NewsTracker Answers for week of Nov. 14, 2022

Q: Chile’s first lady, Irina Karamanos, 33, doesn’t want the job and is doing everything she can to eliminate the position permanently. Where is Chile?

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Q: Karmanos has been trying to transfer the first lady’s duties – running foundations and civic programs – to government ministries. She is the partner of Gabriel Boric, 35, who took office in March as president of Chile, a nation with the world’s ….

A. Driest desert

B. Highest lake

C. Southernmost border

D. All of the above

D. Chile is the world’s southernmost nation and the closest to Antarctica. At the other end of the world’s longest north-south country is the Atacama Desert, the driest spot on Earth, and a volcanic crater containing the world’s highest lake.

Q: The far north and far south of Chile are relatively underpopulated. About 90 percent of its 18 million people live in the middle third of the country, where the capital is located. What is the capital of Chile?

A. Buenos Aires

B. Lima

C. Santiago

D. Sucre

C. Santiago is the capital and largest city of Chile. The metropolitan area has a population of 8 million people.

Q: Chile occupies a narrow strip of land between the Pacific Ocean and which mountain range?

A. Andes

B. Guadalupes

C. San Andres

D. Southern Alps

A. The Andes Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, running 5,530 miles along western South America. It also is the highest mountain range outside of Asia. The Guadalupe Mountains are in Texas; the San Andres Mountains are in New Mexico; and the Southern Alps are in New Zealand.

Q: Chile is one of South America's most stable and prosperous countries and considered a high-income nation by the World Bank. Its biggest export is copper. Which nation is Chile’s biggest trading partner?

A. Argentina

B. Brazil

C. China

D. United States

C. Chile sells most of its exports to China and buys most of its imports from China. The United States is its second-largest trading partner.