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Latin America Physical Geography

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a plateau?

a)

A large raised area of mostly level land.

b)

A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.

c)

A flat grassland region.

d)

A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.

2.

What is an isthmus?

a)

A large raised area of mostly level land.

b)

A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.

c)

A flat grassland region.

d)

A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.

3.

What is a pampas?

a)

A large raised area of mostly level land.

b)

A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.

c)

A flat grassland region.

d)

A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.

4.

What is a rain forest?

a)

A large raised area of mostly level land.

b)

A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.

c)

A flat grassland region.

d)

A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.

5.

What is a tributary?

a)

A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.

b)

A long river in northern South America?

c)

A river or stream that flows into a larger river.

d)

A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.

6.

What is El Niño?

a)

A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

b)

A warming of the ocean water along the eastern coast of South America.

c)

A cooling of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

d)

A cooling of the ocean water along the eastern coast of South America.

7.

What is La Niño?

a)

A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

b)

A warming of the ocean water along the eastern coast of South America.

c)

A cooling of the ocean water along the eastern coast of South America.

d)

A cooling of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

8.

What is elevation?

a)

A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

b)

The height of land above sea level.

c)

The ways that goods and services are produced and made available to people

d)

Things found in nature that people can use to meet their needs.

9.

What are natural resources?

a)

A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

b)

The height of land above sea level.

c)

The ways that goods and services are produced and made available to people

d)

Things found in nature that people can use to meet their needs.

10.

What is hydroelectricity?

a)

Electric power produced by rushing water.

b)

A country's economy based largely on one resources or crop.

c)

The ways that goods and services are produced and made available to people

d)

To add variety

11.

What is altitude?

a)

The height above sea level.

b)

The height below sea level.

c)

The measurement of how much above or below sea level a place can be.

d)

An area of high, flat land.

12.

What is a basin?

a)

A small river that flows into a larger river.

b)

An area into which a river and its tributaries drain.

c)

A landform created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river.

d)

A triangle-shaped deposit of gravel, sand, and even smaller pieces of sediment, such as silt.

13.

Which of the following are tropical climate zones?

a)

Tierra caliente

b)

Tierra templada

c)

Tierra fria

d)

Mediterranean Coastal Plain

14.

What steady winds blow from higher latitudes toward the Equator?

a)

Trade Winds

b)

Westerly Winds

c)

Easterly Winds

d)

Monsoon Winds