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WorksheetsSouth America Features
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The __________is the longest continuous mountain range in the world and is an extension of the Rockies.
a)
Appalachians
b)
Rockies
c)
Sierra Madres Occidental
d)
Andes
2.
The Andes consists of___________ parallel chains or ranges of mountains
a)
Serials
b)
Doldrums
c)
Cordilleras
d)
Pampas
3.
The Amazon Basin has over ______________ trees.
a)
390 Billion
b)
390 Million
c)
390 Thousand
d)
39 Billion
4.
The Amazon River flows nearly 4,000 miles from the _______to the Atlantic Ocean.
a)
Andes
b)
Pampas
c)
Patagonia
d)
Altiplano
5.
The __________Desert is a strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains and is the Driest Desert in the World.
a)
Gobi
b)
Atacama
c)
Sahara
d)
Aconcagua
6.
Rainless (or just about) – Average rainfall in the Atacama Desert is about ____________inches per year.
a)
.12 inches
b)
12 inches
c)
1.2 inches
d)
120 inches
7.
___________ are the oldest artificially mummified human remains have been found. These mummies predate the Egyptian mummies by thousands of years, and the extreme lack of moisture helps in the preservation of these samples.
a)
Chinco
b)
Chinchorro
c)
Tibetan
d)
Olmec
8.
The earliest mummy that has been found in Egypt dated around 3000 BC, while the oldest mummy recovered from the ________is dated around 7020 BC.
a)
Atacama Desert
b)
Pampas
c)
Patagonia
d)
Altiplano
9.
____________is a region in southern Chile and southern Argentina between the Andes Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. It is made up of dry plains caused by rain shadow makes it very dry and windy. Contains valleys, glaciers, and fjords and plateaus.
a)
Atacama Desert
b)
Pampas
c)
Patagonia
d)
Altiplano
10.
The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest covering ____________miles.
a)
2.0 million
b)
2.3 million
c)
3.4 million
d)
1.0 billion
11.
_____________of the Amazon Rainforest is a jungle and produces ____________of the earth's oxygen.
a)
90% and 50%
b)
65% and 20%
c)
65% and 35%
d)
90% and 20%
12.
The Amazon Rainforest gets _____________of rain every year (rains almost every day).
a)
five feet
b)
seven feet
c)
nine feet
d)
ten feet
13.
The Amazon Rainforest is also known as the _____________.
a)
“Mother Earth”
b)
"Lungs of our Planet."
c)
“Heart of our Planet”
d)
“Breadbasket of Earth”
14.
The rain forests provide food, water, natural rubber, ____________and other products.
a)
medicinal plants
b)
roses
c)
bamboo
d)
wheat
15.
Which group does not live in the Amazon Basin now?
a)
Conquistadors
b)
Mestizos
c)
Gringos
d)
Asians
16.
________is the Rain Forest top layer. It houses most of the birds and insects.
a)
Canopy
b)
Emergents
c)
Forest floor
d)
Under story
17.
____________the Rain Forest 2nd layer and home to many different types of birds, insects, reptiles, mammals, and more.
a)
Canopy
b)
Emergents
c)
Forest floor
d)
Under story
18.
__________ the Rain Forest 3rd layer and a cool environment under the leaves which is where you can find many animals.
a)
Canopy
b)
Emergents
c)
Forest floor
d)
Under story
19.
___________ is the Rain Forest lowest layer where many animals live and only 2% of sun-light reaches it.
a)
Canopy
b)
Emergents
c)
Forest floor
d)
Under story
20.
There are two types of rainforests the __________and the tropical.
a)
Sub-tropical
b)
Temperate
c)
Arid
d)
Semi-arid
21.
Every day, we are losing about 137 different types of plant, animal, and insect species due to ____________.
a)
Wars
b)
Drought
c)
Deforestation
d)
Fires
22.
The Amazon covers over _________acres!
a)
a billion
b)
a million
c)
a thousand
d)
500 million
23.
The Andes encircle the _____________“high plain”; includes southeastern Peru and western Bolivia is the 2nd largest mt. plateau in the world.
a)
Atacama Desert
b)
Pampas
c)
Patagonia
d)
Altiplano
24.
___________ is grassy, treeless plains of southern South America—found mostly in Argentina and Uruguay.
a)
Atacama Desert
b)
Pampas
c)
Patagonia
d)
Altiplano
25.
______________is the largest river basin in world: Covers c. 40% of South America (2,722,000 sq. miles); 4195 miles long.
a)
Nile River
b)
Amazon River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Orinico
26.
Paraná, Paraguay, and Uruguay rivers form 2nd largest river system in South America and flows into the ________and then into Atlantic Ocean.
a)
Pampas
b)
Patagonia
c)
Brazilian Highlands
d)
Rio de la Plata
27.
______________in Venezuela features the world’s most lightning with over 1.2 million strikes a year.
a)
Lake Maracaibo
b)
Lake Titicaca
c)
Lake Nicaragua
d)
Lake Erie
28.
________________borders of Bolivia and Peru---world’s highest large lake and has inhabited floating islands.
a)
Lake Maracaibo
b)
Lake Titicaca
c)
Lake Nicaragua
d)
Lake Erie
29.
Inca Empire stretched from Ecuador to Chile had skilled engineers that built roads throughout empire. _______is most well-known city.
a)
Machu Picchu
b)
Machu Eachhu
c)
Machu Seehu
d)
Machu Misshu
30.
The Incas had no written language (used storytelling) and used_______, knotted cords, for financial records.
a)
Qullus
b)
Quiltus
c)
Quipus
d)
Quantas
31.
South American is 4th largest continent with over 400 million people. It is not densely populated with most people living on the coasts or along major rivers. _________ of all South Americans live in cities.
a)
0.6
b)
0.8
c)
0.5
d)
0.35
32.
Most South Americans are this religion
a)
Anglican
b)
Quechua
c)
Roman Catholic
d)
Protestant
33.
Grains, soybeans, citrus, cattle, tobacco, and ______________________are key products in South America.
a)
bananas, cocoa, sugarcane, cotton
b)
coffee, cocoa, sugarcane, cotton
c)
coffee, peanuts, sugarcane, cotton
d)
coffee, cocoa, rice, cotton
34.
Mining of silver, copper, iron, and ___________ and ________ are key to South America.
a)
Gold and Tin
b)
Tin and Aluminum
c)
Aluminum and Gold
d)
Gold and Titanium
35.
Venezuela, Ecuador, and Argentina are large exporters of ________
a)
Rice
b)
bananas
c)
petroleum
d)
plastics
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