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WorksheetsLatin America Review
Total questions: 110
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
Where is the Amazon River located?
The Sahara Desert
The Amazon Rainforest
Uluru
The Andes Mountains
What Natural Resource does the Amazon River provide?
Water
lumber/timber
koalas
kiwis
What countries does the Amazon River run through?
Ecuador & Colombia
Brazil & Peru
Chile
Venezuela & Bolivia
What Ocean does the Amazon River flow into?
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Southern
What does the Amazon Rainforest provide?
timber/lumber
medicine/cures
temperate climate
water/fish
Where is the Caribbean Sea located? (You can also include relative location)
(a)
Which countries are located in the Caribbean Sea?
Belize, Costa Rica, & Guatemala
Guyana, Honduras, & Mexico
Nicaragua, Panama, & Venezuela
All of the above
Which resources does the Caribbean Sea provide?
natural gas
sun
fish
sand
Body of water that borders the United States to the North and Cuba to the East
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
The Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
World's largest ocean that covers the western coast of South America!
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
A major “shortcut” that allows ships to travel
between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Isthmus
Panama Canal
Strait of Hormuz
Caribbean Sea
2nd largest mountain range in the world along the west coast of South America!
Himalayan Mountains
Sierra Madre Mountains
Andes Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Mountain range in Mexico that has 3 major chains and volcanoes.
Atlas Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Madre Mountains
Himalayan Mountains
Located in Chile, its one of the driest places on Earth!
Sahara Desert
Atacama Desert
Gobi Desert
Kalahari Desert
What is the following Latin America Physical Feature?
Caribbean Sea
Amazon River
Atlantic Ocean
Andes Mountains
What is the following Latin America Physical Feature?
Caribbean Sea
Pampas
Sierra Madre Mountains
Andes Mountains
What Is The Yellow Box Surrounding?
Caribbean Sea
Amazon River
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Identify the physical feature the yellow box is circling.
Amazon River
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
What mountain range runs north to south along the Pacific side of South America?
Ural Mountains
Andes Mountains
Rocky Mountains
The Alps
What body of water is west of South America?
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
What body of water touches Mexico on the East?
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
What body of water is located between Jamaica and Costa Rica?
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
What physical feature has a source and a mouth?
Andes Mountains
Amazon River
Amazon Basin
Rocky Mountains
What physical feature is primarily a rain forest?
Andes Mountains
Amazon River
Amazon Basin
Atlantic Ocean
This canal is almost 50 miles long.
St. Lawrence canal
Panama canal
Atacama canal
Cuban canal
This body of water is an arm of the Atlantic ocean. The Mississippi River and Rio Grande empty out here.
The Caribbean Sea
The Atlantic Ocean
The Gulf of Mexico
The Everglades
These are main mountain ranges in Mexico.
The Andes
The Great Dividing Rnge
The Alps
The Sierra Madre Mountains
What place is known as the "lungs of Earth" and produces more than 20% of the Earth's oxygen?
The Ural Mountains
The Everglades
The Amazon Rainforest
The Great Canyon
What place is home to more than 40,000 different types of plants and 2.5 million insects?
The Atacama Rainforest
The Brazilian Highlands
Uluru
The Amazon Rainforest
WHat desert is located in chile and is located inhigh elevation?
The Atacama desert
The tundra
The Victorian desert
The Lowland plains
What place is located along the coastr of Chile and has an average temperature that is suprisingly cool?
The Amazon rainforest
The Andes Mountains
The Atacama desert
Mexico City
Very little people live in ______ Mexico due to minimal rainfall and the hot climate.
Northern
Southern
Coastal
Mexico
______ Mexico is one of the larges metropolitan areas in the world due to the temperate climate and plentiful rainfall.
Southern
Central
Northern
City
Mostly poor American Indian farmers live in _____ Mexico due to the dense forests located here and the humid/tropical climate.
Coastal
Northern
Central
Southern
__% of Mexico's land is suitable for farming.
12
4
23
59
_______ Mexico is rich in minerals like silver,copper,zinc,iron, and oil.
Central
Coastal
Northern
Southern
Oil is _____ most valuable/abundant natural resource.
