South America unit

There are tribes living in the Amazon that have no contact with the modern world.

• True

• false

Brazil contains most of the __________________________.

• Andes mountains

• Amazon Rainforest

• Cape horn

• Panama Canal

What industry has recently been responsible for cutting and burning large tracts of the Amazon?

• paper mills

• Furniture companies

• coal miners

• cattle ranchers

What mountain range runs along the western coast of South America?

• Sierra Nevada

• Sierra Madre

• Andes

• Himalayas

The Aconcagua Mountains are the _________________ range.

• highest

• lowest

Lake Titicaca is the ___________________ lake in South America.

• smallest

• Largest

How much of the world's oxygen is produced by the Amazon Rainforest?

• 18%

• 15%

• 20%

• 10%

What is the world's largest river in volume of water discharged?

• Orinoco River

• Amazon River

• Maracaibo River

South America's physical geography consist of few features.

• True

• False

What ocean borders South America to the west?

• Atlantic

• Arctic

• Pacific