Chapter 9 Test South America

How can El Niño negatively affect fishing?

• by reducing the number of small organisms at the bottom of the food chain

• by exposing fish to toxins such as mercury

• by cooling surface ocean temperatures

• by causing drought

Some areas in South America have benefitted more from economic development than others, leaving healthy living standards in some places and overcrowding with poor sanitation and disease in others.

• True

• False

What is the sparsely populated desert along the coast of Peru and Chile?

• the Patagonian Desert

• the Atacama Desert

• the Mojave Desert

• the Sonoran Desert

What South American lake lies on the border between Bolivia and Peru?

• Lake Managua

• Lake Nicaragua

• Lake Titicaca

• Lake Maracaibo

What crops are grown in the tierra fría?

• tobacco, cotton , and soybeans

• coffee, cocoa, and grains

• bananas, sugar, and rice

• potato, barley, and quinoa

The climate zones above the tree line in the Andes

• have a hot, dry climate.

• are the most densely populated climate zones.

• have permanent ice and snow.

• are the location of several South American capitals.

route constructed to transport mineral and timber from the Amazon rain forest

• Venezuela

• Trans-Amazonian Highway

• Peru

• Transoceanic Highway

• Argentina

a country in which a majority of the population is European

• Venezuela

• Trans-Amazonian Highway

• Peru

• Transoceanic Highway

• Argentina

the country that holds most of the subregion’s oil reserves

• Venezuela

• Trans-Amazonian Highway

• Peru

• Transoceanic Highway

• Argentina

the country that has legalized the growing of the coca plant

• Venezuela

• Trans-Amazonian Highway

• Peru

• Transoceanic Highway

• Argentina