Colombia's
Panama's
Brazil's
Mexico's
______ is very important to Mexico's economy.
Tourism
Travel
farming
sugar
Mexico sends about 80% of its exports to _________
Canada
US
Chile
Colombia
Mexico has many types of land and varying climates
True
False
Southern Mexico has a very cold climate.
False
True
Brazil is the largest country in Latin America and has the ____ population.
average
least
most
okayish
___ people live in the wild, undeveloped region of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.
Lots of
few
many
meh
The majority of Brazilians live in ___ Brazil along the ____ coast.
eastern, Atlantic
western, Atlantic
eastern, Pacific
western, Pacific
Brazil's tropical climate helps grow important crops like _____, _____, and ______.
wheat
oranges
coffee beans
sugar cane
Brazil is the #1 producer of coffee in the world.
False
True
Brazil is rich in natural resources like ____, ____, ____, etc.
bauxite
oil
iron
diamonds
Brazil's location on the ____ Ocean helps it ship all around the world.
Pacific
Arctic
Atlantic
Southern
Which countries are Brazil's top trading partners?
Argentina
Mexico
Panama
US
Few people live in Western Brazil due to it being covered in the Amazon Rainforest.
True
False
_____ is the largest island in the Caribbean sea.
Cuba
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Panama
Cuba's climate is Semi-tropical
True
False
Cuba has some of the best doil in the Caribbean , which is good for growing _____, ____, and ______.
trees
coffee beans
tobacco
sugarcane
Cuba lacks many mineral resources (other than oil and nickel) and _______.
machines and chemicals
cloth and drywall
tobacco and lemons
avacados and bananas
Cuba does not trade with the US even though Florida is located 90 miles away.
False
True
The US banned trade with Cuba because of its communist government.
True
False
Why has Cuba struggled economically since the early 1990's
Because the US stopped trading with Cuba
Because communist Soviet Union dissolved
Because it is an island
Because it is communist
Today Cuba mainly trades with _____, and ______.
China
Colobia
Venezuela
US
Those in rural Cuba typically work on ___.
fishing
factories
farming
About ___% of Cubans live in cities where they might work in factories making clothing, processed sugar, or cigars.
50
90
75
The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world
False
True
The Amazon Rainforest is the world’s largest tropical rainforest, famed for its biodiversity.
True
False
The Caribbean Sea is an American Mediterranean Sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere
True
False
The Gulf of Mexico is an arm of the of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by North America.
True
False
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world.
True
False
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean in the world.
True
False
The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
False
True
The Andes runs along South America's western side. From Venezuela in the north, the range passes through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile.
False
True
The Sierra Madre Mountains are a major mountain range system that runs through western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California.
False
True
The Atacama Desert is a desert in South America on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains. The Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world.
False
True
Brazil is the largest country in both South America and Latin America
False
True
Chile is a long, narrow country stretching along the Pacific Ocean coastline.
False
True
Colombia is a country largely situated in the north of South America and contains part of the Andes and the Amazon Rainforest/river.
False
True
Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean meet.
True
False
Mexico is a country in the southern portion of North America.
True
False
Panama is a country on the isthmus linking Central and South America.
False
True
In _______ Chile, the weather is generally rainy all year round falling as snow in much of the high altitude areas. However, in the coastal areas of the _____, the winters are rarely too cold and summers are comfortably cool.
Southern, South
Eastern, East
Western, West
Northern, North
In the ______ regions, precipitation is much less which results in a much higher snow line in the mountains and a very desert-like climate in the areas nearer the coast. In fact, _____ Chile is one of the driest regions in the world.
Southern
Eastern
Western
Northern
The ____ region of Chile experiences a climate much like that of the Mediterranean coastline with warm, dry summers, and moderately wet, cool winters. Though quite rare on the coast, this ____ region is susceptible to light snow and frost further inland.
Southern
Northern
Central
Coastal
In ____ Chile, the weather is generally rainy all year round falling as snow in much of the high altitude areas. However, in the coastal areas of the ____, the winters are rarely too cold and summers are comfortably cool.
