South America Physical Geography

What major chain of mountains in South America is the world's longest at over 4,400 miles and has the highest mountains outside of Asia?

• The Andes

• The Rockies

• The Sierra Madres

• The Alps

• The Himalayas

What is the major tropical rainforest in South America?

• The Amazon Rainforest

• The Tama Kinabalu Rainforest

• The Valdivian Rainforest

• The Hana Rainforest

• El Yunque Rainforest

What river in South America is the world's 2nd longest and carries 20% of Earth's river water?

• The Amazon River

• The Orinoco River

• El Rio de la Plata

• The Parana River

• The Paraguay River

What Ocean borders South America to the west?

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Arctic Ocean

• The Indian Ocean

• The Southern Ocean

What Ocean borders South America to the east?

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Arctic Ocean

• The Indian Ocean

• The Southern Ocean

What physical feature is located in the country highlighted on the map?

• Amazon River
• Atacama Desert
• Andes Mountains
• Caribbean Sea

Deforestation, or cutting down trees, is a major environmental issue in which of the following Latin American countries?

• Brazil
• Mexico
• Venezuela
• Germany

What is the one country in Latin America whose language was influence by Portuguese?

• Brazil
• Mexico
• Haiti
• Cuba

Which continent is green?

• Africa

• South America

• North America

• Europe

What is a plateau?

• A large raised area of mostly level land.

• A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.

• A flat grassland region.

• A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.