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South America/Central America 7

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is the Amazon River Basin the largest river basin on Earth?

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Where is the highest waterfall in the world and what is its name?

a)

Tres Hermanas, Peru

b)

Tugela Falls, South Africa

c)

Angel Falls in Venezuela

3.

The Amazon Rainforest climate is....

a)

hot and dry

b)

warm and wet

c)

cold and wet

4.

Is the Amazon River the longest river on Earth

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Tenochtitlan is the complex city that the Inca built in the 1400's

a)

True

b)

False

6.

How are families organized into groups in the Inca society?

a)

by kinship

b)

by friendship

c)

by age

7.

Spain claimed the West and Portugal claimed the East in the Treaty of Versailles

a)

True

b)

False

8.

A treaty is an agreement between two or more countries

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Located between the continents of North American and South America is?

a)

Canada

b)

Central America

c)

Africa

10.

Who created a monopoly of the slave trade in Brazil?

a)

Inca

b)

Portuguese

c)

Spainish

11.

Who are the people who spread Christianity?

a)

Missionaries

b)

fisherman

c)

Governors

12.

When was the Panama Canal finished?

a)

1900

b)

1942

c)

1914

13.

Is Central America considered a continent?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What is a crop grown for profit called?

a)

Cash Crop

b)

Money

c)

for profit

15.

A former slave in Haiti began the movement for independence, his name was Toussaint L'Ouverture

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What body of water separates the mainland of Central America from the islands off the coast of the United States?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Caribbean Sea

c)

Gulf of Mexico

17.

Please give the geographic term for a narrow strip of land connecting two areas?

a)

Isthmus

b)

Peninsula

c)

Archipelage

18.

The Panama Canal uses what system??

a)

Bridge System

b)

Lock System

c)

Key System

19.

A Spanish governor who ruled the colonies in America was called ?

a)

Mercenaries

b)

Viceroys

c)

Corporals

20.

Who had colonized nearly all of Central America by the 1780's

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

United States

21.

This Continent was NOT apart of the triangular trade?

a)

Americas

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

22.

What crop required lots of slave labor and was the leading export for Haiti?

a)

coffee

b)

sugarcane

c)

gold

23.

What country was Haiti a colony for?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

24.

During the Inca Civilization which one of these was NOT an achievement?

a)

writing system

b)

terraces

c)

suspension bridges

25.

Which of these was Not a downfall of the Inca Civilization

a)

Human Sacrifice

b)

Disease

c)

Advanced Weaponry

26.

What has cattle ranching done to the Amazon Rainforest?

a)

Cattle are eating the endangered species

b)

Massive amounts of cattle are drying up the Amazon River

c)

Deforestation and loss of habitats for species that need the Rainforest

27.

Who did the Spanish army remove _____ to overthrow the Inca in 1533

a)

Atahaulpa

b)

Argentina

c)

Machu Picchu

28.

What Caribbean island was the first to become independent?

a)

Brazil

b)

Haiti

c)

Argentina

29.

Smaller parts of a larger nation are called?

a)

provinces

b)

states

c)

cuzco

30.

What country is home to most of the Amazon Rainforest and Amazon River?

a)

Brazil

b)

Haiti

c)

Argentina

31.

A chain of islands like the Caribbean Islands are called?

a)

isthmus

b)

atahaulpa

c)

archipelago

32.

What was the capital of the Incan Empire?

a)

Macchu Picchu

b)

Inti Isthmus

c)

Atahaulpa