South America
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. argentina
A. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru
2. guyana
B. Largest country in South America
3. quito
C. The capital and largest city of Venezuela
4. brazil
D. A republic in southern South America
5. bogota
E. The capital and chief port of Paraguay
6. uruguay
F. The capital and largest city of Chile
7. suriname
G. Capital and largest city of Argentina
8. caracas
H. A republic in northwestern South America
9. chile
I. The capital of Brazil
10. santiago
J. A landlocked republic in central South America
11. georgetown
K. The judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia
12. bolivia
L. A republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
13. brasilia
M. Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers
14. paramaribo
N. Capital and largest city of Colombia
15. paraguay
O. A republic in northeastern South America
16. asuncion
P. A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
17. cayenne
Q. A republic in northern South America on the Caribbean
18. peru
R. A landlocked republic in south central South America
19. buenos aires
S. A South American republic on the southeast coast of South America
20. ecuador
T. A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic
21. sucre
U. The capital and largest city and major port of Surinam
22. colombia
V. The capital of Ecuador
23. venezuela
W. A republic in western South America
24. lima
X. Port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana