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Pacific South America Section 3

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region of Ecuador has tourism as a major industry?

a)

the Andes

b)

the Himalayas

c)

the Rocky Mountains

d)

the Appalachia Mountains

2.

What is the capital of Ecuador?

a)

Quito

b)

La Paz

c)

Sucre

d)

Lima

3.

What are Bolivia's two capitals?

a)

Sucre

b)

La Paz

c)

Lima

d)

Quito

4.

In Bolivia, the supreme court meets in?

a)

La Paz

b)

Sucre

c)

Lima

d)

Peru

5.

In Bolivia, the congress meets in which capital?

a)

La Paz

b)

Sucre

c)

Santiago

d)

Lima

6.

Ecuador's Amazon basin produces this major export?

a)

bronze

b)

silver

c)

gold

d)

oil

7.

How many presidents did Ecuador have between 1996-2007?

a)

9

b)

4

c)

7

d)

11

8.

Which country is the poorest in South America?

a)

Peru

b)

Chile

c)

Bolivia

d)

Ecuador

9.

What are the living conditions of poor people in Lima?

a)

They live in slums and cannot get water or electricity.

b)

They live in apartment buildings without cable TV.

c)

They live in homes without fences to protect them.

d)

They live in town houses without fridges.

10.

What group terrorized people living in the highlands in the 1980's and 1990's?

a)

the Shining Path

b)

the Highlanders

c)

the Young Towns

d)

the Eagles

11.

What are Chile's industries?

a)

farming, fishing, forestry, and copper mining

b)

potatoes and corn

c)

oil and tourism

d)

clothing, tourism, fishing, and silver mining

12.

What is the capital of Peru?

a)

Lima

b)

Santiago

c)

La Paz

d)

Quito

13.

What is the capital of Chile?

a)

Santiago

b)

La Paz

c)

Quito

d)

Sucre

14.

What is a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people called?

a)

coup

b)

tourism

c)

shining paths

d)

young towns

15.

What percentage of Chileans live in central Chile, near the capital, Santiago?

a)

one-third

b)

one-half

c)

one-fifth

d)

one-fourth

16.

What is the country in red?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Brazil

17.

What is the country in red?

a)

Haiti

b)

Suriname

c)

Brazil

d)

Peru

18.

What is the country in red?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Guyana

c)

Argentina

d)

Belize

19.

What is the country in red?

a)

Chile

b)

French Guiana

c)

Brazil

d)

Bolivia

20.

Which one of these continents is South America?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

None of these

21.
What mountain range is highlighted? Some peaks average over 20,000 feet- it is a very unforgiving environment.
a)
Rockies
b)
Andes
c)
Sierra Nevadas
d)
Atacamas