South America Study Guide

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South America

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Colombia 9x 11.1% stumper $544 avg J:3 DJ:6
DJ $200 1985 Over 1/2 of the marijuana and 3/4 of the cocaine consumed in the U.S. comes from this country
J $500 DD 1991 The Isthmus of Panama is featured on the coat of arms of this South American country
J $900 DD 1991 South America's northernmost point is in this country
Chile 8x 37.5% stumper $800 avg J:4 DJ:4
J $200 1989 In 1970 this country's Salvador Allende became 1st freely elected Marxist head of state in Lat. America
J $600 2006 Bernardo O'Higgins is called "The Liberator" of this long nation & also founded its navy
DJ $1,000 1985 Bernardo O'Higgins is this country's national hero
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Venezuela 7x 33.3% stumper $400 avg J:4 DJ:2 FJ:1
J $100 1988 Though Bolivia was named for him, Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas in this country
J $500 1987 On his 3rd voyage to the New World, Columbus landed on mainland for 1st time in this country
DJ $1,000 1985 With season from October to February, the only South American country whose national sport is baseball
Argentina 5x $520 avg J:2 DJ:3
DJ $200 1985 This "Land of Silver" exports little silver, but more beef than any other S. American country
DJ $600 1990 As the continent's 2nd most populous country it gets the silver medal
DJ $1,000 1988 General Jose de San Martin is considered the liberator of this southern South American country
Peru 5x $450 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:1
J $200 1987 Inca Kola, touted as having "the natural flavor", originated in this country
DJ $800 1985 In 1911, Hiram Bingham discovered ruins of great medieval city Machu Picchu in this country
FJ 1993 The name of this capital city is a corruption of Rimac, the river on which it lies
Ecuador 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 1995 Around 1000 A.D. tribes in the northern highlands of this country formed the kingdom of Quito
J $600 DD 1987 3 of the 4 countries on the continent that border on the Pacific Ocean
DJ $600 1992 During WWII this country allowed U.S. troops to establish a base in the Galapagos Islands
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the Amazon 3 Paraguay 3 Montevideo 3 Brazil 3 the Orinoco 2 the Isthmus of Panama 2 Rio de Janeiro 2 Lima 2 La Paz 2 Guyana 2 Caracas 2 Brasilia 2 the Sugarloaf Mountain 2 the Pampas 2 the condor 2 the Atacama 2 Simon Bolivar 2

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Bolivia 6x 16.7% stumper $867 avg J:4 DJ:2
J $400 1991 A war over the Chaco region erupted in 1932 between Paraguay & this other land-locked country
J $500 1986 The last area liberated from Spain became this country named for the liberator of South America
DJ $1,000 1988 The Spaniards originally called this country Upper Peru
Uruguay 4x $850 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $600 1988 Montevideo is the capital of this country that Fodor's calls "the Switzerland of South America"
J $1,000 2006 Bordering Brazil's southernmost point, it's the second-smallest country in South America
DJ $600 1984 Over 1/3 of its population lives in its capital, Montevideo
Suriname 4x $800 avg DJ:1 FJ:3
DJ $800 1988 South America's newest nation, this former Dutch colony didn't become independent until 1975
FJ 1997 Henck Arron was prime minister of this country when it gained its independence in 1975
FJ 2014 In 2004 the dollar replaced the guilder as the monetary unit of this country
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Portugal 2 French Guiana 2
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