The Americas: countries and places
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the capital of Colombia?
- AMedellín
- BCali
- CCartagena
- DBogotá
- 2True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Washington, D.C., the capital of the USA, is also its largest city.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 3Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which capital city was built on the site of Tenochtitlan, the old capital of the Aztecs?
- ALima
- BBogotá
- CMexico City
- DHavana
- 4Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the capital of Brazil?
- ABrasília
- BRio de Janeiro
- CSão Paulo
- DSalvador
- 5Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the capital of Argentina?
- ACórdoba
- BBuenos Aires
- CMontevideo
- DRosario
- 6Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the capital of Peru?
- ACusco
- BQuito
- CBogotá
- DLima
- 7True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Santiago is the capital of Chile.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 8Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The huge rainforest in the picture covers much of northern South America. What is it called?

- AThe Amazon rainforest
- BThe Congo rainforest
- CThe Daintree rainforest
- DThe Black Forest
- 9True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Amazon River flows into the Pacific Ocean.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 10Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which mountain range runs along the whole western side of South America?
- AThe Rocky Mountains
- BThe Appalachians
- CThe Andes
- DThe Alps
- 11Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Panama Canal lets ships sail between which two oceans?
- AThe Atlantic and the Indian
- BThe Pacific and the Arctic
- CThe Atlantic and the Pacific
- DThe Indian and the Pacific
- 12Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which river carved the Grand Canyon, shown in the picture, over millions of years?

- AThe Mississippi River
- BThe Colorado River
- CThe Amazon River
- DThe Rio Grande
- 13Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Niagara Falls, shown in the picture, lie on the border between which two countries?

- AThe USA and Mexico
- BBrazil and Argentina
- CPeru and Chile
- DCanada and the USA
- 14Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which is the largest country in South America by area?
- AArgentina
- BBrazil
- CPeru
- DColombia
- 15True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Spanish is the main language in most countries of South America.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 16Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Not counting Australia, which is a continent, what is the largest island in the world?
- AMadagascar
- BBorneo
- CGreenland
- DIceland
- 17Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The high, snowy mountains in the picture are part of a long range in western Canada and the USA. Which range is it?

- AThe Andes
- BThe Appalachians
- CThe Alps
- DThe Rocky Mountains
- 18Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which desert in Chile is one of the driest places on Earth?
- AThe Sahara
- BThe Atacama Desert
- CThe Gobi Desert
- DThe Kalahari
- 19Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The stepped stone pyramid in the picture stands at Chichén Itzá in Mexico. It was a great city of which ancient civilisation?

- AThe Maya
- BThe Inca
- CThe Aztecs
- DThe ancient Egyptians
- 20Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which South American country is named after the equator, which crosses it?
- AEcuador
- BColombia
- CPeru
- DVenezuela
