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Atlantic South America

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital city of Uruguay?

a)

Montevideo

b)

Buenos Aires

c)

Recife

d)

Mendoza

2.

In what year did Uruguay gain independence?

a)

1810

b)

1825

c)

1836

d)

1888

3.

In Uruguay, most people descended from:

a)

Indians

b)

Africans

c)

Europeans

d)

Mestizos

4.

Uruguay is very well-known for:

a)

Horse meat export

b)

Shipbuilding

c)

High literacy rate

d)

Corn

5.

More than half of Uruguay's trade is with what TWO countries:

a)

Brazil

b)

Canada

c)

Spain

d)

Argentina

6.

Uruguay gets most of its power from what source:

a)

Nuclear Plants

b)

Hydroelectricity

c)

Solar Panels

d)

Windmills

7.

What is the capital of Argentina?

a)

Rio de Janeiro

b)

Montevideo

c)

Mendoza

d)

Buenos Aires

8.

What is Argentina's main agricultural export?

a)

Coffee

b)

Beef

c)

Corn

d)

Automobiles

9.

Eva Peron is a well-known leader from what country:

a)

Paraguay

b)

Brazil

c)

Argentina

d)

Uruguay

10.

During the 1970s, the "Dirty War" occurred within what country?

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Uruguay

d)

Paraguay

11.

What is Spanish name for "Argentine Cowboy"?

a)

City Slicker

b)

Llanero

c)

Gaucho

d)

Desaparecido

12.

What the large open grasslands of Argentina called?

a)

Mato Grosso

b)

Gran Chaco

c)

Pampas

d)

Patagonia

13.

Who granted land to colonists that would travel to Argentina?

a)

Portuguese King

b)

Spanish Monarch

c)

English Queen

d)

George Washington

14.

What is the most rural country in this region?

a)

Paraguay

b)

Ecuador

c)

Argentina

d)

Venezuela

15.

What is the name of the major port and industrial city along the Amazon River?

a)

Rio de Janeiro

b)

Recife

c)

Brasilia

d)

Manaus

16.

What is considered Brazil's poorest region?

a)

Southeast

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

17.

Close to 25% of the residents of Rio de Janeiro live in:

a)

Favelas

b)

Countryside

c)

Pampas

d)

Ghettos

18.

What is the largest urban center in South America?

a)

Manaus

b)

Recife

c)

Rio de Janeiro

d)

Sao Paulo

19.

What is a giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs?

a)

Megacity

b)

Supercity

c)

Metropolis

d)

Ciudad de Poder

20.

What city in Brazil served as the capital from 1822-1960?

a)

Recife

b)

Sao Paulo

c)

Rio de Janeiro

d)

Manaus

21.

What is vatapa?

a)

a religion

b)

a special dance

c)

an African seafood dish

d)

a type of dress

22.

What religion is mostly practiced in South America?

a)

Protestantism

b)

Roman Catholicism

c)

Macumba

d)

Mormonism

23.

What country has the largest Japanese population outside Japan?

a)

Paraguay

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Brazil

24.

What is Brazil's official language?

a)

Spanish

b)

Portuguese

c)

French

d)

English

25.

What country had longest gold rush in history?

a)

Brazil

b)

Argentina

c)

Paraguay

d)

Chile

26.

What country in South America gained independence without war?

a)

Argentina

b)

Chile

c)

Venezuela

d)

Brazil

27.

When was slavery outlawed in Brazil?

a)

1865

b)

1888

c)

1903

d)

1949

28.

What is the largest plateau in South America?

a)

Llanos

b)

Gran Chaco

c)

Mato Grosso

d)

Pampas

29.

What does "plain" mean in the native Indian Quechua language?

a)

Patagonia

b)

Pampa

c)

Mato Grosso

d)

Ouro Preto

30.

What is a partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty sea water?

a)

Pampas

b)

Llanos

c)

Floodplain

d)

Estuary