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WorksheetsSouth America
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land?
a)
Island
b)
Istmus
c)
Sea
d)
Pampas
2.
What is a line of mountains connected by high ground?
a)
Mountain
b)
Hacienda
c)
Mountain RANGE
d)
Gauchos
3.
What is an island?
a)
A piece of land surrounded by water
b)
A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land?
c)
A luxuriant, dense forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall.
d)
The expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its landmasses
4.
What is a Rain Forest?
a)
A place
b)
Extensive, treeless plains in South America.
c)
an area of land overgrown with dense forest and tangled vegetation, typically in the tropics.
d)
a luxuriant, dense forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall.
5.
what is the the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its landmasses?
a)
Sea
b)
Ocean
c)
Lake
d)
Pond
6.
What are the Pampas?
a)
Extensive, treeless plains in South America.
b)
an area of land overgrown with dense forest and tangled vegetation, typically in the tropics.
c)
a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.
7.
What is the world largest rain forest and where is it located?
a)
The Amazon store, Online
b)
The Congo jungle, Central Africa
c)
Amazon rain forest, Brazil
8.
What is a a ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign called?
a)
Iberian
b)
Mestizos
c)
Viceroy
d)
Hacienda
9.
What a person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean called?
a)
Creoles
b)
Caudillos
c)
Poncho
d)
Conquistador
10.
What is a military or political leader called?
a)
Pampas
b)
Tortilla
c)
Caudillos
d)
Fiesta
11.
What is a large estate or plantation with a dwelling house called?
a)
House
b)
Hacienda
c)
Hotel
d)
Mansion
12.
What is a man of mixed race, especially the offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian called?
a)
Mestizos
b)
Chinese
c)
Iberian
d)
Caudillos
13.
What is a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century called?
a)
Survivor
b)
Hacienda
c)
Pampas
d)
Conquistador
14.
what is a native of Iberia, especially in ancient times called?
a)
Iberians
b)
Viceroys
c)
Conquistador
d)
Mestizos
15.
What were the three main Indian groups in Latin America before the European Exploration arrived?
a)
Mayans, Incas, and Mestizos
b)
Mayans, Incas, and Aztects
c)
Incas, Viceroys, and Mayans
d)
Creoles, Caudillos,and Aztects
16.
Who was the Inca leader at the time of the European conquest?
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Moctezuma the second
c)
Atahulpa
d)
Hernan Cortes
17.
What Indian tribe controlled the valley of Mexico and the area surrounding it?
a)
Incas
b)
Aztects
c)
Mayans
d)
Mexicans
18.
Who led his nation in conquering the Inca Indians?
a)
Hernan Cortes
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Moctezuma the second
19.
What was the name of the Aztec Capital and what is its present day name now?
a)
Cuzco, Cousins
b)
Tenochtitlan, Mexico City
c)
Mexico, Mexico City
d)
Tenochitlan, Cuzco
20.
Who was the leader of the Aztecs when the European first arrived in this area?
a)
Atahualpa
b)
Francisco Pizarro
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Moctezuma the second
21.
Which European leader conquered the Aztecs?
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Hernan Cortes
c)
Atahualpa
d)
Moctezuma the second
22.
What group of Indians in Southern Chile resisted being conquered for over 300 yrs.
a)
Mayans
b)
Auracians
c)
Aztects
d)
Incas
23.
What was one major reason Europeans came to the new world?
a)
Gold
b)
Money
c)
Silver
d)
Friends
24.
What is a cowboy from the South American Pampas called?
a)
Powboy
b)
Caudillos
c)
Gauchos
d)
Hacienda
25.
What is a garment of a type originally worn in South America, made of a thick piece of woolen cloth with a slit in the middle for the head called?
a)
Snuggie
b)
Poncho
c)
Sweatshirt
d)
Turtle neck
26.
What is a type of soft, thin flatbread made from finely ground wheat flour from Mexico?
a)
Tortilla
b)
Flatbread
c)
Bread
d)
Roll
27.
What is a religious Ceremony?
a)
Christmas
b)
Fiesta
c)
Church
d)
Small Groups
28.
Which denomination or church do the majority of Latin America belong to?
a)
Non- denoinational
b)
Catholic
c)
Roman Catholic
d)
Protestant
29.
What percentage of the people are considered Protestant?
a)
1%
b)
15%
c)
12%
d)
20%
30.
What form is not enjoyed by the people of Latin America?
a)
Soccer
b)
Bullfights
c)
Football
d)
Cricket
31.
What is the capital of Argentina?
a)
San Jose
b)
San Salvador
c)
Buenos Aires
d)
Montevideo
32.
What is the capital of the Falkland Islands?
a)
Stanley
b)
Lima
c)
Nassau
d)
La Paz
33.
What is the capital of Mexico?
a)
Hamilton
b)
Port-of-Spain
c)
Mexico City
d)
George Town
34.
What is the capital of Puerto Rico
a)
La Paz
b)
San Juan
c)
San Jose
d)
Road Town
35.
What is the capital of Uruguay?
a)
Bogota
b)
Havanna
c)
Hamilton
d)
Montevideo
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