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South America Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Used oil revenues to fund social programs

a)

Hugo Chavez

b)

Simon Bolivar

c)

Juan Peron

d)

Jose de San Martin

2.

Major economic activity of the Amazon rainforest

a)

farming

b)

logging

c)

fishing

d)

manufacturing

3.

Goal of Mercosur

a)

to get income from tariffs

b)

to specialize in one product

c)

to increase trade

d)

to trade with the US

4.

Effect of mechanization of agriculture on South America's population

a)

people moved to rural areas to farm

b)

people moved to cities for jobs

c)

people moved to the Amazon rainforest

d)

people settled high in the Andes

5.

Actions of the Brazilian government to reduce deforestation

a)

track illegal cutting of trees

b)

prohibit farming in the rainforest

c)

importing trees from other countries

d)

encouraging shade farming

6.

How are the Guianas different from the rest of South America?

a)

They are in the tropics.

b)

They are landlocked.

c)

They have cultures based on Dutch, English, and French.

d)

They trade with the US.

7.

The world's largest river by volume

a)

Amazon

b)

Orinoco

c)

Parana

d)

Paraguay

8.

Areas of higher population in South America

a)

high in the Andes

b)

the Amazon rainforest

c)

coastal areas and valley of the Andes

d)

islands near the southern tip of South America

9.

Largest oil-producing country in South America

a)

Brazil

b)

Argentina

c)

Colombia

d)

Venezuela

10.

Economies that make many different products

a)

specialized

b)

diversified

c)

nationalized

d)

privitized

11.

All South American countries have this type of economy

a)

market

b)

command

c)

traditional

d)

mixed

12.

How oil has helped Venezuela's economy

a)

funding for social programs

b)

decreased trade

c)

environmental damage

d)

water pollution

13.

How the oil industry has hurt Venezuela's economy (2)

a)

pollution in Lake Maracaibo

b)

government revenues depend on oil prices

c)

more trade

d)

funding for social programs

14.

Impact of literacy rates on economies

a)

Poor countries have higher literacy rates

b)

Higher literacy rates mean stronger economies

c)

Literacy rates have no effect on economies

d)

Literacy rates cannot improve job skills

15.

Networks of roads, power lines, and other features that support modern life

a)

Nationalized economy

b)

Grid

c)

Infrastructure

d)

Interdependencde

16.

Selling government-owned businesses to private individuals and groups

a)

Privatizing

b)

Nationalizing

c)

Harmonizing

d)

Individualizing

17.

When countries depend on one another economically

a)

dependnece

b)

mutual trade

c)

interdependence

d)

diversification