpolar desert in the world located in South America?	Atacama	81%
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is an island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean and special territory of which country?	Chile	78%
What is the only country in the Americas where a majority of the population speaks one indigenous language: Guaraní?	Paraguay	78%
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 Magellan	78%
Iguazú Falls are waterfalls on the border of Argentina and what other country?	Brazil	70%
With population over 12 million what is the largest city in South America?	Sao Paulo	70%
What is the southernmost point of South America called?	Cape Horn	67%
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?	Orinoco	67%
Which country's flag has the sun symbol in the upper left corner?	Uruguay	56%
What is the name of tropical rain forest found in South America around the Amazon Basin?	Selvas	41%
Cotopaxi and Chimborazo are stratovolcanoes located in which country?	Ecuador	33%