BJU Cultural Geography Chapter 10 Test

The Treaty of Tordesillas gave Portugal all lands east of the Line of Demarcation and Spain control of lands west of the line.

• True

• False

The Guianas were all French colonies.

• True

• False

The Andes Mountains are comparable in height to the Rockies in North America.

• True

• False

Lamoids, like camels, have humps.

• True

• False

La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, is the world’s highest capital at 12,000 feet.

• True

• False

Constant rains in the Amazon cause poor soil through the process of deforestation.

• True

• False

capital of Paraguay

• Asuncion

• Drake Passage

• Buenos Aires

• Machu Picchu

named for the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe

• Drake Passage

• Iguacu Falls

• Machu Picchu

• Titicaca

an ocean inlet

(a)  

widest waterfall in the world

• Iguacu Falls

• Buenos Aires

• Machu Picchu

• Yungas