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A South America Map Challenge

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Find the mileage: Montevideo (capital of Uruguay, on the southeast coast) to Porto Alegre (northeast of Montevideo).

a)

400 miles

b)

425 miles

c)

460 miles

d)

490 miles

2.

Find the mileage: Belem (along the northeast coast of Brazil) to Teresina (southeast of Belem).

a)

390 miles

b)

420 miles

c)

460 miles

d)

500 miles

3.

Find the mileage: Salvador (east coast of Brazil) to Recife (northeast of Salvador).

a)

200 miles

b)

300 miles

c)

400 miles

d)

500 miles

4.

Find the mileage: Santiago (capital of Chile, on the southwest coast) to Cordoba (northeast of Santiago).

a)

400 miles

b)

450 miles

c)

500 miles

d)

550 miles

5.

Find the city, given the coordinates: 9 degrees South, 64 degrees West.

a)

Macejo

b)

Recife

c)

Porto Velho

d)

Feira de Santana

6.

Find the city, given the coordinates: 41.5 degrees South, 63 degrees West.

a)

Comodoro Rivadavia

b)

Bahia Blanca

c)

Viedma

d)

Mar del Plata

7.

Find the city, given the coordinates: 23.5 degrees South, 58 degrees West.

a)

Concepcion

b)

Copiapo

c)

Tocopilla

d)

Iquique

8.

Find the city, given the coordinates: 6 degrees North, 54.5 degrees West.

a)

Paramaribo

b)

Georgetown

c)

Cayenne

d)

Manaus

9.

What is the most common amount of rainfall along the Equator?

a)

10-20 inches

b)

20-40 inches

c)

40 to 80 inches

d)

Over 80 inches

10.

What is the most common amount of rainfall south of the Tropic of Capricorn and east of 60 degrees west?

a)

10-20 inches

b)

20-40 inches

c)

40-80 inches

d)

Over 80 inches

11.

What is the average population density south of 40 degrees south?

a)

Under 5

b)

5-50

c)

50-100

d)

100-250

12.

Which growing season is most common throughout all of South America?

a)

3-6

b)

6-8

c)

8-12

d)

No frost

13.

What is the capital of Brazil?

a)

Rio de Janeiro

b)

Sao Paulo

c)

Brasilia

d)

Manaus

14.

What is the elevation of the city of Belem, on the northeast coast of Brazil?

a)

0-500 feet

b)

500-1,000 feet

c)

1,000-2,000 feet

d)

2,000-5,000 feet

15.

Order these coastal cities of Brazil from farthest north to farthest south.

a)

Belem

b)

Fortaleza

c)

Salvador

d)

Rio de Janeiro

e)

Porto Alegre

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
16.

If starting in Brasilia (the capital of Brazil) and traveling to Goiania, which direction would you travel?

a)

southeast

b)

southwest

c)

northeast

d)

northwest

17.

Which of these cities is closest to 10 degrees south?

a)

Aracaju

b)

Maceio

c)

Recife

d)

Salvador

18.

Which country does not border Brazil?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Bolivia

c)

Paraguay

d)

Venezuela

19.

Using the rainfall map, order these colors from most rainfall to least rainfall.

a)

dark blue

b)

light blue

c)

orange

d)

yellow

1)
2)
3)
4)
20.

How many people live in the city at 3 degrees south latitude, 60 degrees west?

a)

Under 100,000

b)

50,000-250,000

c)

250,000-1 million

d)

Over 1 million