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South America Countries/Geography

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name country number 9 on the map.

a)

Brazil

b)

Chile

c)

Peru

d)

Colombia

2.

Name country number 12 on the map.

a)

Brazil

b)

Argentina

c)

Peru

d)

Columbia

3.

Name country number 1 on the map.

a)

Peru

b)

Venezuela

c)

Columbia

d)

Ecuador

4.

Name country number 2 on the map.

a)

Peru

b)

Columbia

c)

Ecuador

d)

Venezuela

5.

Name country number 6 on the map.

a)

Ecuador

b)

Peru

c)

Bolivia

d)

Chile

6.

Name country number 7 on the map.

a)

Bolivia

b)

Colombia

c)

Peru

d)

Chile

7.

Name country number 8 on the map.

a)

Bolivia

b)

Paraguay

c)

Uruguay

d)

Argentina

8.

Name country number 11 on the map.

a)

Argentina

b)

Bolivia

c)

Paraguay

d)

Chile

9.

What major chain of mountains in South America is the world's longest at over 4,400 miles and has the highest mountains outside of Asia?

a)

The Andes

b)

The Rockies

c)

The Sierra Madres

d)

The Alps

e)

The Himalayas

10.

What is the major tropical rainforest in South America?

a)

The Amazon Rainforest

b)

The Tama Kinabalu Rainforest

c)

The Valdivian Rainforest

d)

The Hana Rainforest

e)

El Yunque Rainforest

11.

What river in South America is the world's 2nd longest and carries 20% of Earth's river water?

a)

The Amazon River

b)

The Orinoco River

c)

El Rio de la Plata

d)

The Parana River

e)

The Paraguay River

12.

What desert in South America is the world's driest hot desert?

a)

The Atacama Desert

b)

The McMurdo Dry Valleys

c)

The Sonoran Desert

d)

The Gobi Desert

e)

The Sahara Desert

13.

What sea borders South America to the north?

a)

The Caribbean Sea

b)

The Mediterranean Sea

c)

The Gulf of Mexico

d)

The Black Sea

e)

The Dead Sea

14.

What Ocean borders South America to the west?

a)

The Pacific Ocean

b)

The Atlantic Ocean

c)

The Arctic Ocean

d)

The Indian Ocean

e)

The Southern Ocean

15.

What Ocean borders South America to the east?

a)

The Pacific Ocean

b)

The Atlantic Ocean

c)

The Arctic Ocean

d)

The Indian Ocean

e)

The Southern Ocean

16.

What cool, dry, temperate plain in Southern Argentina is good for grazing sheep?

a)

Patagonia

b)

Pampas

c)

Altiplano

d)

Llanos

e)

Guyana

17.

What major river flows through Venezuela?

a)

The Orinoco

b)

The Parana

c)

The Amazon

d)

El Rio da la Plata

18.

Which waterfall, the world's tallest from top at bottom at over 3,200 feet, cascades down the side of the Auyán Tepui in Venezuela?

a)

Angel Falls

b)

Victoria Falls

c)

Niagara Falls

d)

Iguazú Falls

19.

Which waterfalls, on the Brazil-Argentina border, are the world's largest and generate a great deal of Hydro-Electric power?

a)

Iguazú Falls

b)

Angel Falls

c)

Niagara Falls

d)

Victoria Falls

20.

What country has the world's largest deposits of copper?

a)

Chile

b)

Argentina

c)

Paraguay

d)

Bolivia

e)

Peru

21.

What country in South America has the world's largest oil reserves?

a)

Venezuela

b)

Colombia

c)

Chile

d)

Argentina

e)

Brazil