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RAS 9th Grade South American Geography II

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Most South American countries got their independence between:

a)

1800 and 1821.

b)

1776 and 1851.

c)

1790 and 1801.

d)

1820 and 1841.

2.

What would the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) do?

a)

Increase trade restrictions in the Americas

b)

Decrease trade restrictions in the Americas

c)

Unify South America against the United States

d)

Increase North American inflation exponentially

3.

Where have most of the people in South America settled?

a)

Along the Amazon River

b)

In the north

c)

Along the coasts

d)

In the interior

4.

Which South American country is an Upper-Middle Class country?

a)

Costa Rica

b)

Bolivia

c)

Chile

d)

Argentina

5.

The most heavily industrialized country in Central America?

a)

Argentina

b)

Costa Rica

c)

Bolivia

d)

Chile

6.

The poorest country on the continent of South America?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Argentina

c)

Chile

d)

Costa Rica

7.

West side of Andes, has avoided inflation, and exports copper?

a)

Argentina

b)

Costa Rica

c)

Bolivia

d)

Chile

8.

Economy dominated by petroleum, has the largest oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere

a)

Panama

b)

Uruguay

c)

Venezuela

d)

Brazil

9.

About 90 percent of the population is of white European ancestry

a)

Panama

b)

Uruguay

c)

Venezuela

d)

Brazil

10.

Plays a crucial role in world trade and has become a regional financial center

a)

Panama

b)

Uruguay

c)

Venezuela

d)

Brazil

11.

Largest, most-populated country in South America; natives speak Portuguese

a)

Panama

b)

Uruguay

c)

Venezuela

d)

Brazil

12.

Mostly exports bananas and oil; population is mostly mestizo

a)

French Guiana

b)

Suriname

c)

Ecuador

d)

El Salvador

13.

The highest population density in the region of South America

a)

Ecuador

b)

El Salvador

c)

Suriname

d)

French Guiana

14.

Longest mountain range in South America

a)

Machu Picchu

b)

Pampas

c)

Andes

d)

Panama

15.

Before the Panama Canal, the easiest route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

a)

Easter Island

b)

Galápagos Islands

c)

Strait of Magellan

d)

Brazilian coast

16.

Where Charles Darwin started thinking about evolution

a)

Galápagos Islands

b)

Easter Island

c)

Strait of Magellan

d)

Brazilian coast

17.

Has large statues thought to be between 500 and 1,000 years old

a)

Galápagos Islands

b)

Easter Island

c)

Strait of Magellan

d)

Brazilian coast