South American Physical Features

What major chain of mountains in South America is the world's longest at over 4,400 miles and has the highest mountains outside of Asia?

• The Andes

• The Rockies

• The Sierra Madres

• The Alps

• The Himalayas

What is the major tropical rainforest in South America?

• The Amazon Rainforest

• The Tama Kinabalu Rainforest

• The Valdivian Rainforest

• The Hana Rainforest

• El Yunque Rainforest

What river in South America is the world's 2nd longest and carries 20% of Earth's river water?

• The Amazon River

• The Orinoco River

• El Rio de la Plata

• The Parana River

• The Paraguay River

What desert in South America is the world's driest hot desert?

• The Atacama Desert

• The McMurdo Dry Valleys

• The Sonoran Desert

• The Gobi Desert

• The Sahara Desert

What sea borders South America to the north?

• The Caribbean Sea

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Gulf of Mexico

• The Black Sea

• The Dead Sea

What Ocean borders South America to the west?

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Arctic Ocean

• The Indian Ocean

• The Southern Ocean

What Ocean borders South America to the east?

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Arctic Ocean

• The Indian Ocean

• The Southern Ocean

What cool, dry, temperate plain in Southern Argentina is good for grazing sheep?

• Patagonia

• Pampas

• Altiplano

• Llanos

• Guyana

What warm, rainy, subtropical temperate plain in eastern Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil is good for ranching cattle and farming crops?

• Patagonia

• Pampas

• Altiplano

• Llanos

• Guyana

What high altitude plain is suitable for grazing llamas, alpacas, and vicunas?

• Patagonia

• Pampas

• Altiplano

• Llanos

• Guyana