WorksheetsSouth America: Geography and History
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What geographic feature stretches nearly the entire width of South America?
Amazon Basin
Andes Mountains
Angel Falls
Guiana Highlands
What best describes the climate in the highest elevation of the Andes Mountains?
cold, with little rainfall
cool, with some rainfall
warm, with adequate rainfall
hot, with extreme rainfall
Which of the following threatens rain forest lands?
animals ecosystems
flooding rivers
growing populations
insects species
What causes the Atacama Desert to be so dry?
The Andes Mountains prevent moist winds from reaching the coast of Chile
The Amazon Basin is too wide for wind currents to reach the desert
the Peru Current keeps moisture away from the coast of Chile
The Brazil Current drops almost all its moisture in the Amazon Basin
What do greenhouse gases do?
give off dry air, causing deforestation
improve the air quality on Earth
trap heat energy, causing the earth to warm
help maintain healthy ecosystems
How were the Inca able to farm on the slopes of the Andes Mountains
connecting roads
crop rotations
suspension bridges
terraced fields
Which of the following is an achievement of the Inca civilization?
archaeological excavation
irrigation canals
slash-and-burn agriculture
diamond minds
What is one reason that people have lived in South America's lowlands for thousands of years?
extreme climate
food supply
group kinship
advanced society
What did the Treaty of Tortillas do?
gave Columbus permission to sail to South America
Converted the native populations to new religious
divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal
permitted the use of slaves to work on plantations
African slaves were used to harvest which two major plantation crops?
Beans and cotton
corn and cassava
rice and banana
sugar and coffee
