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South America Test (Part 2)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following most closely resembles a representative democracy?

a)

The people elect leaders that work for the government.

b)

Power is passed down from leader to leader by birth rite.

c)

There is a figure head King who rules the country beside elected leaders.

d)

There is one leader who has absolute authority

2.
The higher the elevation, the warmer it is.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
In general, the further you go from the equator the colder it gets.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What is ecotourism?
a)
Touring a region for its natural sights and resources
b)
Touring a region for its historical landmarks
c)
Touring a region and spending a lot of money
d)
Bolstering an economy through tourism
5.
How have the people living on the Amazon River adapted to the physical environment in the region in which they live? 
a)
Their homes are on stilts.
b)
Their homes float on the water.
c)
Their homes are built on mountainsides.
d)
They swing through trees to get from place to place.
6.
What is the largest country of South America?  
a)
Brazil
b)
Venezuela
c)
Chile
d)
Argentina
7.
Define: industrialized
a)
a region that has built up a system of industries
b)
a region that is primarily rural
c)
a region that speaks one language
d)
a region that has only one industry
8.
What does scarcity mean?
a)
being in short supply of
b)
having an abundance of
c)
needing to export
d)
being afraid
9.
The action of clearing a wide area of trees is called?
a)
deforestation
b)
extract
c)
erradicate
d)
elite
10.
The Incas used what is known as ______ farming in order to grow crops on the mountainsides.
a)
Alpine
b)
Creative
c)
Terrace
d)
Sharecrop
11.

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

12.

This is the Longest river in South America.

a)

Nile River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Amazon River

13.
a forest with warm temperatures, high humidity, and thick vegetation that receives more than 100 inches of rain per year
a)
Pampas
b)
Desert
c)
Ocean
d)
Rainforest
14.
cannot reproduce quickly enough to keep up with its use
a)
Renewable resources
b)
Reproduceable resources
c)
Nonrenewable resources
d)
Slash and burn
15.
a raw material or energy source that replaces itself over time
a)
Nonrenewable resources
b)
Renewable resources
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Bologna sandwiches
16.
Which Mountain Range runs through Peru and Chile?
a)
Katahdin
b)
Andes
c)
St. Helen
d)
Vesuvius
17.

What Hemisphere/s does the continent of South America reside in?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

18.

True or False: The Amazon rainforest is mostly in Chile

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The ______ are the mountains along the western side of South America.

a)

Sierra Nevada

b)

Andes

c)

Appalachian

d)

Pyrenees

20.

global warming

a)

an increase in one's body temperature

b)

an increase in the temperature of the sun

c)

the heating of a globe

d)

an increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere

21.

These are both grassland regions in South America

a)

Llanos and Pampas

b)

Pampas and Patagonia

c)

Patagonia and Llanos

d)

Amazon and Llanos

22.

This warm ocean current causes changes in weather patterns throughout North and South America...

a)

El Nino

b)

El Chapo

c)

llanero

d)

gaucho

23.

This is one of the driest places on earth, receiving rain only about 5 times per century...

a)

Atacama Desert

b)

Patagonia

c)

Pampas

d)

Llanos

24.

These people are both examples of cowboys who work on either the Llanos or the Pampas...

a)

llaneros and gauchos

b)

gauchos and rangers

c)

rangers llaneros

d)

estuaries and guerillas

25.

Which of these words describes the picture.

a)

Brazilian Plateau

b)

Tiaga

c)

Cordillera

d)

Llama Lands

26.

Dry climate with very little precipitation during the year.

a)

Arid

b)

Maritime

c)

Tropical Wet

d)

Tropical Wet and Dry

27.

Climate found near coastlines with mild temperatures year round.

a)

Maritime

b)

Arid

c)

Tropical Wet and Dry

d)

Tropical Wet

28.

Climate near the equator that is hot all year with two distinct seasons with one getting much more precipitation than the other.

a)

Tropical Wet & Dry

b)

Tropical Wet

c)

Maritime

d)

Arid

29.

What is illustrated in the picture?

a)

Terrace Farming

b)

Tropical Wet & Dry Climate

c)

Codilleras

d)

Machu Pichu

30.

Cowboy found in the Pampas

a)

Gaucho

b)

Cordillera

c)

Hombres

d)

Ninos de la Pampas

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