Pictorial Tour Of South America Quiz

Answer: Uruguay

Uruguay is the home of an incredible hand-like sculpture created by Mario Irarrazabal in 1982. If you head to Brava Beach in Punta del Este, you can see the La Mano ("The Hand) or sometimes called Los Dedos (The Fingers). The Laguna Puente Garzon bridge was designed by architect Rafael Vinoly and is a unique circular shaped bridge.

Answer: True

Iguazu Falls in Argentina stretches almost three kilometers between Argentina and Brazil. It is significantly wider and taller than Niagara Falls, located between the United States and Canada. The height of Iguazu Falls is 82 meters at its highest point. Niagara Falls is roughly one-third as wide and only reaches a height of about 30 meters.

Answer: Argentina

Due to Argentina's environment which can resemble a desert in places, dinosaur fossils have been found there in abundance due to the area not being covered by plants. Patagonia is in the southern tip of South America and known for its glaciers, lakes, and deserts. In 2023, a rare finding of Churcarosaurus fossils were found and it is estimated this dinosaur was bigger than a blue whale.

Answer: Northeast

Guyana borders the Atlantic Ocean in the northeast part of South America. It shares a border with Venezuela, Suriname, and the continent's largest country, Brazil.

Answer: Atacama

The driest non-polar desert in the world is the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The desert lies west of the Andes Mountain Range and covers over forty thousand square miles. In the 15th century, the Incas inhabited the extremely dry area. The desert offers 330 days without clouds per year and an ideal location for incredible star gazing.

Answer: Peru

Machu Picchu in Peru has a spiritual aura about the area - it was a revered sacred city for the Incas. Built in the 15th century and then left abandoned, Machu Picchu still features incredible stone walls, creative architecture, and some of the best panoramic views in the world for sightseeing.

Answer: True

An archipelago is a group of islands in a large body of water. The Galapagos Islands are a series of volcanic islands that fit that description. The islands are best known as the home of Charles Darwin's research on the theory of evolution in the 19th century. The Galapagos islands are in the Pacific Ocean, just 1000 kilometers away from the coast of Ecuador near the equator.

Answer: Rio de Janeiro

One of the most recognized pieces of art in South America would be the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The magnificent sculpture was a group effort. French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski created the idea, Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa and French engineer Albert Caquot built it, and Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida sculpted the face.

Answer: Chile

Around 3pm on May 22, 1960, Chile was rocked by the highest registered earthquake ever, at the time. Estimates put the quake at between 9.4 and 9.6 on the Richter Scale. It is estimated that two million Chileans were left homeless and the tsunami from the massive event affected Hawaii, Japan, and the Philippines.

Answer: Aconcagua

Aconcagua is not only the highest peak in South America, it's also the highest peak in all the Americas. Located in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, Aconcagua has been measured as 22,838 feet above sea level. While incredibly high, it's over a mile shorter than Mount Everest in the Himalayas which stands 29,032 feet.