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South America

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges?

a)

altiplano

b)

cordillera

c)

estuary

d)

strait

2.

What a member of an irregular military force called?

a)

Gauchos

b)

Viceroy

c)

Llaneros

d)

Guerrillas

3.

What is the clearing of trees?

a)

deforestation

b)

landlocked

c)

El Nino

d)

soil exhaustion

4.

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

a)

deforestion

b)

estuary

c)

landlocked

d)

soil exhaustion

5.

What is a huge slum, mainly found in Brazil called?

a)

Viceroy

b)

Guerrillas

c)

Favelas

d)

creoles

6.

What is an Argentine cowboy called?

a)

Llanderos

b)

Viceroy

c)

Gaucho

d)

Cordillera

7.

What word means to be completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean?

a)

strait

b)

deforestation

c)

estuary

d)

landlocked

8.

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

a)

Altiplano

b)

estuary

c)

strait

d)

soil exhaustion

9.

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

a)

coup

b)

altiplano

c)

strait

d)

estuary

10.

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

a)

Gauchos

b)

Favelas

c)

Viceroy

d)

coup

11.

What is a body of water where fresh water mixes with salty water?

a)

strait

b)

deforestation

c)

estuary

d)

landlocked

12.

American born descendants of Europeans are called...

a)

Gauchos

b)

Guerrillas

c)

Cordillera

d)

Creoles

13.

What is a Spanish governor - appointed by the Spanish Monarch called?

a)

Viceroy

b)

Gauchos

c)

Guerrillas

d)

Llaneros

14.

What is an ocean and weather pattern that affects the Pacific Ocean called?

a)

Deforestation

b)

Strait

c)

El Nino

d)

Estuary

15.

What do you call a Venezuelan cowboy?

a)

Llaneros

b)

Gauchos

c)

Viceroy

d)

Creoles

16.

What are unusual flat-topped mountain formations in the Guiana Highlands called?

a)

Ocelots

b)

Llanos

c)

Cordillera

d)

Tepuis

17.

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

a)

Cartegena

b)

New Granada

c)

El Dorado

d)

Paramaribo

18.

What is one of Columbia's major exports

a)

coffee

b)

flowers

c)

sugarcane

d)

oil

19.

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

a)

1620

b)

1720

c)

1820

d)

1920

20.

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

a)

Venezuela

b)

Colombia

c)

French Guiana

d)

Suriname

21.

Which country was Brazil a colony of before it gained independence?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

Portugal

d)

Germany

22.

What are the wide, grassy plains in central Argentina called?

a)

Pampas

b)

Andes

c)

Plateaus

d)

Rain Forests

23.

What is the world's largest river system?

a)

Rio de la Plata

b)

Amazon

c)

Orinoco

d)

Parana

24.

Which of the following country is landlocked?

a)

Paraguay

b)

Argentina

c)

Brazil

d)

Colombia

25.

What is the main religion of South America?

a)

Buddhist

b)

Islam

c)

Roman Catholic

d)

Sikhism