South America
Helpful
Hint
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South of North America lies another big
continent called South America. The
equator runs through several countries of
this continent.
Most of South
America is in
the Southern
Hemisphere.
Look at the map on page 25. Then circle the best
answer for each statement about South America.
1.
2.
3.
4.
.
b. Montevideo
c. Lima
.
A South American country on the Pacific Ocean is
a. Guyana
b. Paraguay
Caracas is the capital city of
a. Colombia
b. Venezuela
c. Ecuador
.
c. Suriname
The equator runs through the country of
a. Chile
b. Guyana
.
c. Colombia
6.
The Amazon River flows across
a. Brazil
b. Argentina
.
c. Paraguay
7.
A country that does not border on an ocean or sea is
a. Bolivia
b. Peru
c. Venezuela
.
8.
About how many miles is it from Santiago to Montevideo?
a. 200
b. 400
c. 900
.
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S
The capital of Uruguay is
a. Santiago
c. Brazil
5.
N
W
.
The largest country in South America is
a. Argentina
b. Chile
E
Dominica
Caribbean Sea
Trinidad and Tobago
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
✪ Caracas
Venezuela
Guyana
Georgetown
✪ Paramaribo
Suriname ✪ Cayenne
✪
Orinoco
River
Bogota✪
French Guiana
Colombia
✪ Quito
Equato
r
Amazon River
Galapagos Islands
(Ecuador)
Peru
✪ Lima
Brazil
A
Bolivia
N
✪ Brasília
D
✪ La Paz
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NTAINS
C ap r i
South America
Santiago✪
✪ National capital
Mountain
Border
ná
Ri
v
S
c of
Tropi
PACIFIC
OCEAN
corn
er
✪ Sucre
ar
a
E
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Ecuador
Paraguay
P
✪ Asunció n
Uruguay
✪
Buenos Aires
✪ Montevideo
Argentina
N
Chile
NW
N
NE
W
E
SW
W
SE
S
S
N
N
Area of detail
0
Miles
200 400
600
0 200 400 600
Falkland
Islands (U.K.)
W
E
W
South Georgia
S
Island (U.K.)
S
N
W
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S
E
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Answers
PAGE 24:
1. c
2. b
3. c
4. b
5. c
6. a
7. a
8. c
W
N
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E