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Latin America Geography

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country is shown in this picture?

a)

Brazil

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

Venezuela

2.

What country is colored in red?

a)

Brazil

b)

Chile

c)

Bolivia

d)

Cuba

3.

What color represents Bolivia?

a)

orange

b)

green

c)

gray

d)

not on the map

4.

What country is represented in this picture?

a)

Brazil

b)

Mexico

c)

Cuba

d)

Venezuela

5.

What country is indicated on the map?

a)

Colombia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Bolivia

d)

Chile

6.

What country represents Venezuela?

a)

9

b)

10

c)

11

d)

12

7.

What country is represented in this picture?

a)

Brazil

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

Venezuela

8.

What number represents Haiti?

a)

25

b)

24

c)

23

d)

22

9.

What country is represented in this picture?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Mexico

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Panama

10.

What river is represented on this map?

a)

Atacama River

b)

Danube River

c)

Andes River

d)

Amazon River

11.

What country will you find the Amazon Rainforest?

a)

Brazil

b)

Chile

c)

Mexico

d)

Cuba

12.

What body of water sits between Latin America and Europe?

a)

Caribbean Sea

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Atlantic Ocean

13.

What body of water sits between Cuba and South America?

a)

Caribbean Sea

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Pacific Ocean

14.

What body of water sits on the borders of Mexico and the United States?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Caribbean Sea

15.

What number represents the Pacific Ocean?

a)

12

b)

13

c)

15

d)

16

16.

What was created by man to make a shortcut from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Panama

c)

Caribbean Sea

d)

Thomas, the train

17.

Where would you find the Andes Mountains?

a)

Mexico

b)

Central America

c)

South America

d)

Caribbean Islands

18.

What mountains surround Mexico?

a)

Ural Mountains

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Sierra Madre Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

19.

Air pollution levels in Mexico City are significantly

greater than in other areas of Mexico because

the city is

a)

situated at a low altitude.

b)

sparsely populated.

c)

located far from major waterways.

d)

surrounded by mountains.

20.

Which of the following contributes the LEAST to

air pollution in Mexico City?

a)

vehicle emissions

b)

industrial activity

c)

desertification

d)

overcrowding

21.

Which of the following is the MOST pressing

environmental concern for the residents of

Brazil?

a)

The rainforest prevents the spread of polluted air

and water to other regions.

b)

The rainforest produces approximately a fifth of

the world's oxygen.

c)

The deforestation contributes to drought

conditions in many countries.

d)

The crops grown in the rainforest account for

much of the world's food supply.

22.

What obstacle has hurt the Brazilian

government's efforts to protect the Amazon

Rainforest?

a)

public resistance to laws restricting

manufacturing

b)

a lack of resources needed to enforce logging

limits

c)

public resistance to laws restricting commercial

fishing

d)

a lack of resources needed to enforce mining

restrictions

23.

How do Caribbean currents affect the climates of

Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico?

a)

They create a cool, dry temperate climate zone.

b)

They create a hot, dry temperate climate zone.

c)

They create a tropical climate zone with a single

wet season.

d)

They create a tropical climate zone with

continual rain.

24.

Why is the population density of Cuba much

greater than the population density of Brazil?

a)

Brazilians emigrate at a much higher rate than

Cubans.

b)

Cuba has a smaller land area than Brazil.

c)

Brazil is largely agricultural, while Cuba is

industrial.

d)

Life expectancy is much higher in Cuba than it is

in Brazil.

25.

Why does a large portion of the Mexican

population live in the Central Mexican Plateau?

a)

It serves as the nation's industrial center.

b)

It has rich soil and a mild climate for farming.

c)

Its proximity to the US border facilitates trade.

d)

It has a lower cost of living than the tropical

coast.