South America

What threatens the Amazon rain forest?

• rain

• termites

• poisonous snails

• deforestation

A 4,000-mile-long river that flows across northern Brazil is the __________________?

• Mississippi River

• Missouri River

• Amazon River

• Nile River

An estuary that connects the Parana River and the Atlantic Ocean is the _______________________.

• Pampas

• Amazon River

• Rio de la Plata

• Mississippi de la Plata

The wide, grassy plains in central Argentina are the _______________________.

• Pampas

• estuary

• Amazon River

• Rio de la Plata

The clearing of trees is ______________________.

• deforestation

• Pampas

• Rio de la Plata

• soil exhaustion

The world’s largest river system is the

• a. Río de la Plata.

• b. Amazon.

• c. Uruguay.

• d. Paraná.

The only landlocked country in Atlantic South America is

• a. Brazil.

• b. Paraguay.

• c. Uruguay.

• d. Argentina.

What region lies northeast of the Mato Grosso Plateau?

• a. Brazilian Highlands

• b. Gran Chaco

• c. Patagonia

• d. Andes

What ancient civilization once lived in South America?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

What European country colonized Brazil?

• Portugal

• Italy

• United States