Southern, South
Western, West
Coastal, Coast
Northern, North
Chile is very rugged with mountain ranges and several large islands off the ____. Generally speaking the weather is more moderate near the ____ and much colder in the mountains.
North
South
Coast
East
In Chile a mojority of people live in the ____ area due to its moderate temperatures.
Southern
Northern
Central
Coastal
In Chile, not many people live in the ___ area because of its intense weather.
Coastal
Central
Nothern
Southern
____ specializes in include fishing, logging, and forestry.
Colombia
Brazil
Panama
Chile
_____ produces onions, oats, corn, wheat, pears, apples, grapes, garlic, asparagus, beef, timber, fish, wool, and poultry. (agriculture)
Colombia
Chile
Nicaragua
Cuba
Chile exports alot of;
Copper ore
Refined copper
Chemical woodpulp
Fish fillets
How much of Chile's land is areable?
1.7%
7%
0.6%
21%
Which countries do Chile mainly export to?
China
US
Japan
Brazil
Which countries do Chile mostly import from?
China
Japan
Brazil
US
Which natural resources does Chile have an abundance of?
Copper
Nitrate
Timber
Water
Because of Colombia's proximity to the ____, the country does not experience very extreme climate changes throughout the year. Instead the weather is constantly temperate with a dry season that last from December to March.
Equator
Poles
Water
land
The rainiest months in _____ are from May to July and from October to November.
Ecuador
Brazil
Colombia
Chile
______'s temperatures can vary dramatically based on the altitude. _____'s coastal cities generally have year round daytime temperatures that cool off in the evenings. The inland daytime temperatures are generally like the evenings on the coast with temperatures in the 60s and 70s and evenings in the 40s or 50s. Because of these cool temperatures, it is a good idea to have on hand a warm sweater for evenings on the coast and a jacket for the high altitude lows.
Panama
Chile
Colombia
Peru
The ___ economy is heavily dependent on exports of petroleum, coffee, and cut flowers. ____ is a founding member of the Pacific Alliance and has free-trade agreements with the U.S. and many other nations.
Peruvian, Peru
Brazilian, Brazil
Cuban, Cuba
Colombian, Colombia
___________'s key exports to the US include oil, coal, nickel, gold, flowers, coffee, bananas, tropical fruits, textiles and clothing.
Nicarague
Cuba
Colombia
Bolivia
_______ is the United States' third-largest export market in Latin America behind Mexico and Brazil
Panama
Chile
Colombia
Peru
Currently, _____'s main trading partners include the United States, China, Germany, the Netherlands, and neighboring Mexico, Brazil, and Panama.
Brazil
Mexico
Colombia
Cuba
People in ___ mostly live in the Eastern areas due to the Andes being located in the west.
Cuba
Colombia
Brazil
Mexico
This Countrie's most populated city/Capital is Bogota
Panama
Cuba
Colombia
Mexico
How much of Colombia's land is arable? (This information may not be acurate / up to date)
1.5%
2%
47%
11%
The days in ____ are generally hot, though the temperatures cool down significantly at night. The country is generally always very humid at about 80 percent. At higher elevations, the climate is much less tropical. The different mountain elevations result in temperatures varying from 50-66ºF.
Chile
Brazil
Colombia
Panama
Which four natural resources are abundant and essential to Panama's economy?
copper & mahogany forests
shrimp & hydropower
Wheat & dates
Solar power and silk
Which countries are Panama's main trading partners for exports? (2016)
US & Colombia
Costa Rica and Venezuela
China & Singapore
Mexico and Vietnam.
Which countries are Panama's main trading partners regarding imports? (2016)
China & Singapore
UN
US
Mexico and Vietnam.
How much of Panama is arable?
(As of 2016)
7.6%
8.9%
23%
2.5%
A majority of citizens in _____ live on the coast due to generally tropical weather. Many of people also live on the coast because of the abundance of jobs (and the canal).
Brazil
Mexico
US
Panama
