South America is a continent of Extremes from the largest forest to the driest place on Earth: It is home to the World’s largest river, the Amazon River. It is Home to the World’s driest place, The Atacama Desert. It is home to the largest Oxygen producer, The Amazon Rainforest. Vampire Bats dwell in the rainforest and can spread the rabies virus. Brazil is the largest country in South America, covering approx. 47.3% of the continent's land area and encompassing around half of the continent's population.

1. South America
Introduction and History
Made by : Antara Rai
Aanshi Mohapatra

2. Introduction
• South America is a continent entirely in
the Western Hemisphere and mostly in
the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively
small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
• South America is bordered on the west by
the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east
by the Atlantic Ocean, North America and
the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest.
• South America is also known as Latin
America because Spanish, Portuguese,
French and Italian are the common
languages.

3. History
The continent is wide in the North and Tapering in the
South

4. History Of South
America
• The Continent continues to be
Home to indigenous people,
some of whom built high
civilization prior to the arrival
of Europeans in the late 1400
century.
• In the Middle of the 16th
century, the Spanish and
Portuguese controlled trade
and commerce in the costal
area.

5. History
A timeline of the important historical events of South America.
Discovery of South
America
Largest Volcano
eruption
The war of
Independence
World War I World War II
Emergence of
Covid-19
14th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 19th Century 21st Century
South America
discovered by
Amerigo.
Huaynaputina
produced the
largest volcanic
eruption.
The wars for
independence
of South
America took
place
from 1806 to
roughly 1826.
It was from 28th
July 1914 to
11th November
1918.
South America
participated in
World War II.
The currently
on-going
epidemic of the
Covid-19 Virus
arrived in South
America.

6. South and North America were discovered in the late
15th century.
South America and Africa were connected in a
landmass called Gondwana.
The Biodiversity of South America was isolated from
the rest of the world leading to the evolution of
species.
The geography of western South America is dominated
by the Andes mountains; in contrast, the eastern part
contains both highland regions and vast lowlands
where rivers such as the Amazon.
South America

7. Interesting facts
South America is a continent of Extremes from the largest forest
to the driest place on Earth:
• It is home to the World’s largest river, the Amazon River.
• It is Home to the World’s driest place, The Atacama Desert.
• It is home to the largest Oxygen producer, The Amazon Rainforest.
• Vampire Bats dwell in the rainforest and can spread the rabies
virus.
• Brazil is the largest country in South America, covering approx.
47.3% of the continent's land area and encompassing around half
of the continent's population.

8. More about South
America
South America is a continent on Earth at
latitude 26°08 - 54.29″ South, longitude 60°53
- 57.85″ West.
South America is thought to have
been inhabited by humans when
people were crossing the Bering
Strait at least 15,000 years ago
from the territory that is present-
day Russia.

9. Nazca Lines
Nazca in Peru is another mysterious
place. The Nazca Desert is famous for its
mysterious geoglyphs called the Nazca
lines.
There are some more lines that resemble
air strips. All these drawings span
kilometers together in the desert. The
weirder thing is that they are visible as
drawings only from the sky. No one
knows exactly when these geoglyphs
were drawn nor the purpose of these
drawings. Scholarly estimate is that they
were drawn between 400 and 650 CE.

10. Conclusion
South America is an Amazing Country with thousands of mysteries and places to visit. We have learned
so much about South America which would not have been possible without the support of our
Geography teacher Ms. Geeta.

11. Questions & answers
Have fun while Solving these questions!!

12. Q.1. List any three figure made in
Nazca.
Ans. Spider, Monkey and Hummingbird

13. Q.2. In which century did
the Country gain
Independence?
Ans. 18th Century

14. Ans. 15,000 years ago.
Q.3. People Crossed the Bering
Strait how many years ago?

15. Q.4. South America and Africa were
connected by which landmass?
Ans. Gondwana

16. Q.5. Which Languages were spoken
most commonly in South America?
Italian English British German

17. Q.6.Name the largest Volcano erupted
in South America?
Ans. Huaynaputina

18. Ans. 1806
Q.7. When was the war of
Independence fought?

19. Ans. 400 CE
Q.8. When were the Nazca Lines Drawn?

20. Q.9. When did the Europeans arrive in
South America?
Ans. Late 1400 century

21. Q.10. Brazil covers how
much area of the continent?
Ans. 47.3 %

22. Thank You 