South America Scavenger Hunt. Print this document out and answer the questions using the interactive map on www.mrnussbaum.com/sa.htm. TEACHERS - click here for ANSWER KEY. Click here to return to Continents

1.) Argentina is the ______2nd________ largest country in South America.

2.) ____Lima________ is the capital of Peru.

3.) Venezuela means _____Little_______ ____Venice__________.

4.) Brazil is home to the _____Amazon____________ Rain Forest.

5.) ___80________ percent of Suriname is covered by rainforests.

6.) What do scientists think the strange Moai carvings in Chile symbolize?

Power and Religion

7.) Bolivia's capital, ___La____ ____Paz___________ is the ____highest_________ capital city in the world.

8.) Peru's ancient Machu Picchu is some ____8,000__________ feet in the Andes Mountains.

9.)*** Bonus - Where is Aconcauga? What is it?

Argentina. Highest mountain not in Asia.

 

10.) *** Bonus - Where did Charles Darwin think of the Theory of Evolution?

Galapagos Islands - off of Ecuador