Week 13 - The Tropical North of South America Quiz

This land-form is found in all the countries of South America's Tropical North

• the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains

• the Guiana Highlands

• the Andes mountain ranges

• the Llanos

The volcano named Cotopaxi, the highest in the world can be found in _____.

• Guyana

• Ecuador

• Columbia

• Brazil

The Galapagos Islands were the site of _____.

• Ecuador's largest volcanic eruption

• Charles Darwin's study that resulted in the theory of evolution

• Christopher Columbus's second landing in the Americas

• an outpost of the Incas

______ is Venezuela's main cash crop.

• coffee

• rice

• cassava

• corn

What is the Equator?

• Imaginary line that runs through the middle of Earth

• Imaginary line that tells the time zone

• Imaginary line that goes on forever

• Imaginary line that runs parallel with the moon

Elevation is the measurement of how much above or below sea level of a place.

• True

• False

• It's called an Elevator

What is not one of the 6 countries in the Tropical North?

• Brazil

• Ecuador

• Colombia

• Suriname

• French Guiana

What is the name of the largest active Volcano in the Tropical North?

• Cotopaxi

• Mount Fuji

• Mayon Volcano

• Mount St.Helens

What is the largest waterfall in the world?

• Angel Falls

• Niagara Falls

• Iguazu Falls

• Waterfalls by TLC

What place has the most lighting strikes (Storms) in the world?

• Lake Maracaibo

• The Gobi Desert

• The Amazon River

• Lake Victoria