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Unit 9: South America Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a broad, high plateau that lies between the ridges of the Andes?

a)

Coup

b)

Deforestation

c)

Favelas

d)

Altiplano

2.

What is a mountain system that is made up of roughly parallel mountains, typically volcanic?

a)

Favelas

b)

Gauchos

c)

Cordillera

d)

Llaneros

3.

What is a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people?

a)

Coup

b)

Deforestation

c)

Crodillera

d)

Guerrillas

4.

What is the clearing of large area of forest without replacement

a)

Favelas

b)

Soil Exhaustion

c)

Deforestation

d)

Referendum

5.

What is a huge slum, typically found in Brazil?

a)

Coup

b)

Landlocked

c)

Favelas

d)

Vicerory

6.

What is a cowboy from Argentina called?

a)

Llanderos

b)

Gauchos

c)

Guerillas

d)

Viceroy

7.

When a country is completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean, it is known as

a)

Cordillera

b)

Llaneros

c)

Landlocked

d)

Soil Exhaustion

8.

What is a member of an irregular military force called

a)

Cordillera

b)

Guerrillas

c)

Llaneros

d)

Altiplano

9.

What is a cowboy from Venezuela called?

a)

Llaneros

b)

Gauchos

c)

Megacity

d)

Referendum

10.

What is a giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs called?

a)

Megacity

b)

Viceroy

c)

llaneros

d)

Favelas

11.

What is a recall vote, or to redo an election called?

a)

Referendum

b)

Viceroy

c)

Soil Exhaustion

d)

Coup

12.

What is the process of soil becoming infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants called?

a)

Strait

b)

Deforestation

c)

Coup

d)

Soil Exhaustion

13.

What is a narrow passageway that connects two larger bodies of water called?

a)

Llaneros

b)

Strait

c)

Coup

d)

Guerrillas

14.

What is a Spanish governor called?

a)

Viceroy

b)

Cordillera

c)

Favelas

d)

Refernedum

15.

Where can a cloud forest be found?

a)

Highland regions

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

Savannas

d)

Near Rivers

16.

Which explorer sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and discovered the Caribbean region?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Amerigo Vespuci

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Christopher Columbus

17.

Unusual flat-topped mountain formations in the Guiana Highlands are called....

a)

Tepuis

b)

Cordilerra

c)

Llanos

d)

Ocelots

18.

The legendary land, rich in gold, inspired by the Chibcha culture is called...

a)

Cartagena

b)

New Granada

c)

El Dorado

d)

Paramibo

19.

Which is NOT one of Colombia's major exports?

a)

Coffee

b)

Flowers

c)

Bananas

d)

Sugarcane

20.

Approximately what year did most of South American countries gain independence from Spain?

a)

1620

b)

1720

c)

1820

d)

1920

21.

Which country's economy is largely impacted by oil production?

a)

Venezuela

b)

Colombia

c)

French Guiana

d)

Suriname