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Latin America review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what has determined that cultures and main languages of most of the lands and countries throughout latin america?

a)

crops grown there

b)

physical geography

c)

who settled there

d)

location of the land or country

2.

What is the name of the vast area of flat, fertile grasslands good for growing wheat and soy beans primarily found in Argentina?

a)

pampas region

b)

pategonia

c)

atacama

d)

barbuda

3.

What could you conclude is the most populated city in all of Latin America?

a)

Rio De Janeiro

b)

Mexico City

c)

Buenos Aires

d)

Sao Paulo

4.

Which country in Latin America is the only country with over 200,000,000 people?

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Mexico

d)

Cuba

5.

The country of Panama is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses. What is that commonly referred by?

a)

Canal

b)

Isthmus

c)

Land bridge

d)

Peninsula

6.

Which country IS NOT one of the countries found in in the area of Latina America known as Middle America

a)

Mexico

b)

Belize

c)

Costa Rica

d)

French Guiana

7.

Most of the people and populations located throughout the lands of Latin America live and work in what type of area?

a)

Industrial Regions

b)

Urban Megacities

c)

Rural villages

d)

Coastal shipping ports

8.

What element of geography does NOT impact or affect the climate of the lands and countries of Latin America?

a)

Elevation

b)

Nearness to the equator

c)

Economic activities

d)

Nearness to water resources

9.

What percent of Mexico's land is arable?

a)

2%

b)

10%

c)

20%

d)

50%

10.

How many states are in Mexico?

a)

50

b)

10

c)

13

d)

31

11.

What is the name of trees grown and farmed in Central America who's seeds are used to make and produce chocolate?

a)

Coffee

b)

Sugar cane

c)

Cacao

d)

Mahogany

12.

What are the only two land locked countries in Latin America?

a)

Columbia and Venezuela

b)

Bolivia and Paraguay

c)

Suriname and French Guiana

d)

El Salvador and Nicaragua

13.

What country is considered the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere?

a)

El Salvador

b)

Nicaragua

c)

Haiti

d)

Jamaica

14.

What country is the Atamaca Desert primarily found in?

a)

Chile

b)

Brazil

c)

El Salvador

d)

Suriname

15.

What is the most commonly grown and exported product in Latin America?

a)

Beans

b)

Rice

c)

Sugar Cane

d)

Coffee

16.

Which feature of geography in Latin America is NOT found in or on the Andes Mountains?

a)

Lake Titicaca

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Atacama Desert

d)

Yucatan Peninsula

17.

What islands are located 300 miles off the coast of Argentina?

a)

Galapagos

b)

Bahamas

c)

Virgin Islands

d)

Falkland

18.

What country in Latin America got it's name because if it's nearness to the equator?

a)

Panama

b)

Ecquador

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Colombia

19.

What country name translates to 'Rich coast'?

a)

Honduras

b)

Costa Rica

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Guiana

20.

What country is Angle's Falls located in?

a)

Peru

b)

Mexico

c)

Venezuala

d)

Argentina

21.

The Inca civilization constructed what land mark?

a)

Tenochtitaln

b)

Panama canal

c)

Machu picchu

d)

Chichen itza

22.

What is the height of Angel Falls?

a)

100 meters

b)

100 miles

c)

1000 meters

d)

1 mile

23.

What language is mainly NOT spoken in Latin America?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Portuguese

d)

Dutch

24.

How many people live on a $1 a day or less?

a)

one thousdand

b)

one million

c)

ten million

d)

one billion

25.

What is the name of the largest group of islands?

a)

Greater Antilles

b)

Lesser Antilles

c)

Bahamas

26.

Which lake is the highest elevation in the world which ships can still travel to?

a)

Amazon lake

b)

Lake Guatamala

c)

Lake Titicaca

d)

Gulf of Mexico

27.

Which is NOT a danger to Latin America?

a)

Volcanos

b)

Tornados

c)

Earth quakes

d)

Hurricanes

28.

What county is the longest country in the entire world

a)

Chilie

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

Brazil