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38 Cards in this Set
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What is mutton meat made from?
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Sheep
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True or False: Cuzco exhibits many of Argentina's historical relics
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False
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Why is the most southern part of Chili known as the "land of the twilight night"?
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Because the sky still glows at midnight
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What is Lobos Island known for?
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Fur, Seals and Penguins.
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True or False: In Paraguay, the heaviest frost comes in December.
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False
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True or False: Paraguayan women are famous for their spider-web fishing nets
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False
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Who did the Spanish kill and take wealth from?
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The Incas
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Where is the Condor found?
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In the high places of the Andes
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What do the women of Bolivia often carry?
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Spindles
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Where is tin now found?
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Cerro RIco, Bolivia
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Where are many social welfare programs found?
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Uruguay
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What is more or less the unofficial animal of Peru?
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The Llama
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Why does Peru's coast have no rainfall?
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Because of the Peru current
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What is the Machu Picchu?
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The Inca city that Pizzaro did not find.
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Who were San Martin and Bolivar?
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The liberators of South America
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What was the war of the Pacific fought over?
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nitrates and fertilizer
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What do textile factories make?
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Cloth
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In Bolivia, the Andes form into:
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Three Cordilleras
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Where did a colony of Mennonites migrate to?
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Filadelfia
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Gaucho country is found in the city of:
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Salto
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Hutterite country can be found in the city of:
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Primavera
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What was the capital of the Inca Empire?
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Cuzco
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Where is the Casa Historica Museum located?
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Tucaman
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Why is the population of Paraguay low?
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Because of many costly wars
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What was the name of the explorer whose crew mutinied near Argentina?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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The body of water important in legends of both Bolivia and Peru is:
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Lake Titicaca
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What do the people of Uruguay and Argentina eat a lot of?
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Meat
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Why does Chili often have to remake maps?
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Because of earthquakes
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A man in Chili who helped San Martin was
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O'Higgins
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What is the name for a South American cowboy?
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gaucho
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What is the name of the high plateaus that form a region between mountains in Bolivia?
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altiplano
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What is the capital of Chili?
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Santiago
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What is the capital of Argentina?
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Buenos Aries
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What is the capital of Paraguay?
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Ascuncion
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What is the capital of Uruguay?
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Montevideo
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What is the capital of Bolivia?
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La Paz and Sucre
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What is the capital of Peru?
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Lima
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What is the capital of Ecuador?
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Quito
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