South America Vocabulary Quiz

Using the word bank, match the term to the definition: Largest lake in the Andes and the highest lake in the world.

• Lake Titicaca

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Superior

• Lake Baikal

Using the word bank, match the term to the definition: The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban.

• Urbanization

• Deforestation

• Industrialization

• Globalization

Using the word bank, match the term to the definition: A ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States.

• Panama Canal

• Suez Canal

• Erie Canal

• Kiel Canal

Using the word bank, match the term to the definition: A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.

• Cash Crop

• Subsistence Crop

• Ornamental Plant

• Food Crop

Using the word bank, match the term to the definition: A part of the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by Central America, the West Indies, and South America.

• Caribbean Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Baltic Sea

• Arctic Ocean

Using the word bank, match the term to the definition: Located in northern Chile, the driest place on earth.

• Atacama Desert

• Sahara Desert

• Gobi Desert

• Kalahari Desert

What mountain range is highlighted? Some peaks average over 20,000 feet- it is a very unforgiving environment.

• Rockies
• Andes
• Sierra Nevadas
• Atacamas

A dense evergreen forest with an annual rainfall of at least 160 inches

• None of the above

• Amazon Biome

• Amazon Rainforest

• Tropical Rainforest

Baylor and Hunter have decided to have a trip down to South America for summer vacation. Mr. Norman told them they HAD to visit the "Christ Redeemer" statue. What country would they need to go to?

• Argentina

• Brazil

• Chile

• Peru

The green X marks which of the following physical features

• South Padre Island

• Gulf of Mexico

• Caribbean Sea

• Yucatan Peninsula