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South America Test Review

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is a reason that some areas of South America are cold all year in spite of the fact that they are so close to the Equator?

a)

High altitude in the Andes Mountains

b)

Near the Pacific Ocean

c)

In the Amazon Basin

d)

There are no places near the Equator in South America

2.

Which of these is NOT a way that rivers are important in South America?

a)

source of fresh water

b)

transportation and trade

c)

hydroelectricity

d)

change climate

3.

What generally happens to climate as you move south in South America?

a)

it gets cooler and drier

b)

it gets hotter and drier

c)

it stays the same

d)

it gets hotter and more humid

4.

Why does elevation have a greater impact on the climates of Pacific South America than latitude?

a)

the Andes Mountains cover the region

b)

It is covered with the Atacama Desert

c)

It is in the Amazon Basin

d)

Most places are near sea level in Pacific South America

5.

What happens to both climate and vegetation as elevation increases in the Andes?

a)

colder with less vegetation

b)

warmer with more vegetation

c)

colder with more vegetation

d)

warmer with less vegetation

6.

What is El Nino?

a)

an ocean current that impacts weather in North and South America

b)

a weather pattern that impacts the Pacific Ocean

c)

warm winds that cross South America

d)

a grassland region in northern Colombia

7.

Which of these groups did NOT have an impact on the history of Brazil?

a)

African slaves

b)

Portuguese

c)

Native Americans

d)

Spanish

8.

Why did Brazil's government move the capital city?

a)

to encourage people to move inland

b)

to get more people to move to the coast

c)

because the old capital was destroyed

d)

to get people to move to the mountains

9.

Which of these is a megacity in Brazil?

a)

Brasilia

b)

Sao Paulo

c)

Caracas

d)

Lima

10.

What is the name for a large urban area and it's surrounding cities and suburbs?

a)

megacity

b)

favella

c)

slum

d)

capital

11.

What is the most common way of making money on the Pampas?

a)

farming

b)

mining

c)

fishing

d)

industry

12.

Why is there such a small percentage of Indians and Mestizos in Argentina today?

a)

killed during slavery

b)

sent into exile by the Spanish during colonial times

c)

killed or moved following their independence from Spain

d)

they never lived in Argentina

13.

What type of government do most of the countries in South America have today?

a)

democracy

b)

dictatorship

c)

monarchy

d)

communist

14.

What is the name for the economy made up of people doing odd jobs without government regulation?

a)

informal economy

b)

formal economy

c)

market economy

d)

command economy

15.

Which of these is an effect of Spain's colonial rule in South America?

a)

people speak Spanish and are Catholic

b)

people speak Portuguese and are democratic

c)

people are Catholic and they are democracies

d)

people speak Spanish and are democratic

16.

Who was considered the "George Washington of South America"?

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Moctezuma

17.

How was the colonization and independence of Brazil different from other South American countries

a)

colonized by Spain and fought for independence

b)

colonized by Spain and got independence peacefully

c)

colonized by Portugal and got independence peacefully

d)

colonized by Portugal and fought for independence

18.

Which of these is NOT a reason that the Inca had to use runners to deliver messages across their empire?

a)

no horses

b)

no wheeled carts

c)

no written language

d)

no roads or bridges

19.

Which of these South American countries are landlocked?

a)

Bolivia and Paraguay

b)

Peru and Brazil

c)

Chile and Suriname

d)

Ecuador and Argentina

20.

Which conquistador helped the Spanish to defeat the Inca when he kidnapped and killed their king?

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Patchacuti

21.

A mountain system that is made up of roughly parallel ranges

a)

cordillera

b)

estuary

c)

favela

d)

strait

22.

This is the physical feature that covers most of the Pacific coast of South America.

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Llanos

c)

Pampas

d)

Patagonia

23.

These are both grassland regions in South America

a)

Llanos and Pampas

b)

Pampas and Patagonia

c)

Patagonia and Llanos

d)

Amazon and Llanos

24.

The Rio de la Plata is an example of one of these partially enclosed areas where fresh and salt water combine

a)

estuary

b)

strait

c)

altiplano

d)

llanero

25.

This is the largest river system in the world and is home to the world's largest rain forest

a)

Amazon River

b)

Orinoco River

c)

Parana River

d)

Nile River

26.

This removal of trees in the rain forest is problematic because we rely on it for food, wood and plants for medicine...

a)

soil exhaustion

b)

deforestation

c)

favelas

d)

Manaus

27.

Planting the same crops year after year can cause this problem...

a)

soil exhaustion

b)

deforestation

c)

Mercosur

d)

favelas

28.

This warm ocean current causes changes in weather patterns throughout North and South America...

a)

El Nino

b)

El Chapo

c)

llanero

d)

gaucho

29.

This is one of the driest places on earth, receiving rain only about 5 times per century...

a)

Atacama Desert

b)

Patagonia

c)

Pampas

d)

Llanos

30.

There is one of these at the southern tip of Chile that connects the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean...

a)

strait

b)

estuary

c)

isthmus

d)

altiplano

31.

There is one of these at the southern tip of Chile that connects the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean...

a)

strait

b)

estuary

c)

isthmus

d)

altiplano

32.

Sao Paulo is an example of one of these large urban areas...

a)

megacity

b)

favela

c)

suburb

d)

estuary

33.

Places like Rio de Janeiro will often have these large slum areas outside of the cities...

a)

favelas

b)

gauchos

c)

llaneros

d)

altiplanos

34.

These people are both examples of cowboys who work on either the Llanos or the Pampas...

a)

llaneros and gauchos

b)

gauchos and rangers

c)

rangers llaneros

d)

estuaries and guerillas

35.

These people are members of an irregular military, like the ones who have forced farmers off their land in Colombia...

a)

guerrillas

b)

gauchos

c)

llaneros

d)

coup

36.

This is an oil-rich body of water in Venezuela...

a)

Lake Maracaibo

b)

Amazon River

c)

Orinoco River

d)

Rio de la Plata

37.

Workers in Venezuela have been known to stop working in an effort to get their demands met which is called a...

a)

strike

b)

coup

c)

rebellion

d)

civil war

38.

After the Spanish colonized the countries of Pacific South America they would leave these Spanish kings behind to rule over the people...

a)

viceroy

b)

llanero

c)

gaucho

d)

conquistador

39.

Chile's leader was overthrown in one of these in the 1970's with the help of the US government...

a)

coup

b)

civil war

c)

viceroy

d)

strike

40.

Countries like Paraguay with no direct access to the water are considered...

a)

landlocked

b)

viceroy

c)

creole

d)

cordillera

41.

People who do odd jobs such as walking dogs, babysitting and mowing lawns are considered part of the ...

a)

informal economy

b)

formal economy

c)

Mercosur

d)

altiplano