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WorksheetsA South America Map Challenge
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 48mins
Find the mileage: Montevideo (capital of Uruguay, on the southeast coast) to Porto Alegre (northeast of Montevideo).
400 miles
425 miles
460 miles
490 miles
Find the mileage: Belem (along the northeast coast of Brazil) to Teresina (southeast of Belem).
390 miles
420 miles
460 miles
500 miles
Find the mileage: Salvador (east coast of Brazil) to Recife (northeast of Salvador).
200 miles
300 miles
400 miles
500 miles
Find the mileage: Santiago (capital of Chile, on the southwest coast) to Cordoba (northeast of Santiago).
400 miles
450 miles
500 miles
550 miles
Find the city, given the coordinates: 9 degrees South, 64 degrees West.
Macejo
Recife
Porto Velho
Feira de Santana
Find the city, given the coordinates: 41.5 degrees South, 63 degrees West.
Comodoro Rivadavia
Bahia Blanca
Viedma
Mar del Plata
Find the city, given the coordinates: 23.5 degrees South, 58 degrees West.
Concepcion
Copiapo
Tocopilla
Iquique
Find the city, given the coordinates: 6 degrees North, 54.5 degrees West.
Paramaribo
Georgetown
Cayenne
Manaus
What is the most common amount of rainfall along the Equator?
10-20 inches
20-40 inches
40 to 80 inches
Over 80 inches
What is the most common amount of rainfall south of the Tropic of Capricorn and east of 60 degrees west?
10-20 inches
20-40 inches
40-80 inches
Over 80 inches
What is the average population density south of 40 degrees south?
Under 5
5-50
50-100
100-250
Which growing season is most common throughout all of South America?
3-6
6-8
8-12
No frost
What is the capital of Brazil?
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Brasilia
Manaus
What is the elevation of the city of Belem, on the northeast coast of Brazil?
0-500 feet
500-1,000 feet
1,000-2,000 feet
2,000-5,000 feet
Order these coastal cities of Brazil from farthest north to farthest south.
Belem
Fortaleza
Salvador
Rio de Janeiro
Porto Alegre
If starting in Brasilia (the capital of Brazil) and traveling to Goiania, which direction would you travel?
southeast
southwest
northeast
northwest
Which of these cities is closest to 10 degrees south?
Aracaju
Maceio
Recife
Salvador
Which country does not border Brazil?
Ecuador
Bolivia
Paraguay
Venezuela
Using the rainfall map, order these colors from most rainfall to least rainfall.
dark blue
light blue
orange
yellow
How many people live in the city at 3 degrees south latitude, 60 degrees west?
Under 100,000
50,000-250,000
250,000-1 million
Over 1 million
