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Latin America Atlas Pages- green atlas

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Middle America: Region

a. The land cover for most of Cuba is...

a)

Tropical Rain Forest

b)

Cropland

2.

b. The land cover for most of Baja California is...

a)

Semi-desert & desert,

b)

grassland

3.

c. The land cover along the Isthmus of Panama is ...

a)

Tropical Rain Forest

b)

Broadleaf Forest

4.

d. The land cover on the Yucatan Peninsula is mostly...

a)

Tropical Rain Forest

b)

Grassland

5.

Middle America: Location

a. Which country borders Belize and El Salvador?

a)

Mexico

b)

Guatemala

c)

Honduras

6.

b. Which country borders the Dominican Republic?

a)

Jamaica

b)

Haiti

c)

Puerto Rico

7.

c. The Mosquito Gulf borders which country?

a)

Nicaragua

b)

Honduras

c)

Panama

8.

d. Which country borders Honduras to the South?

a)

Nicaragua

b)

Guatemala

c)

Costa Rica

9.

e. The Bay of Campeche borders which country?

a)

Belize

b)

Mexico

c)

Guatemala

10.

Middle America: Movement

a. Most ships travelling between Atlantic and Pacific ports..

a)

pass through the Panama Canal

b)

sail around South America

11.

b. Locks in the canal are water-filled chambers that ....

a)

raise and lower ships

b)

keep ships from entering

12.

c. The surface elevation of the Panama Canal is....

a)

85 feet below sea level

b)

85 feet above sea level

13.

d. Colon, Panama is on the ...

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

14.

e. Sailing from New York City to San Francisco, the Panama Canal...

a)

is longer than the South American route.

b)

saves about 8,000 miles

15.

Middle America: Relationship Within Places

a. The land use for most of Cuba is commercial farming.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

b. The land use for most of Panama is forestry

a)

true

b)

false

17.

c. Most of Honduras is urban.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

d. Much of northern Mexico is used for subsistence farming.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

e. San Juan, Puerto Rico is an urban area.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

f. The islands of the Bahamas are used for commercial farming.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

g. None of Mexico is used for ranching or herding.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

South America: Location

a. This sea is north of South America...

a)

Black Sea

b)

Caribbean Sea

c)

Mexican Sea

d)

Pacific Ocean

23.

b. This cape is in eastern South America near the Tropic of Capricorn.

a)

Cape Cod

b)

Cape Brazil

c)

Cape of Good Hope

d)

Cape Frio

24.

c. This strait is in southern South America near Tierra del Fuego.

a)

Strait of Magellan

b)

Strait of Gibraltar

c)

Antarctic Strait

d)

Fuego Strait

25.

This gulf is in western South America near Point Parinas.

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Gulf of Guayaquil

c)

Mosquito Gulf

d)

Southern Gulf

26.

South America: Regions

a. These are located on the western edge of South America and are the world's longest unbroken mountain range.

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Sierra Madre

d)

Brazilian Highlands

27.

Some areas of this mountain range are shaded pink. According to the map legend, pink represents a cold area where only small plants can grow or a:

a)

subarctic zone

b)

highlands

c)

tundra

d)

glaciers

28.

c. Located in Chili, this is one of the driest places on earth:

a)

Sonoran Desert

b)

Santiago

c)

Patagonia

d)

Atacama Desert

29.

d. Much of the Brazilian Highlands is covered by this land cover often used for ranching:

a)

grassland

b)

forest

c)

desert

d)

glaciers

30.

e. The semi-desert region in Southern South America is known as:

a)

Atacama Desert

b)

Brazilian Highlands

c)

Patagonia

d)

Argentina

31.

f. Much of the region this river flows through is tropical rain forest:

a)

Amazon River

b)

Rio Grande River

c)

Uruguay River

d)

Orinoco River

32.

South America: Place

a. This is the largest country in South America. The Atlantic Ocean borders it on the east.

a)

Argentina

b)

Colombia

c)

Brazil

d)

Mexico

33.

b. This is the second largest country in South America. Chile borders it on the west.

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Mexico

d)

Venezuela

34.

c. Both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean border this country.

a)

Ecuador

b)

Venezuela

c)

Suriname

d)

Colombia

35.

d. This long country stretches about half the length of the continent along the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Chile

b)

Argentina

c)

Panama

d)

Brazil.

36.

e. The landlocked country is bordered by Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina.

a)

Uruguay

b)

Paraguay

c)

Bolivia

d)

Guyana

37.

f. What are the three South American countries crossed by the Equator?

a)

Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil

b)

Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica

c)

Argentina, Suriname, Uruguay

d)

Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia

38.

g. What are the four South American countries crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn?

a)

Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay

b)

Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil

c)

Panama, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba

d)

Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina

39.

South America: Using Geography

a. Which of these three Brazilian cities is the largest?

a)

Florianopolis

b)

Manaus

c)

Sao Luis

40.

b. About how many miles apart are the Bolivian capitals of La Paz and Sucre?

a)

250 miles

b)

500 miles

c)

750 miles

41.

c. Which of the following is a possession, not a country?

a)

Uruguay

b)

Suriname

c)

French Guiana