In the 1500s, what people had become the dominant indigenous group in the Andean region?

Portugal's rule of Brazil lasted only about 50 years.

In the 1980s, Argentina fought a brief war with what country over ownership of the Falkland Islands?

What climate zone is up to 10,000 feet with cold temperatures?

Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela have all been ruled at times by dictators.

Socialist Chilean president killed in a coup.

In Peru and northern Chile, the area between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes is a coastal desert.

Which of the following South American country is landlocked (does not have a coast)?

Revolutionary leader who led the fight against Spanish rule.

Mining is an insignificant part of the economy for most Andean countries.

The countries of the Tropical North are only about 1/3 the land size of which country?

Climate zone with moderate rainfall and temperatures

Which country in South America is the only one with coastlines on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea?

First indigenous president of Bolivia.

What is the name of the group of islands owned by Ecuador that was the location of important studies by British naturalist Charles Darwin?

What distinctive style of Brazilian music is a blend of samba and jazz?

Until the late 1800s, nearly all European immigrants to Brazil were from which country?

Brazil is the world's leading supplier of which commodity?

In which country do about half of all South Americans live?

Which region of Brazil is where most Brazilians love?

Laborers from India and China worked on British and Dutch plantations in the Tropical North.

The official language of Ecuador is Portuguese.

mineral used to make aluminum

a forest-covered mesa.

The Tropical North is composed entirely of independent nations.

Niagara Falls is more than 20 times higher than Angel Falls

France sent some of its worst convicts here.

He led the resistance to Spanish rule in the north.