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ATLANTIC SOUTH AMERICA

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country is the Amazon Rainforest primarily found in South America?

a)

Brazil

b)

Venezuela

c)

Chile

d)

Argentina

2.
The action of clearing a wide area of trees is called?
a)
deforestation
b)
extract
c)
erradicate
d)
elite
3.
What is the largest country of South America?  
a)
Brazil
b)
Venezuela
c)
Chile
d)
Argentina
4.

Rainforests are well known for

a)

being great habitats for animals and plants

b)

generating carbon dioxide through the trees

c)

growing banana trees

d)

having many Western influences

5.

This is the Longest river in South America.

a)

Nile River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Amazon River

6.

What country is the Amazon Rainforest primarily found in South America?

a)

Brazil

b)

Venezuela

c)

Chile

d)

Argentina

7.
Where do the poor live in Rio de Janeiro? 
a)
Favelas
b)
Rancheros
c)
Haciendas
d)
Mestizos
8.
a large area of flat land
a)
river system
b)
highland
c)
elevation
d)
plain
9.
The area of the highest elevation in South America is
a)
the Brazilian Highlands
b)
the Guiana Highlands
c)
the Andes Mountains
d)
the Patagonia Grasslands
10.
Low shrubland that continues to the Andes in Argentina is called...
a)
Pampas
b)
Mesa
c)
Guachos
d)
Plains
11.
____________ is know worldwide for cattle ranching.
a)
Argentina
b)
Chile
c)
Suriname
d)
Peru
12.
Name this Country
a)
Uruguay 
b)
Peru
c)
Brazil
d)
Bolivia 
13.
Central America is part of South America
a)
true
b)
false
14.
Body of Water #4
a)
Orinoco River
b)
Sao Francisco River
c)
Amazon River
d)
Uruguay River
15.
Physical Feature #6
a)
Mt. Aconcagua
b)
Amazon River Basin
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Patagonia
16.
What river in South America flows from the Andes Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Amazon
b)
Rio Grande
c)
Mississippi
d)
The Nile
17.

What country is labeled with the number 7?

a)

Colombia

b)

Ecuador

c)

Venezuela

d)

Bolivia

18.

Which country's flag is this?

a)

Uruguay

b)

Argentina

c)

Paraguay

d)

Chile

19.

Which country's flag is this?

a)

Suriname

b)

Ecuador

c)

Guyana

d)

Brazil

20.

Name the country.

a)

Ecuador

b)

Peru

c)

Uruguay

d)

Peru

21.

Name the country.

a)

Bolivia

b)

Paraguay

c)

Uruguay

d)

Peru

22.

Name the country.

a)

Venezuela

b)

Colombia

c)

Ecuador

d)

Bolivia

23.

Name the country.

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Bolivia

d)

Chile

24.

What language is spoken in Brazil?

a)

French

b)

Italian

c)

Portuguese

d)

Spanish

25.

Which two European countries colonized most of Latin America?


[CHOOSE TWO]

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Portugal

e)

Italy

26.

All of the following are true statements except:

a)

Roman Catholic is the main religion of South America.

b)

Spanish is the most common language in South America.

c)

Most of the indigenous populations were destroyed during Spanish colonization.

d)

Spain still controls he governments of Latin America.

27.

What does indigenous mean?

a)

European

b)

Native

c)

Inuit

d)

Mexican

28.
What country colonized Brazil?
a)
 Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
England
d)
France 
29.
Select the two countries that are landlocked.
a)
Bolivia and Argentina 
b)
Columbia and Panama 
c)
Bolivia and Paraguay 
d)
Venezuela and Chili 
30.
All of Latin America falls on the continent of South America.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
In South America you can find the Andes Mountains...
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Where is the Amazon River Basin located
a)
Mexico
b)
Brazil
c)
Haiti
d)
Uruguay
33.

What language do they speak?

a)

portugués

b)

francés

c)

español

d)

inglés

34.

What language do they speak?

a)

francés

b)

holandés

c)

español

d)

portugués

35.

What is the country?

a)

Paraguay

b)

Uruguay

c)

Chile

d)

Ecuador

36.

What is the capital?

a)

Montevideo

b)

Quito

c)

Lima

d)

Caracas

37.

What is the capital?

a)

Asunción

b)

Montevideo

c)

Buenos Aires

d)

Lima

38.

What language do they speak?

a)

francés

b)

holandés

c)

español

d)

portugués

39.

What language do they speak?

a)

portugués

b)

holandés

c)

español

d)

inglés

40.

What is the capital?

a)

Buenos Aires

b)

Santiago

c)

Montevideo

d)

La Paz

41.

What is the capital?

a)

Buenos Aires

b)

Asunción

c)

Santiago

d)

Montevideo

42.
Capital of ARGENTINA
a)
Caracas
b)
San Salvador
c)
Buenos Aires
d)
Asunción
43.
Capital of URUGUAY
a)
Montevideo
b)
Asunción
c)
Quito
d)
La Paz
44.
Capital of VENEZUELA
a)
Bogotá
b)
Caracas
c)
La Paz
d)
San Juan
45.
Capital of PARAGUAY
a)
Asunción
b)
Managua
c)
Ciudad de Paraguay
d)
Montevideo
46.
What two oceans surround South America?
a)
Pacific and Arctic
b)
Atlantic and Arctic
c)
Atlantic and Pacific
d)
all of the above
47.
What country has this flag?
a)
Bolivia
b)
Ecuador
c)
Colombia
d)
Venezuela
48.
What country has this flag?
a)
Uruguay
b)
Chile
c)
Paraguay
d)
Peru
49.
What country has this flag?
a)
Uruguay
b)
Chile
c)
Paraguay
d)
Peru
50.
What is the 8th largest country in the world?
a)
Brazil
b)
Bolivia
c)
Ecuador
d)
Argentina
51.
Who is the current president of Venezuela?
a)
Nicolas Maduro
b)
Juan Manuel Santos
c)
Evo Morales
d)
Michelle Bachelet
52.
The main religion of Argentina is ____.
a)
Catholic
b)
Baptist
c)
Orthodox
d)
Jewish

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