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South American Map Practice

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the country in red?

a)

Peru

b)

Brazil

c)

Suriname

d)

Venezuela

2.

What is the country in red?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Brazil

3.

What is the country in red?

a)

Brazil

b)

Spain

c)

Ecuador

d)

Argentina

4.
?
a)
Argentina
b)
Colombia
c)
Paraguay
d)
Guyana
5.
?
a)
Ecuador
b)
Paraguay
c)
Uruguay
d)
Bolivia
6.

What is the country in red?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Brazil

7.

What is the name of the large system of mountain ranges located along the Pacific coast of Central and South America?

a)

Andes

b)

Cordilleras

c)

Amazon

d)

Pampas

8.

What is the largest rainforest in the world?

a)

Mata Atlantica

b)

Helmeted Hornbill

c)

Amazon Rainforest

d)

Bornean Rainforest

9.

What is the country in red?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Paraguay

10.

What is the country in red?

a)

Paraguay

b)

Colombia

c)

French Guiana

d)

Peru

11.

Which country borders Chili, Argentina and Paraguay?

a)

Brazil

b)

Uruguay

c)

Bolivia

d)

Ecuador

12.

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 Mississippi River

d)

The Parana River

13.

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

14.

What Ocean borders South America to the east?

a)

The Pacific Ocean

b)

The Atlantic Ocean

c)

The Arctic Ocean

d)

The Indian Ocean

15.
Name this body of water.
a)
Gulf of California
b)
Gulf of Mexico
c)
Caribbean Sea
d)
Bay of Campeche
16.
The term referring to the native peoples of a given place are called ________.
a)
indigenous
b)
Americans
c)
explorers
d)
mulattoes
17.

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

18.

Capoeira is from where?

a)

Planet Zeon

b)

Brazil

c)

Pandora

d)

Neverland

19.

What is this called?

a)

Rap

b)

Disco

c)

Llama racing

d)

Capoeira

20.

Which two South American countries are landlocked?

a)

Argentina

b)

Bolivia

c)

Ecuador

d)

Paraguay

21.

Which South American country borders Panama?

a)

Colombia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Ecuador

d)

Peru

22.

Which South American country is the biggest by land area?

a)

Argentina

b)

Peru

c)

Brazil

d)

Venezuela

23.

What style of music is this?

a)

Batucada

b)

Country

c)

Jazz

d)

Classical

24.

What is this?

a)

Brazilian Samba Music

b)

A video on how to make traditional Brazillion barbeque

c)

Dinosaurs

d)

Famous Rap Musicians

25.

Name this country

a)

Mexico

b)

Cuba

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

Costa Rica

26.

Name this country

a)

Guatemala

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

Costa Rica

27.

Name this country

a)

Belize

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

Dominican Republic

28.

Name this country

a)

Honduras

b)

Bahamas

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Dominican Republic

29.

Name this country

a)

Panama

b)

Mexico

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Dominican Republic

30.

Which letter is Jamaica ?

a)

letter B

b)

letter D

c)

letter A

d)

letter E

e)

letter C

31.

Which letter is Cuba ?

a)

letter F

b)

letter E

c)

letter B

d)

letter C

e)

letter A

32.

Which letter is Haiti ?

a)

letter F

b)

letter E

c)

letter B

d)

letter C

e)

letter A

33.

Which country is El Salvador?

a)

Purple

b)

Blue

c)

Orange

d)

Green

34.

Challenge? Which country is directly NORTH of Mexico?

a)

United States

b)

Cuba

c)

Greenland

d)

Honduras

35.
Which Central American country borders Mexico?
a)
Honduras
b)
Costa Rica
c)
El Salvador
d)
Guatemala
36.

What is the name of the large system of mountain ranges located along the Pacific coast of Central and South America?

a)

Andes

b)

Cordilleras

c)

Amazon

d)

Pampas

37.

What is the largest rainforest in the world?

a)

Mata Atlantica

b)

Helmeted Hornbill

c)

Amazon Rainforest

d)

Bornean Rainforest

38.

This indigenous empire was built along the West Coast of South America. They were great engineers but had no writing.

a)

Inca

b)

Aztec

c)

Iroquois

d)

Toltec

39.

This Spanish Conquistador destroyed the Inca Empire.

a)

Pizaro

b)

Magellan

c)

Cortez

d)

Garrido

40.

What was the most important food to the Inca?

a)

spaghetti

b)

popcorn

c)

chicken

d)

potato

41.

What color represents where the Inca civilization was?

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

gray

d)

green

42.
What country is highlighted? It is an isthmus, and connects North & South America.
a)
El Salvador
b)
Cuba
c)
Belize
d)
Panama
43.
What Caribbean nation is highlighted? This country experienced a devastating earthquake in 2010.
a)
Dominican Republic
b)
Haiti
c)
Mexico
d)
Cuba
44.
What island chain is circled? This country is a major tourist destination for Americans, and it is vulnerable to hurricanes.
a)
Haiti
b)

c)
Costa Rica
d)
The Bahamas
45.
What country is highlighted on the map?
a)
Jamaica
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
Cuba
d)
Haiti
46.

Which letter is Jamaica ?

a)

letter B

b)

letter D

c)

letter A

d)

letter E

e)

letter C

47.

Identify the highlighted country

a)

Guatemala

b)

Belize

c)

Honduras

d)

El Salvador

48.

Identify the highlighted country

a)

El Salvador

b)

Nicaragua

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Panama

49.

 

Identify the highlighted country

a)

Guatemala

b)

El Salvador

c)

Belize

d)

Honduras

50.

Identify the highlighted country

a)

Guatemala

b)

Honduras

c)

Belize

d)

El Salvador

51.

 

Identify the highlighted country

a)

Honduras

b)

Nicaragua

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Panama

52.

Challenge? Which country is directly NORTH of Mexico?

a)

United States

b)

Cuba

c)

Greenland

d)

Honduras

53.

Which partial-island country is shown in blue?

a)

Jamaica

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Haiti

d)

Dominican Republic

54.

Which partial-island country is shown in pink?

a)

Jamaica

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Haiti

d)

Dominican Republic

55.

Which country primarily speaks Portuguese?

a)

Mexico

b)

Brazil

c)

Argentina

d)

French Guiana

56.

To reach the Pacific Coast from the Atlantic Coast of the United States, travelers could go either on a long overland journey or on an ocean trip around South America. A waterway was created in 1914 to shorten this journey called the -

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Strait of Magellan

c)

The Amazon River and Basin

d)

Caribbean Sea

57.

Based on the map what major body of land was the Aztec empire located on?

a)

North America

b)

Mexico

c)

South America

d)

Pacific Ocean

58.
Who used terrace farming?
a)
Inca
b)
Aztec
c)
Mayan
59.
Human sacrifice and cannibalism were practiced on a daily basis by which pre-Columbian civilization?
a)
Aztecs
b)

Navajo

c)

Chreek

d)

Inuit

60.

The second longest river in the world is the ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Mississippi River
Nile River
Rio Grande
Amazon River