Latin America Part 2

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Continent 3000 miles east of South America

Africa

The world's highest waterfall is known as

Angel Falls

The continent south of South America is

Antarctica

The South American country that speaks Portuguese is

Brazil

The only South American country that is crossed by the Equator and Tropic of Capricorn is

Brazil

The Panama Canal connects these two oceans

Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean

The capital city of the Incas was

Cuzco

French Guiana was known for having the prison colony at

Devil's Island

The famous island off the coast of Chile known for giant stone heads is called

Easter Island

Ecuador gets its name from this

Equator

British islands off the southern coast of Argentina

Falkland Islands

Islands about 500 miles west of Ecuador

Galapagos Islands

The Sierra Madre Mountains are found in this country

Mexico

The northern most country in Latin America

Mexico

Two Branches of the Sierra Madres

Occidental and Oriental

The Islands west of Ecuador are in this ocean

Pacific Ocean

The mountains of Mexico are known as the

Sierra Madres

The South American country that speaks dutch is called

Suriname

The southern tip of South America is known as

Tierra de Fuego

The world's highest waterfall is in this country

Venezuela


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