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WorksheetsPLP South America
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 7mins
1. Brazil, the 5th largest country in the world, is the largest country in
Central America
North America
Brasilia
South America
2. Who were the first and largest group to colonize Brazil?
the Spanish
the Portuguese
the English
the Italians
3. Brazil is one of the world's leading producers of
coffee
cola
tea
holly
4. Brazil is divided into
provinces
states
colonies
territories
5. The most popular sport in Brazil is
golf
tennis
baseball
soccer
6. What is the climate of the Amazon Basin?
marine west coast
tropical savanna
tropical rain forest
steppe
7. This river has the most water volume of any river & is the second longest river in the world
Orinoco
Amazon
Rio de la Plata
Parana
8. During the late 1800's immigrants in large numbers came to Argentina from Spain and
France
Ireland
Cuba
Italy
9. Argentina's major oil fields are in the Andes and
Patagonia
Buenas Aires
the Pampas
Gran Chaco
10. Argentina's chief exports are food products and
oil
beef
lumber
fish
11. In northwest Argentina, heavy summer rains support grand forests in the area called
the Pampas
the Andes
Gran Chaco
Rio del al Plata
12. The central plains where two-thirds of Argentina's people live are
the Andean Highlands
the Pampas
the Gran Chaco
Patagonia
13. Venezuela has a mostly tropical climate because it is close to the
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Prime Meridian
14. Venezuela is one of South America's wealthiest countries because it is the leading producer of
banana
coffee
lumber
oil
15. In Venezuela, the government owns the
ranches and farms
oil industry
service industry
factories
16. This country contains Angel Falls, the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world
Chile
Suriname
Bolivia
Venezuela
17. Colombia has coasts on the Pacific Ocean and the
Andes
Magdalena
Caribbean Sea
Amazon River
18. Colombia's leading cash crop is
coffee
emeralds
lumber
cotton
19. Nearly all Colombians are
African's
mestizos
Europeans
Native Americans
20. Most people in Guyana speak
English
Spanish
French
Guyanese
21. Sidewalk cafés, police in French uniforms, and shoppers using French currency are found in
Venezuela
Suriname
Guyana
French Guiana
22. The main economic activities in Suriname are
manufacturing and mining
light industry and manufacturing
agriculture and mining
logging and manufacturing
23.The capital city situated on the coast of Uruguay is
Brasilia
Asuncion
Montevideo
Chaco
24. Uruguay, the only S. A. country entirely outside of the tropics, shares a southeastern border
with Venezuela
with Brazil
with Paraguay
with Guyana
25. Paraguay, one of two landlocked countries in S.A., is divided into two distinct regions by the
Paraguay River
Rio de la Plata
Orinoco River
Gran Chaco
26. Which country sells to neighboring countries nearly 90% of the electricity it produces?
Venzuela
Paraguay
Peru
Bolivia
27. Ecuador's name comes from the Spanish word meaning
equal
emerald
Equator
Andes
28. The Galapagos Islands are owned by the country of
Guyana
Bolivia
Suriname
Ecuador
29. The South American country whose name in Spanish means "land of abundance"
Peru
Brazil
Columbia
Ecuador
30. Peru's climate is kept fairly mild by
Lake Titicaca
The Galapagos Islands
the Peru Current
the Andes
31. Chile stretches 2,652 miles along the
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Equator
Tierra del Fuego
32. Chile has been a democratic republic since the end of strict military rule in
1951
1536
1776
1989
33. The Atacama desert is considered the driest place in the world & is located in this country:
Peru
Chile
Bolivia
Guyana
34. Bolivia's location in South America makes it
landlocked
a buffer country
a coastal country
a land bridge
35. What two cities are the capital cities of Bolivia?
Lima and Santiago
Santiago and Cape Horn
La Paz and Sucre
La Paz and Santiago
36. The longest mountain range in the world, running through six South American. countries is the
Rockies
Andes
Pamirs
Appalacians
37. These 2 countries share Patagonia, the end of the world, where Atlantic & Pacific Oceans meet:
Argentina and Chile
Paraguay and Uruguay
Ecuador and Peru
Argentina and Columbia
38. Cape Horn, located in Chile, is South America's
northernmost point
southernmost point
easternmost point
westernmost point
39. The highest mountain in S. A. and at 22,837ft, the second-highest mountain in the world is
Mount Everest
Denali
Aconcagua
Kilimanjaro
40. The largest natural rainforest in the world, covering 40% of South America is
Daintree Rainforest
Alasta, USA Rainforest
Cloud Forest
Amazon Rainforest
