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America

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What continent is this?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

2.

What word means: a narrow strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land?

a)

continent

b)

isthmus

c)

settlement

d)

strait

3.

What ocean is between North and South America and Africa?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

4.

What ocean is between Asia and North and South America?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

5.

Which ocean is north of Europe and Asia?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

6.

What word means: a narrow area of water joining two larger areas of water?

a)

strait

b)

stream

c)

ocean

d)

river

7.

There is an __________ that connects North America and South America.

a)

strait

b)

settlement

c)

isthmus

d)

ocean

8.

Between North America and Asia there is a body of water called the Bering _________.

a)

isthmus

b)

strait

c)

ocean

d)

river

9.

Q:Based on the map most cities in Canada are located near-

a)

Mountains

b)

bears

c)

the United States

d)

Water

10.

What is the name of this North American country?

a)

Panama

b)

United States

c)

Cuba

d)

Costa Rica

11.

What is the name of the highlighted section of the map?

a)

Appalachian Mountain Range

b)

Rocky Mountain Range

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Mississippi River

12.

What is the name of the highlighted part of the map?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Lake Michigan

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Cuba

13.

What ocean is located on the Eastern Coast of North America?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

14.

Which ocean is located on the western coast of the United States?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

15.

What is the name of the highlighted section on the map?

a)

Mojave Desert

b)

Himalayas

c)

Appalachian Mountain Range

d)

Rocky Mountain Range

16.
How high something is (often measured as a distance above the level of oceans e.g., many places in Michigan are about 700 feet above sea level)
a)
elevation
b)
highland
c)
watershed
d)
plain
17.
area of higher elevation land (e.g., hills, mountains)
a)
elevation
b)
highland
c)
watershed
d)
plain
18.
a large area of flat land
a)
river system
b)
highland
c)
elevation
d)
plain
19.

The most populated country in South America is ___________

a)

Uruguay

b)

Venezuela

c)

Brazil

d)

Columbia

20.

The largest country in South America in terms of size is _________

a)

Venezuela

b)

Uruguay

c)

French Guiana

d)

Brazil

21.

What is name of the Mountain Range that stretches the entire western coast of South America.

a)

The Rocky Mountains

b)

The Andes Mountains

c)

The Amazon Mountains

d)

The Inca Mountains

22.

True or False: The Andes Mountains are the longest continuous mountain range in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

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

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

24.

True or False: The Amazon rainforest is mostly in Chile

a)

True

b)

False

25.

In what ways is the Amazon River considered the largest river in the world?

a)

The Length

b)

The Width

c)

The Depth

d)

The amount of fresh water

26.

What are major cash crops of South America?

a)

Coffee

b)

Bananas

c)

Cotton

d)

Sugarcane

27.

The Largest Rainforest in the world is the __________

a)

Congo Rainforest

b)

South America Rainforest

c)

Amazon Rainforest

d)

The Andes Rainforest

28.

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

a)

Coin

b)

Penny

c)

None

d)

Both

29.
Your a bus driver and you pick up and drop kids off after school you drop off Sally, Ted, Alan, and Nate what is the bus drivers name 
a)
Ted
b)
STAN
c)
your name
d)
Alan
30.
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you´ll die. What is it?
a)
Nothing
b)
friends
c)
a life 
d)
money
31.
How many letters are in the alphabet 
a)
11
b)
22
c)
67
d)
3
32.

Where do you find an ocean with no water ?

a)

Mop

b)

Basen

c)

Map

d)

Basin