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WorksheetsLatin America Atlas Pages- green atlas
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 41mins
Middle America: Region
a. The land cover for most of Cuba is...
Tropical Rain Forest
Cropland
b. The land cover for most of Baja California is...
Semi-desert & desert,
grassland
c. The land cover along the Isthmus of Panama is ...
Tropical Rain Forest
Broadleaf Forest
d. The land cover on the Yucatan Peninsula is mostly...
Tropical Rain Forest
Grassland
Middle America: Location
a. Which country borders Belize and El Salvador?
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
b. Which country borders the Dominican Republic?
Jamaica
Haiti
Puerto Rico
c. The Mosquito Gulf borders which country?
Nicaragua
Honduras
Panama
d. Which country borders Honduras to the South?
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Costa Rica
e. The Bay of Campeche borders which country?
Belize
Mexico
Guatemala
Middle America: Movement
a. Most ships travelling between Atlantic and Pacific ports..
pass through the Panama Canal
sail around South America
b. Locks in the canal are water-filled chambers that ....
raise and lower ships
keep ships from entering
c. The surface elevation of the Panama Canal is....
85 feet below sea level
85 feet above sea level
d. Colon, Panama is on the ...
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
e. Sailing from New York City to San Francisco, the Panama Canal...
is longer than the South American route.
saves about 8,000 miles
Middle America: Relationship Within Places
a. The land use for most of Cuba is commercial farming.
True
False
b. The land use for most of Panama is forestry
true
false
c. Most of Honduras is urban.
True
False
d. Much of northern Mexico is used for subsistence farming.
True
False
e. San Juan, Puerto Rico is an urban area.
True
False
f. The islands of the Bahamas are used for commercial farming.
True
False
g. None of Mexico is used for ranching or herding.
True
False
South America: Location
a. This sea is north of South America...
Black Sea
Caribbean Sea
Mexican Sea
Pacific Ocean
b. This cape is in eastern South America near the Tropic of Capricorn.
Cape Cod
Cape Brazil
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Frio
c. This strait is in southern South America near Tierra del Fuego.
Strait of Magellan
Strait of Gibraltar
Antarctic Strait
Fuego Strait
This gulf is in western South America near Point Parinas.
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Guayaquil
Mosquito Gulf
Southern Gulf
South America: Regions
a. These are located on the western edge of South America and are the world's longest unbroken mountain range.
Andes Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Madre
Brazilian Highlands
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:
subarctic zone
highlands
tundra
glaciers
c. Located in Chili, this is one of the driest places on earth:
Sonoran Desert
Santiago
Patagonia
Atacama Desert
d. Much of the Brazilian Highlands is covered by this land cover often used for ranching:
grassland
forest
desert
glaciers
e. The semi-desert region in Southern South America is known as:
Atacama Desert
Brazilian Highlands
Patagonia
Argentina
f. Much of the region this river flows through is tropical rain forest:
Amazon River
Rio Grande River
Uruguay River
Orinoco River
South America: Place
a. This is the largest country in South America. The Atlantic Ocean borders it on the east.
Argentina
Colombia
Brazil
Mexico
b. This is the second largest country in South America. Chile borders it on the west.
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
Venezuela
c. Both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean border this country.
Ecuador
Venezuela
Suriname
Colombia
d. This long country stretches about half the length of the continent along the Pacific Ocean.
Chile
Argentina
Panama
Brazil.
e. The landlocked country is bordered by Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina.
Uruguay
Paraguay
Bolivia
Guyana
f. What are the three South American countries crossed by the Equator?
Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil
Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica
Argentina, Suriname, Uruguay
Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia
g. What are the four South American countries crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn?
Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay
Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
Panama, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba
Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina
South America: Using Geography
a. Which of these three Brazilian cities is the largest?
Florianopolis
Manaus
Sao Luis
b. About how many miles apart are the Bolivian capitals of La Paz and Sucre?
250 miles
500 miles
750 miles
c. Which of the following is a possession, not a country?
Uruguay
Suriname
French Guiana
