South America

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Memorize these and recognize 46.3% of all South America clues.

1 Colombia 12x

2 Chile 10x

3 Bolivia 9x

4 Venezuela 8x

5 Lima, Peru 8x

6 Argentina 6x

7 Brazil 5x

8 the Atacama 5x

9 the Andes 5x

10 Ecuador 5x

11 Uruguay 4x

12 Paraguay 4x

13 Montevideo 4x

14 Buenos Aires 4x

15 Suriname 4x

16 the Amazon 3x

17 Rio de Janeiro 3x

18 Patagonia 3x

19 Lima 3x

20 La Paz 3x

21 Guyana 3x

22 French Guiana 3x

23 Caracas 3x

24 Brasilia 3x

25 the Orinoco 2x

26 the Olmecs 2x

27 the isthmus of Panama 2x

28 the Inca 2x

29 Spanish 2x

30 Sao Paulo 2x

31 Santiago 2x

32 Quito 2x

33 Portugal 2x

34 Managua 2x

35 Lake Titicaca 2x

36 coffee 2x

37 Chile & Ecuador 2x

38 the Sugarloaf Mountain 2x

39 the Strait of Magellan 2x

40 the rhea 2x

41 the Pampas 2x

42 the condor 2x

43 the Alliance for Progress 2x

44 Simon Bolivar 2x

45 high altitude 2x

Sample Clues

It's the only country in South America that borders Central America

Colombia

This country gained its independence in 1818 under armies led by San Martin & O'Higgins

Chile

Country named for the person who became president of Gran Colombia in 1819

Bolivia

In 1498 Columbus first set foot on the South American continent in what's now this country

Venezuela

The name of this capital city is a corruption of Rimac, the river on which it lies

Lima, Peru

Sub-Areas

South America 195

Colombia (12) Chile (10) Venezuela (8) Bolivia (8) Lima, Peru (7) Argentina (6) the Andes (5) the Atacama (5) Ecuador (5) Paraguay (4)

Europe 27

French Guiana (3) Spanish (2) Portugal (2) Suriname (2) Dutch (1) Brazil (1) Patagonia (1) Spanish-American War (1) Dutch Guiana (1) Quechua (1)

Other 24

Brasilia (2) the Falklands (1) the Alliance for Progress (1) drink it (1) a gaucho (1) Jack Dempsey (1) Montevideo (1) Tierra del Fuego (1) Quito (1) Incas (1)

Asia 7

the Olmecs (2) high altitude (1) head-shrinking (1) Mestizo (1) Jacaranda (1) Lima, Peru (1)

North America 7

Managua (2) Castro (1) Belize (1) soccer (1) El Salvador (1) murals (1)

Middle East 2

piranha (1) (Juan) Perón (1)