WorksheetsSouth America Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a farming method of clearing land by cutting down and burning forest and vegetation
a)
Deforestation
b)
Slash and burn
c)
Desertification
d)
Plowing
2.
a forest with warm temperatures, high humidity, and thick vegetation that receives more than 100 inches of rain per year
a)
Pampas
b)
Desert
c)
Ocean
d)
Rainforest
3.
cannot reproduce quickly enough to keep up with its use
a)
Renewable resources
b)
Reproduceable resources
c)
Nonrenewable resources
d)
Slash and burn
4.
a raw material or energy source that replaces itself over time
a)
Nonrenewable resources
b)
Renewable resources
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Bologna sandwiches
5.
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
a)
boycott
b)
import
c)
embargo
d)
export
6.
the exchange of plants, animals, and disease between the Americas, Europe, and Africa that began in the 1500s
a)
Whole Foods
b)
French Revolution
c)
Napolean Bonaparte
d)
Columbian Exhange
7.
a belief that everything, including objects in nature has a soul
a)
Socialism
b)
Communism
c)
Cubism
d)
Animism
8.
the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area
a)
Colonization
b)
Realization
c)
Specialization
d)
Imperialism
9.
a land or water route to move people and goods from place to place easily
a)
Transportation Barrier
b)
Transportation Corridor
c)
Blockade
d)
Embargo
10.
Geographic features that prevent or slow down transportation.
a)
Transportation Barrier
b)
Transportation Corridor
c)
Import
d)
Export
11.
Which one is not an example of a transportation barrier?
a)
Mount McKinley
b)
Mudslide
c)
Rain forest
d)
Amazon River
12.
What is the purpose of the Panama Canal?
a)
to shorten the journey around S. America
b)
to lengthen the trip around S. America
c)
to cost more to create revenue for Panama
d)
to create political tensions between Panama and Colombia
13.
What two bodies of water does the Panama Canal connect?
a)
Atlantic and Indian Oceans
b)
Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
c)
Atlantic to the Amazon River
d)
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
14.
Which U.S. president commissioned the Panama Canal?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
George Washington
d)
Ronald Reagan
15.
Which Mountain Range runs through Peru and Chile?
a)
Katahdin
b)
Andes
c)
St. Helen
d)
Vesuvius
16.
Which river runs through Brazil?
a)
Brazos
b)
Amazon
c)
Mississippi
d)
Sacramento
17.
What is an archipelago?
a)
a group of islands
b)
a ring of fire
c)
a type of mammal
d)
a tribe from South America
18.
How many years did it take to construct the Panama Canal?
a)
1
b)
5
c)
10
d)
20
19.
What caused the death of many of the workers while constructing the Panama Canal?
a)
Disease
b)
Starvation
c)
Drought
d)
Mudslides
20.
What other obstacles did workers face while building the Panama Canal?
a)
Rainforests
b)
Humidity and rain
c)
Challenging terrain
d)
All of the above
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