Chile
Chile stretches along South America's Pacific coast. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 17 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Chile trivia questions
Chile is located along the western edge of which continent?
Answer: South America
Bonus fact: Chile stretches along South America's Pacific coast.
Which desert in northern Chile is one of the driest places on Earth?
Answer: Atacama Desert
Bonus fact: Some parts of the Atacama receive extremely little rainfall.
What is the capital of Chile?
Answer: Santiago
Bonus fact: The U.S. Department of State lists Santiago as the capital of Chile.
Which major body of water borders Chile along its western side?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
Bonus fact: The CIA places Chile in southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean between Argentina and Peru.
Cape Horn lies at the southern tip of which continent?
Answer: South America
Bonus fact: Cape Horn is part of Chile's Tierra del Fuego archipelago.
Cape Horn lies on which island?
Answer: Horn Island
Bonus fact: Cape Horn is on Isla Hornos in Chile.
Patagonia is a region at the southern end of which continent?
Answer: South America
Bonus fact: Patagonia spans southern Argentina and Chile.
The Atacama Desert is located mainly in which country?
Answer: Chile
Bonus fact: It stretches along northern Chile.
Which country does Brazil NOT share a land border with?
Answer: Ecuador
Bonus fact: Among South America’s sovereign states other than Brazil, only Chile and Ecuador do not share a land border with Brazil; the CIA also lists the border with French Guiana.
The Atacama Desert is primarily associated with the far north of which country?
Answer: Chile
Bonus fact: NASA Earth Observatory describes the Atacama in far northern Chile and notes that large sections receive less than 1 millimeter of rain per year.
Which pair consists of the two sovereign South American countries that do not share a land border with Brazil?
Answer: Chile and Ecuador
Bonus fact: Brazil shares land borders with every sovereign South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
The Chinchorro lived along the coast of what modern countries?
Answer: Chile and Peru
Bonus fact: They lived in the Atacama coastal region.