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Latin America Geography

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What Central American country is circled on the map?
a)
Cuba
b)
Haiti
c)
Panama
d)
Bolivia
2.
What physical feature is highlighted on the map?
a)
Sierra Madre Mountains
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Amazon River
d)
Panama Canal
3.
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
4.
What physical feature is located in the country highlighted on the map?
a)
Amazon River
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Caribbean Sea
5.
Most, over 90%, of the population of Latin America belong to which of the following religions?
a)
Catholic
b)
Judaism
c)
Islam
d)
Shintoism
6.
What is the one country in Latin America whose language was influence by Portuguese?
a)
Brazil
b)
Mexico
c)
Haiti
d)
Cuba
7.
_________________ is the most widely spoken language in Latin America.
a)
Spanish
b)
Portuguese
c)
French
d)
English
8.
What country is highlighted on the map?
a)
Venezuela
b)
Colombia
c)
Bolivia
d)
Cuba
9.
Which of the following regions make up Latin America?
a)
Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean
b)
Canada, United States, and Mexico
c)
South America
d)
Portugal and Spain
10.

What is the name of the country for letter 'A'?

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Columbia

d)

Paraguay

11.

What is the name of the country for letter 'B'?

a)

Argentina

b)

Uruguay

c)

Bolivia

d)

Columbia

12.

What is the name of the country for letter 'C'?

a)

Brazil

b)

Bolivia

c)

Colombia

d)

Ecuador

13.

What is the name of the country for letter 'E'?

a)

Colombia

b)

Argentina

c)

Peru

d)

Chile

14.

What percent of Latin Americans live in the cities?

a)

30 %

b)

20%

c)

100%

d)

70%

15.

This Mountain Range located in Latin America is the longest in the world.

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Pacific Ring of Fire

16.

Native American groups were the 1st to settle in Latin America, they were known as the.

a)

Aztecs, Inca, and Maya

b)

Eskimo

c)

Cherokee

d)

Apache

17.

Majority of Latin Americans live in

a)

Urban areas

b)

Rural areas

c)

Farms

d)

Tents

18.

The Aztecs and the Inca were conquered by

a)

America

b)

Asia

c)

Spain

d)

Texas

19.

Above is a picture of what region?

a)

Spain

b)

South America

c)

Central America

d)

Mexico

20.

What body of water is number 5?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Strait of Magellan

c)

Caribbean Sea

d)

Panama Canal

21.

What geographical feature is number 7?

a)

Patagonia

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

The Pompas

d)

Amazon Basin

22.

What geographical feature is number 8?

a)

Patagonia

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

The Pompas

d)

Amazon Basin

23.

What geographical feature is #11?

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Valley of Mexico

c)

Atacama Desert

24.

What geographical feature is number 13?

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Galapagos Islands

c)

Strait of Magellan

d)

Amazon Basin

25.

Which physical feature is located along the coast of Chile and is also known as the driest place on Earth?

a)

Sierra Madre

b)

Amazon River

c)

Amazon Rainforest

d)

Atacama desert

26.

Locate the Amazon River

a)

1

b)

3

c)

2

d)

4

27.

#3 represents which physical feature?

a)

Atacama Desert

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Sierra Madre

d)

Amazon River

28.

What threatens the Amazon Rainforest?

a)

Cars

b)

Logging

c)

Trains

d)

Airplanes

29.

What kind of climate does Brazil have?

a)

Cold and dry

b)

Warm and tropical

c)

Hot and dry

d)

Cold and tropical

30.

Which map displays the Isthmus of Panama?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

Which of the following is the best example of how the character of Latin America was changed by the European Colonization?

a)

People of the region reverted back to traditional economic practices

b)

Religion & Language changed drastically

c)

People of South America became nomadic

d)

Hunting and Gathering became the main source of food

32.

Which Geographic Region is being represented by the #4?

a)

The Caribbean

b)

Central America

c)

Mexico

d)

South America

33.

Which Geographic Region is being represented by the #3?

a)

Central America

b)

South America

c)

The Caribbean

d)

Mexico

34.

Which of the following is the best definition of an Isthmus?

a)

narrow strip of land that has water on 3 sides that is connected to a larger land area

b)

narrow strip of land with water on 2 sides that connects 2 larger bodies of land

c)

a body of land that is completely surrounded by water

d)

a high elevated plains area

35.

What man made waterway connects the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea?

a)

Bering Strait

b)

Nile Seaway

c)

Yucatan Peninsula

d)

Panama Canal

36.

The United States is located _____ of Mexico.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

37.

Most of Northern ___________ is consumed by the Amazon River Basin.

a)

Chile

b)

Brazil

c)

Bolivia

d)

Argentina

38.

What is the largest (most water) river in the World?

a)

Nile River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Uruguay River

d)

Amazon River

39.

Which of the following is the longest Mountain Range in the World?

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Appalachian Mountains

40.

What is the most common type of vegetation in Latin America?

a)

Desert

b)

Humid continental

c)

Desert Scrub

d)

Broad leaf evergreen forest

41.

What is the most common land use of Central America?

a)

Farming

b)

Hunting

c)

Fishing

d)

Manufacturing

42.

Which is the largest city found north of the equator?

a)

Sao Paulo

b)

Buenos Aires

c)

Rio de Janiero

d)

Mexico city

43.

Mexico and Venezuela have the most abundant resource in the northern part of Latin America. What is it?

a)

Gold

b)

Fish

c)

Petroleum (oil)

d)

Silver

44.

What is shown in the picture above?

a)

Argentina

b)

Cape horn

c)

Amazon river

d)

Isthmus of Panama

45.

What mountains are found in Mexico?

a)

Sierra Madre Occidental

b)

Andes

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Appalachian

46.

What do countries that are abundant in resources like gold, silver, and copper have in common?

a)

Plains

b)

Desert scrub

c)

Humid continental climate

d)

Mountains

47.

What country has the most broad leaf evergreen forest in Latin America?

a)

Panama

b)

Mexico

c)

Brazil

d)

Venezuela

48.

What country has a the physical features of a isthmus and a canal?

a)

Panama

b)

Colombia

c)

Paraguay

d)

Uruguay

49.

What country or countries, and territories, are the least populated in Latin America

a)

Suriname

b)

French Guiana

c)

Guyana

d)

All of the above

50.

Which country has a lot of desert vegetation?

a)

Cuba

b)

Dominican republic

c)

Haiti

d)

Peru

51.

What physical feature is on the map?

a)

Atacama desert

b)

Amazon basin

c)

Amazon river

d)

Pampas

52.

What physical feature is shown by the green blob on the map?

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Cape Horn

c)

Pampas

d)

Caribbean sea

53.

What physical feature is marked on the map in yellow?

a)

Isthmus of Panama

b)

Atacama desert

c)

Rio grande

d)

Yucatan Peninsula

54.

What physical feature is shown in the red circle?

a)

Amazon river

b)

Brazilian highlands

c)

Amazon

d)

Rio grande

55.
Rubber and palm oil can be found in the 
a)
Sierra Madre Mountains
b)
Lesser Antilles
c)
Amazon Rainforest
d)
Andes Mountains