SOUTH AMERICA 



SOUTH AMERICA 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON SOUTH AMERICA 



Outline 



I. Position and Size 



(1) Latitude and longitude (see map) (j) 



(2) Relation to other continents 



(3) Greatest length, 4,800 miles 



(4) Greatest breadth, 3,300 miles (2) 



(5) Area, 7,700,000 square miles 



(6) Comparative area 



II. Shape and Coast Line 



(1) Roughly triangular like North 



America 



(2) Regular coast line like Africa 



(3) Few islands 



(4) Coast waters 



III. Geographic Features 



(1) Resemblance of surface features to 



those of North America 



(2) Andes 



(a) Chief peaks 



(3) Central plain 



(4) Highlands of Brazil 



(5) Rivers 



(a) Amazon greatest in world 



(6) Lakes 



(7) Climate 



IV. Vegetable and Animal Life 



Characteristic vegetation 



(a) Tropical forests 



(b) Economically valuable forms 

 Animals 



(a) Absence of powerful wild animals 



(b) Forms peculiar to this continent 



V. Minerals 



(1) Silver and gold 



(2) Other metals 



(3) Nitrate 



VI. The Inhabitants 



( 1 ) Native races 



(2) European immigration 



(3) Mestizos 



VII. History 



(1) Discovery and conquest 



(2) Independence secured 



(3) Revolutions 



(4) Recent progress 



Questions 



Why is South America one of the first continents which the child in school is 

 asked to draw? 



What is the loftiest mountain peak on the continent? How does it compare 

 with the loftiest of North America? 



Why has South America a more equable climate than North America? 



What white man first touched the mainland of the continent, and where? 



How does the largest lake in South America compare in size with the smallest 

 of the Great Lakes? 



What mineral substance does one of the western desert regions produce, and for 

 what is it used? 



How does it happen that there is little or no color prejudice in South America? 



What is the largest river system in the world? How long is the main river? 

 What is the total length of navigable rivers in the system? 



Name four common domestic animals of North America which are not native 

 to this continent. 



Is South America farther from the South Pole or nearer to it than Australia? 

 How much? 



Name two South American trees which yield important drugs. For what are 

 they used? 



How many of the continents are larger than South America? How many have 

 a larger population? 



