2nd Semester Exam- Geography

Mexico was colonized by what European country?

• United States
• England
• Portugal
• Spain

Environmental concerns about the Amazon Rainforest

• Deforestation
• oil related pollution
• air pollution

I am a manmade waterway that allows boats to travel a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific

• Amazon River
• Sierra Madre Mountains
• Lake Maracaibo
• Panama Canal

I am the longest mountain chain in the world extending from Venezuela to Argentina

• Sierra Madres
• Andes
• Pyrenees
• Urals

The biggest river in the world in terms of gallons of water that originates in the Andes Mountains.  

• Gulf or Mexico
• Caribbean Sea
• Amazon River
• Panama Canal

Which body of water can be found to the south of Europe?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Arctic Ocean
• English Channel
• Mediterranean Sea

Which country is highlighted on the map?

• Germany
• England
• France
• Belgium

Boot shaped peninsula south of France and Germany. Also located above the Medierranean Sea

• France

• Iberian Peninsula

• Florida

• Italy

The largest country in the world, which covers all of northern Asia and almost half of Europe

• Russia

• Ukraine

• Poland

• Switzerland

Which location is known for experiencing a nuclear disaster in 1986?

• Chernobyl

• Indonesia

• The Netherlands

• Saudi Arabia