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Latin America Geography

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is the Atacama Desert?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

2.

Where is the Amazon River?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

3.

Where is the Caribbean Sea?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

8

d)

10

4.

Where is the Andes Mountains?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

8

d)

10

5.

Where is the Amazon Rainforest?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

6.

Where is the Gulf of Mexico?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

7.

Where is the Sierra Madres Mountains?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

8.

Where is the Panama Canal?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

9.
What physical feature is highlighted on the map?
a)
Sierra Madre Mountains
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Amazon River
d)
Panama Canal
10.
What Central American country is circled on the map?
a)
Cuba
b)
Haiti
c)
Panama
d)
Bolivia
11.
What physical feature is located in the country highlighted on the map?
a)
Sierra Madre Mountains
b)
Andes Mountains
c)
Caribbean Sea
d)
Gulf of Mexico
12.
What physical feature is located in the country highlighted on the map?
a)
Amazon River
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Caribbean Sea
13.
Air pollution is a major environmental concern in which of the following places in Latin America?
a)
Mexico City
b)
Brazil
c)
Venezuela
d)
Bolivia
14.
Coal burning factories and vehicle emissions is the primary cause of _____________________ in Latin America.
a)
air pollution
b)
oil pollution
c)
cutting down trees
d)
people migrating to urban areas
15.
Deforestation, or cutting down trees, is a major environmental issue in which of the following Latin American countries?
a)
Brazil
b)
Mexico
c)
Venezuela
d)
Germany
16.
Which two European nations have had the biggest impact on the language and culture of Latin America?
a)
Portugal and France
b)
Spain and Portugal
c)
France and Spain
d)
England and France
17.
_________________ is the most widely spoken language in Latin America.
a)
Spanish
b)
Portuguese
c)
French
d)
English
18.

What country is this?

a)

Chile

b)

Argentina

c)

Bolovia

d)

Brazil

19.

What country is this?

a)

Mexico

b)

Suriname

c)

Colombia

d)

Uruguay

20.

What country is this?

a)

Uruguay

b)

Brazil

c)

Basil

d)

Mexico

21.
Which country is shaded on the map?
a)
Chile
b)
Colombia
c)
Cuba
d)
Panama
22.

In the photo, number 1 is....

a)

United States

b)

Mexico

c)

Brazil

d)

Chile

23.

Where is Panama located on this map?

a)

8

b)

9

c)

11

d)

2

24.

What is location 2 on the map?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Caribbean Sea

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Pacific Ocean

25.

Which European countries colonized Latin America?

a)

UK and France

b)

Spanish and the UK

c)

Spain and Portugal

d)

Germany and Portugal

26.

The Indigenous people of Latin America are:

a)

Native American

b)

European

c)

African

d)

Chinese

27.

Today the most common religion in Latin America is

a)

Polytheism

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Christianity

28.

Most of Latin America is a mix of

a)

European, Spanish and Portugal

b)

Native American, African, and European

c)

African and Chinese

d)

Native American and Spain

29.

Most people in Mexico, Cuba and Brazil live in what type of areas?

a)

Country - rural

b)

Urban - city

c)

In the rainforests

d)

In the desert

30.

People who are mixed with European and Native American are called ...

a)

Mulattoes

b)

Mixed

c)

Creole

d)

Mestizos

31.

People who are mixed with European and African are called ...

a)

Mulattoes

b)

Mixed

c)

Creole

d)

Mestizos

32.

What are the 3 reasons for European Colonization?

a)

Games, Gems, and Gadgets

b)

Gold, God, Glory

c)

Gas, Gold, Gains

d)

There was no reason

33.

Most Native Americans were wiped out during the Columbian Exchange because of ...

a)

Diseases

b)

The food

c)

War

d)

New animals attacked