WorksheetsSouth America
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Capital of Argentina
Buenos Aires
Santiago
La Paz
Montevideo
Capital of Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
Brasília
Salvador
Capital of Chile
Asunción
Lima
Quito
Santiago
Capital of Peru
La Paz
Montevideo
Lima
Caracas
Capital of Colombia
Caracas
Quito
Bogotá
Buenos Aires
Capital of Ecuador
Montevideo
Quito
Caracas
La Paz
Capital of Uruguay
Santiago
Montevideo
Asunción
Brasília
Capital of Paraguay
Lima
Asunción
Buenos Aires
Quito
Capital of Venezuela
Brasília
Montevideo
Quito
Caracas
Capital of Bolivia
Asunción
La Paz
Sucre
Lima
Capital of Guyana
Georgetown
Paramaribo
Caracas
Quito
Capital of Suriname
Paramaribo
Quito
Georgetown
Caracas
Argentina Population
51 million
35 million
47 million
43 million
Bolivia Population
14 million
12 million
19 million
17 million
Population of Chile
19 million
17 million
21 million
15 million
Population of Uruguay
5.4 million
7.6 million
9.2 million
3 million.5
Population of Peru
33 million
28 million
25 million
30 million
Population of Ecuador
15 million
21 million
19 million
17 million
Population of Paraguay
8 million
10 million
5 million
7 million
Population of Brazil
197 million
213 million
205 million
178 million
Population of Venezuela
29 million
25 million
31 million
23 million
Population of Colombia
50 million
Population of Guyana
Approximately 800,000
Population of Suriname
Approximately 618,000
What year and who did Argentina gain independence from?
What year and who did Bolivia gain independence from?
What year and who did Brazil gain independence from?
What year and who did Chile gain independence from?
1818, Spain
What year and who did Colombia gain independence from?
1819, Spain
What year and who did Ecuador gain independence from?
What year and who did Guyana gain independence from?
What year and who did Paraguay gain independence from?
What year and who did Peru gain independence from?
1822, Spain
What year and who did Suriname gain independence from?
What year and who did Uruguay gain independence from?
1825, Spain
What year and who did Venezuela gain independence from?
1811, Spain
Argentina Features
Falkland Islands
Iguazu Falls
Kaietur Falls
Atacama Desrt
Tierra del Fuego
Bolivia Features
Salar de Uyuni
Gran Chaco
Lake Titicaca
Altiplano
Nazca Lines
Brazil Features
Pampas
The Pantanal
Patagonia
Amazon Rainforest
Machu Picchu
Chile Features
Tatacoa Desert
Atacama Desert
Villarica Volcano
Mount Aconcagua
Easter Island
Colombia Features
Tatacoa Desert
Angel Falls
Chicamocha Canyon
Coffee Plantations
Mount Roraima
Ecuador Features
Chimborazo
Galapagos Islands
Lake Titicaca
Easter Island
Avenue of Volcanoes
Guyana Features
Mount Roraima
The Altiplano
Angel Falls
Kaietur Falls
Coffee Plantations
Paraguay Features
Atacama Desert
Paraguay River
Pampas
Itaipu Dam
Gran Chaco
Peru Features
Kukenan Tepui
Chimborazo
Machu Picchu
Nazca Lines
Villarica Volcano
Suriname Features
Tropical Rainforests
Deserts
Glaciers
Deciduous Forest
Temperate Rainforest
Uruguay Features
Iguazu Falls
Pampas
Mount Aconcagua
Avenue of Volcanoes
Salar de Uyuni
Venezuela Features
Angel Falls
Itaipu Dam
Easter Island
Kukenan Tepui
Iguazu Falls
What year did Charles Darwin visit the Galapagos Islands?
What animals did Charles Darwin observe to create the theory of evolution through natural selection?
Finches
Penguins
Tortoises
Iguanas
Seals
Population of Galapagos Islands
When and why was Galapagos National Park established?
Galapagos National Park was established in 1965, to support fishing activities.
Galapagos National Park was established in 1980, to enhance agricultural development.
Galapagos National Park was established in 1959, to protect its unique biodiversity.
What year was the Galapagos Marine Reserve established?
Conservation efforts in the Galapagos islands (main ones):
Habitat restoration
Forbidding settlements
Removal of invasive species
Banning plastic
Recycling
Chile was a democracy from 1925 to:
Who overthrew president Salvador Allende of Chile and when did democracy return to Chile?
Augusto Pinochet overthrew Salvador Allende in 1973; democracy returned in 1998.
General Manuel Contreras overthrew Salvador Allende in 1972; democracy returned in 2005.
Augusto Pinochet overthrew Salvador Allende in 1973; democracy returned in 1990
Methods of Operation Condor
Sharing information on dissidents, assassinations, disappearances, and torture.
What year did General Jorge Rafael Videla take power in Argentina?
When did democracy return to Argentina?
1982
1985
1983
1990
When did Alfred Stroessner come to power in Paraguay?
1955
1954
1953
1960
What leader is the "Banzerato" named after and where is he from?
Which former president of Bolivia was killed in Operation Condor?
Juan Jose Torres
How did Operation Condor end, and what are its lasting effects?
It doesn't end
Protests
War
Trials for perpetrators still continue
Families destroyed
Which country did Juan Maria Bordaberry belong to?
What year do elections return to Uruguay?
1984
What is significant about Chimborazo?
What country did many people flee from during Operation Condor?
In what country were "Dirty War" tactics mostly used in?
