WorksheetsLatin America Geography
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins
What is the name of the country for letter 'A'?
Argentina
Brazil
Columbia
Paraguay
What is the name of the country for letter 'B'?
Argentina
Uruguay
Bolivia
Columbia
What is the name of the country for letter 'C'?
Brazil
Bolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
What is the name of the country for letter 'E'?
Colombia
Argentina
Peru
Chile
What percent of Latin Americans live in the cities?
30 %
20%
100%
70%
This Mountain Range located in Latin America is the longest in the world.
Rocky Mountains
Andes Mountains
Pacific Ring of Fire
Native American groups were the 1st to settle in Latin America, they were known as the.
Aztecs, Inca, and Maya
Eskimo
Cherokee
Apache
Majority of Latin Americans live in
Urban areas
Rural areas
Farms
Tents
The Aztecs and the Inca were conquered by
America
Asia
Spain
Texas
Above is a picture of what region?
Spain
South America
Central America
Mexico
What body of water is number 5?
Amazon River
Strait of Magellan
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
What geographical feature is number 7?
Patagonia
Andes Mountains
The Pompas
Amazon Basin
What geographical feature is number 8?
Patagonia
Andes Mountains
The Pompas
Amazon Basin
What geographical feature is #11?
Andes Mountains
Valley of Mexico
Atacama Desert
What geographical feature is number 13?
Panama Canal
Galapagos Islands
Strait of Magellan
Amazon Basin
Which physical feature is located along the coast of Chile and is also known as the driest place on Earth?
Sierra Madre
Amazon River
Amazon Rainforest
Atacama desert
Locate the Amazon River
1
3
2
4
#3 represents which physical feature?
Atacama Desert
Andes Mountains
Sierra Madre
Amazon River
What threatens the Amazon Rainforest?
Cars
Logging
Trains
Airplanes
What kind of climate does Brazil have?
Cold and dry
Warm and tropical
Hot and dry
Cold and tropical
Which map displays the Isthmus of Panama?
Which of the following is the best example of how the character of Latin America was changed by the European Colonization?
People of the region reverted back to traditional economic practices
Religion & Language changed drastically
People of South America became nomadic
Hunting and Gathering became the main source of food
Which Geographic Region is being represented by the #4?
The Caribbean
Central America
Mexico
South America
Which Geographic Region is being represented by the #3?
Central America
South America
The Caribbean
Mexico
Which of the following is the best definition of an Isthmus?
narrow strip of land that has water on 3 sides that is connected to a larger land area
narrow strip of land with water on 2 sides that connects 2 larger bodies of land
a body of land that is completely surrounded by water
a high elevated plains area
What man made waterway connects the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea?
Bering Strait
Nile Seaway
Yucatan Peninsula
Panama Canal
The United States is located _____ of Mexico.
North
South
East
West
Most of Northern ___________ is consumed by the Amazon River Basin.
Chile
Brazil
Bolivia
Argentina
What is the largest (most water) river in the World?
Nile River
Mississippi River
Uruguay River
Amazon River
Which of the following is the longest Mountain Range in the World?
Andes Mountains
Himalayan Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
What is the most common type of vegetation in Latin America?
Desert
Humid continental
Desert Scrub
Broad leaf evergreen forest
What is the most common land use of Central America?
Farming
Hunting
Fishing
Manufacturing
Which is the largest city found north of the equator?
Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janiero
Mexico city
Mexico and Venezuela have the most abundant resource in the northern part of Latin America. What is it?
Gold
Fish
Petroleum (oil)
Silver
What is shown in the picture above?
Argentina
Cape horn
Amazon river
Isthmus of Panama
What mountains are found in Mexico?
Sierra Madre Occidental
Andes
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian
What do countries that are abundant in resources like gold, silver, and copper have in common?
Plains
Desert scrub
Humid continental climate
Mountains
What country has the most broad leaf evergreen forest in Latin America?
Panama
Mexico
Brazil
Venezuela
What country has a the physical features of a isthmus and a canal?
Panama
Colombia
Paraguay
Uruguay
What country or countries, and territories, are the least populated in Latin America
Suriname
French Guiana
Guyana
All of the above
Which country has a lot of desert vegetation?
Cuba
Dominican republic
Haiti
Peru
What physical feature is on the map?
Atacama desert
Amazon basin
Amazon river
Pampas
What physical feature is shown by the green blob on the map?
Andes Mountains
Cape Horn
Pampas
Caribbean sea
What physical feature is marked on the map in yellow?
Isthmus of Panama
Atacama desert
Rio grande
Yucatan Peninsula
What physical feature is shown in the red circle?
Amazon river
Brazilian highlands
Amazon
Rio grande
