6.11 South America-Rough Draft

What is the main physical feature of Pacific South America, the longest of it's kind, stretching along the western edge of South America?

• The Amazon River

• The Andes Mountains

• El Nino

• The Pampas

• The Llanos

What feature stretches 4,000 miles across northern Brazil famous for it's rain forest and is the second longest of it's kind in the world?

• The Amazon River

• The Andes Mountains

• El Nino

• The Pampas

• The Llanos

What is the plains region between the Guiana Highlands and Andes mountains that is mostly grassland and often floods?

• The Amazon River

• Patagonia

• El Nino

• The Pampas

• The Llanos

What is the wide, grassy plains in central Argentina?

• The Amazon River

• Patagonia

• El Nino

• The Pampas

• The Llanos

What is a region located in Argentina & Chile with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers including dramatic landscapes in the west and dry plains, plateaus, deserts, tablelands, and steppes to the east ?

• The Amazon River

• Patagonia

• El Nino

• The Pampas

• The Llanos

Which of the following is a climate pattern causing the warming of the ocean that affects the weather of the Pacific coast of South America as well as the rest of the world?

• Carnival

• Patagonia

• El Nino

• Altiplano

• Llanos

What is a world famous annual festival featuring parades, samba music, and elaborate costumes held in Brazil, especially Rio de Janeiro?

• Carnival

• Patagonia

• El Nino

• Altiplano

• Llanos

What is the most popular group of waterfalls in Argentina consisting of over 275 individual falls?

• The Amazon River

• Patagonia Falls

• Iguazu Falls

• Angel Falls

• The Llanos

What is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall at over 3,200 feet in Canaima National Park in Venezuela South America?

• The Amazon River

• Patagonia Falls

• Iguazu Falls

• Angel Falls

• The Llanos

What is the largest city in Brazil with about 21 million people in and around the city?

• Brasilia

• Rio de Janeiro

• Sau Paulo

• Buenos Aires

• Montevideo