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WorksheetsLatin America Challenge Questions
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What city close to the Caribbean Sea has both commercial fishing and commercial farming. And 25-125 people per square mile?
a)
San Juan
b)
Maracaibo
c)
Santo Domingo
d)
Port-au-Prince
2.
What is the largest city between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Equator?
a)
Rio de Janerio
b)
Santa Cruz
c)
Lima
d)
Hershey
3.
What City has 1,000,000-4,000,000 people in population, has Mediterranean climate, and economic activities are commercial farming and commercial fishing?
a)
Valparaiso
b)
Lima
c)
Santiago
d)
Montevideo
4.
You are not near a large city. The vegetation zone is desert. There is a lot of precious metals nearby. Fortunately there is a large lake close by. Where are you?
a)
Atacama, Chile
b)
Pampas, Argentina
c)
Mexican Plateau, Mexico
d)
Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico
5.
I live in a highland area in Central America, with 1 to 4 million people. I have a oil and commercial farming. With broadleaf evergreen forest, and tropical wet climate. Where do I live?
a)
San Salvador, El Salvador
b)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
c)
San Jose, Costa Rica
d)
Puebla, Mexico
6.
Which country in the Caribbean has almost all subsistence farming?
a)
Haiti
b)
Dominican Republic
c)
Cuba
d)
Puerto Rico
7.
What is the most populated city in Colombia?
a)
Botoga
b)
Cali
c)
Medellin
d)
Maracaibo
8.
Which Brazilian city have a population of 4 to 8 million people and has coal and petroleum nearby?
a)
Porto Alegre
b)
Belem
c)
Caracas
d)
Curitaba
9.
What country does Bob live in? Bob is a commercial fisherman in a city with over 8,000,000 people. He enjoys being outside in the humid subtropical climate.
a)
Argentina
b)
Bolivia
c)
Uruguay
d)
Paraguay
10.
What city is on the Amazon River but NOT the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Manaus
b)
Belem
c)
Fortaleza
d)
Lima
11.
What territory borders Suriname?
a)
French Guiana
b)
Guyana
c)
Brazil
d)
Trinidad and Tobago
12.
What archipelago is north of Cuba?
a)
The Bahamas
b)
Jamaica
c)
Hispaniola
d)
West Indies
13.
What is the highest mountain peak in Latin America?
a)
Mt. Aconcagua
b)
Pico de Orizaba
c)
Andes Mts
d)
Sierra Madre Occidental
14.
Which country has all of these climate zones? Tropical Wet, Tropical Wet and Dry, Highlands, Semiarid, and Arid
a)
Mexico
b)
Brazil
c)
Chile
d)
Argentina
15.
Which country has the most deciduous forests?
a)
Chile
b)
Mexico
c)
Brazil
d)
Argentina
16.
What is the main vegetation zone in Argentina?
a)
Temperate Grassland
b)
Tropical Grassland
c)
Highlands
d)
Broadleaf Evergreen Forest
17.
What is the elevation of the Brazilian Highlands?
a)
2,001-5,000 feet
b)
611-1,525 feet
c)
1,001-2,000 feet
d)
Over 10,000 feet
18.
What city has between 1 and 4 million people, with a surrounding population density of over 250 people per square mile, and really close to a city with over 8 million?
a)
Puebla
b)
Recife
c)
Curitaba
d)
Valpariso
19.
What city is in the highlands climate and vegetation zone and is near a large lake?
a)
La Paz
b)
Quito
c)
Lima
d)
Santiago
20.
What is the natural resource on Baja California?
a)
Precious Metals
b)
Oil
c)
Iron
d)
Natural Gas
21.
What natural resource is off the coast of Venezuela?
a)
Oil
b)
Precious Metals
c)
Natural Gas
d)
Commercial Fishing
22.
What are the major land uses along the Amazon River?
a)
Subsistence Farming and Forestry
b)
Commercial Farming and Forestry
c)
Trade and Manufacturing
d)
Livestock Raising and Commerical Farming
23.
Which country has a small amount of coniferous forests?
a)
Mexico
b)
Brazil
c)
Honduras
d)
Guyana
24.
Hunting and gathering is the main land use in which physical feature?
a)
Patagonia
b)
Pampas
c)
Gran Chaco
d)
Brazilian Highlands
25.
What region is this?
a)
Mexico
b)
Caribbean
c)
Central America
d)
South America
26.
What region is this?
a)
Mexico
b)
Caribbean
c)
Central America
d)
South America
27.
What region is this?
a)
Mexico
b)
Caribbean
c)
Central America
d)
South America
28.
What region is this?
a)
Mexico
b)
Caribbean
c)
Central America
d)
South America
29.
What region is this?
a)
Latin America
b)
Caribbean
c)
Central America
d)
South America
30.
The vegetation is mostly Broadleaf Evergreen Forest, near Guiana Highlands, with Subsistence Farming and Commercial Farming. What Country north of the Equator in South America is this describing?
a)
French Guiana
b)
Haiti
c)
Colombia
d)
Venezuela
31.
Which of these island groups has a land use of livestock raising, a very low population density, and is directly south of a country with a temperate grassland vegetation zone? This island group also has the exact same climate in Cape Horn.
a)
Falkland Islands
b)
Galápagos Islands
c)
Jamaica
d)
Bahama Islands
32.
Yanhui wants to find a place with a climate that is hot and rainy all year long. The area around this city has farmers that provide for their own family through their harvesting. This place has part of Amazon Rain Forest with a Broadleaf Evergreen Forest vegetation. This city has 1 to 4 million people. Its population density is 25 to 125 people per square mile. This place has a very flat surrounding terrain. It is not in any mountains.
a)
Belém, Brazil
b)
Medellín, Colombia
c)
Cali, Colombia
d)
Fortaleza, Brazil
33.
Which city has a tropical wet and dry climate zone, a tropical vegetation zone, and has livestock raising as the main land use?
a)
Goiânia
b)
Rosario
c)
Santiago
d)
León
34.
Bobbi lives in a city with over 8 million people. He loves to go exploring in the big forests in his broadleaf evergreen vegetation. He works at a manufacturing plant near his house. He loves the weather there where it is tropical wet. It’s warmer in his city because it is north of the Tropic of Capricorn. In his free time, he likes to hike up the Brazilian Highlands. Where does Bobbi live?
a)
Río de Janeiro
b)
São Paulo
c)
Buenos Aires
d)
Bogotá
35.
The Cookie Monster is lost and doesn’t know what city he is in. All he know is he is in a humid subtropical climate zone with livestock raising being the land use. He is also aware of the fact that the vegetation zone is tropical grassland. Oh and one last thing, this city can be found along a body of water with a population of 1,000,000 to 4,000,000 people. What city is Cookie Monster in?
a)
Asunción
b)
Porto Alegre
c)
Córdoba
d)
La Paz
36.
What is the most common climate zone in Cuba?
a)
Tropical wet and dry
b)
Arid
c)
Tropical wet
d)
Tropical grasslands
37.
What is the biggest city in Mexico?
a)
Mexico City
b)
Puebla
c)
Guadalajara
d)
León
38.
What is the vegetation zone in Puerto Rico?
a)
Tropical Wet and Dry
b)
Tropical Grasslands
c)
Broadleaf Evergreen Forest
d)
Temperate Grasslands
39.
Which map goes with the region of South America?
a)
b)
c)
d)
40.
Which map goes with the region of the Caribbean?
a)
b)
c)
d)
41.
Which map goes with the region of Central America?
a)
b)
c)
d)
42.
Which region physically connects Mexico to South America?
a)
b)
c)
d)
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