Geography Quiz on South America

About 30% of the population in Suriname is made up of __________, people of mixed African and other ancestry.

• paramos

• campesinos

• gauchos

• mulattoes

Because Colombia's __________, or tenant farmers, focus on their efforts on a cash crop, they often cannot grow enough food to feed their families.

• campesinos

• gauchos

• llano

• paramo

The Andean Highlands in Ecuador are known as the __________.

• pampas

• piedmont

• paramos

• cordillera

The Andean Highlands in Peru and Bolivia are known as the __________.

• cordillera

• piedmont

• timber line

• altiplano

The forested regions to the east of the Andes are known as the __________ in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

• altiplano

• selva

• cordillera

• piedmont

Argentina's __________, or cowboys, lived on the pampas where they herded cattle.

• campesinos

• gaucho

• llano

• mulattoes

The countries of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana all share which of the following?

• a large Quechua-speaking population

• a largely Roman Catholic population

• a French colonial heritage

• a large Asia population

On which of the following do Venezuela's varied climates depend the most?

• distance from the Equator

• elevation

• nearness to the ocean

• natural vegetation

Oil is found in all of the following sections of Venezuela except the __________.

• eastern llanos

• Orinoco delta

• Guiana Highlands

• lowlands near Lake Maracaibo

All of the following are problems associated with Columbia's dependence on a single cash crop except __________.

• A drop in demand for coffee would affect the whole economy.

• Most of the coffee is exported illegally.

• A few wealthy families own most of the coffee plantations.

• If disease strikes the coffee trees, it would affect the entire economy.