Central & South America

Who is required to vote in Brazil?

• Men, ages 21 and up
• Everyone from ages 18 to 70
• Men and women over 16
• Huh? Voting isn't required there

Soybeans are which country's main export?

• El Salvador 
• Mexico
• Brazil
• Paraguay 

The Amazon is the world's 

• longest river
• second longest river
• second largest ocean
• third largest mountain 

The ___________ are the world's largest continuous group of mountain ranges in the world.

• Andes
• Patagonia 
• Pampas
• Alps

If you wanted to visit the largest South American country, you would go to...

• Brazil
• Argentina
• Colombia 
• Venezuela 

Not all South Americans speak Spanish. Some South Americans in __________ speak Portuguese. 

• Argentina
• Uruguay 
• Brazil
• Bolivia 

The people of Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela are predominately 

• Catholic 
• Protestant 
• Jewish
• Buddhist 

What were the Spanish settlers *really* looking for when they came to the northern coast of South America?

• gold
• cocoa beans
• new foods and spices 
• Native Americans to convert to Judaism 

Spanish explorers generally set up their colonial capital cities in areas that were uninhabited by Native Americans   

• True
• False

The Arawak were one of several hunter-gather groups in South America

• True
• False