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Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

North America is the _________ largest continent in the world.

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

4th

d)

1st

2.

How many countries make up the continent of North America?

a)

3

b)

16

c)

23

d)

37

3.

What is the largest lake in North America?

a)

Lake Michigan

b)

Lake Tahoe

c)

Lake Quebec

d)

Lake Superior

4.

What is the longest river in North America, stretching 3,700 miles!

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Missouri River

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Amazon River

5.

Which North American country is the largest in land size?

a)

USA

b)

Canada

c)

Mexico

d)

Greenland

6.

Which North American Country is the most populated?

a)

USA

b)

Canada

c)

Greenland

d)

Mexico

7.

What are the 3 most common languages spoken in North America?

a)

English, German, Latin

b)

English, Spanish, French

c)

Spanish, French, Italian

d)

English, Italian and German

8.

What is the highest peak in North America?

a)

Pike's Peak in Colorado

b)

Mount Saint Elias

c)

Mount Foraker

d)

Denali in Alaska

9.

What is the lowest point in North America?

a)

Seminole National Park

b)

Death Valley

c)

The Great Basin

d)

The Florida Everglades

10.

What is the most practiced religion in North America?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

d)

Buddhism

11.

which letter is Mexico

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

12.

Which letter is Canada

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

13.

What continent is this?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

14.

What word means: a narrow strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land?

a)

continent

b)

isthmus

c)

settlement

d)

strait

15.

What ocean is between North and South America and Africa?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

16.

What ocean is between Asia and North and South America?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

17.

What word means: the original people of an area?

a)

pilgrims

b)

indigenous people

c)

people

d)

men

18.

There is an __________ that connects North America and South America.

a)

strait

b)

settlement

c)

isthmus

d)

ocean

19.

What is the name of this country?

a)

United States

b)

Mexico

c)

Canada

d)

Cuba

20.

What is the name of this country in North America?

a)

Honduras

b)

Guatemala

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Panama

21.

What is the name of this North American country?

a)

Panama

b)

United States

c)

Cuba

d)

Costa Rica

22.

What is the capital city of the United States?

a)

Washington DC

b)

Mexico City

c)

Los Angeles

d)

New York City

23.

Which river is the Mississippi River

a)

River A

b)

River B

c)

River C

d)

River D

24.

What is the name of the highlighted lake?

a)

Lake Superior

b)

Lake Michigan

c)

Lake Erie

d)

Lake Huron

25.

What is the name of the highlighted part of the map?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Lake Michigan

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Cuba

26.

What ocean is located on the Eastern Coast of North America?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

27.

What is the name of the highlighted section of the map?

a)

Appalachian Mountain Range

b)

Rocky Mountain Range

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Mississippi River

28.

What is the name of the highlighted section on the map?

a)

Mojave Desert

b)

Himalayas

c)

Appalachian Mountain Range

d)

Rocky Mountain Range

29.

The following are Great Lakes

a)

Lake Onterio

b)

Lake Tyler

c)

Lake Superior

d)

Lake Heron

e)

Lake Erie

30.

Which group of people are indigenous to North America?

a)

Americans

b)

Texans

c)

Native Americans

d)

Mexicans

31.

Which North American country is this?

a)

United States

b)

Canada

c)

Alaska

d)

Mexico

32.

Which North American country is this?

a)

Dominican Republic

b)

Haiti

c)

Democratic Republican

d)

Bahamas

33.

Which North American country is this?

a)

Canada

b)

Iceland

c)

Alaska

d)

Greenland

34.

Which North American country is this?

a)

United States

b)

Mexico

c)

Canada

d)

Guatemala

35.

Which North American country is this?

a)

Panama

b)

Colombia

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Nicaragua

36.

Which North American country is this?

a)

Canada

b)

United Arab Emirates

c)

Mexico

d)

United States

37.

The most populated country in South America is ___________

a)

Uruguay

b)

Venezuela

c)

Brazil

d)

Columbia

38.

The largest country in South America in terms of size is _________

a)

Venezuela

b)

Uruguay

c)

French Guiana

d)

Brazil

39.

True or False: The Andes Mountains are the longest continuous mountain range in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

What is name of the Mountain Range that stretches the entire western coast of South America.

a)

The Rocky Mountains

b)

The Andes Mountains

c)

The Amazon Mountains

d)

The Inca Mountains

41.

True or False: The Amazon rainforest is mostly in Chile

a)

True

b)

False

42.

In what ways is the Amazon River considered the largest river in the world?

a)

The Length

b)

The Width

c)

The Depth

d)

The amount of fresh water

43.

The Largest Rainforest in the world is the __________

a)

Congo Rainforest

b)

South America Rainforest

c)

Amazon Rainforest

d)

The Andes Rainforest

44.
How high something is (often measured as a distance above the level of oceans e.g., many places in Michigan are about 700 feet above sea level)
a)
elevation
b)
highland
c)
watershed
d)
plain
45.
area of higher elevation land (e.g., hills, mountains)
a)
elevation
b)
highland
c)
watershed
d)
plain
46.
a large area of flat land
a)
river system
b)
highland
c)
elevation
d)
plain
47.
As the elevation rises, the temperature drops.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
The area of the highest elevation in South America is
a)
the Brazilian Highlands
b)
the Guiana Highlands
c)
the Andes Mountains
d)
the Patagonia Grasslands
49.
Page 1 - The Andes Mountains can be found along the _____coast of South America.
a)
northern
b)
southern
c)
western
d)
eastern
50.
What is the largest country of South America?  
a)
Brazil
b)
Venezuela
c)
Chile
d)
Argentina
51.
Which country is shaped like a whale?
a)
Argentina
b)
Chile
c)
Brazil
d)
Paraguay
52.
Which country is shaped like the saddle of a horse?
a)
Venezuela
b)
Suriname
c)
French Guiana
d)
Peru
53.
What does scarcity mean?
a)
being in short supply of
b)
having an abundance of
c)
needing to export
d)
being afraid
54.

South America is located between which 2 oceans?

a)

Arctic and Atlantic

b)

Indian and Pacific

c)

Arctic and Indian

d)

Atlantic and Pacific

55.

The ________________ in Venezuela are the world's highest waterfalls.

a)

Niagara

b)

Angel Falls

c)

Amazon

56.

The largest rain forest in the world is found in South America. What is its name?

a)

Sierra Desert

b)

Gobi

c)

Amazon Rain Forest

d)

South American Rain Forest

57.

Rio de Janeiro is a famous _________ in South America. Rio is where the @016 Summer Olympics were held.

a)

City

b)

Country

c)

Continent

d)

Nation

58.

The two main languages spoke in South America are ___ and ____.

a)

English and Spanish

b)

Spanish and French

c)

Spanish and Portuguese

d)

Portuguese and English

59.
?
a)
Colombia
b)
Venezuela
c)
Brazil
d)
Chile
60.
?
a)
Argentina
b)
Colombia
c)
Paraguay
d)
Guyana
61.
?
a)
Bolivia
b)
Chile
c)
Peru
d)
Brazil
62.
?
a)
Argentina
b)
Peru
c)
Chile
d)
Brazil
63.
?
a)
Chile
b)
Bolivia
c)
Argentina
d)
Colombia
64.
?
a)
Parguay
b)
Uruguay
c)
Ecuador
d)
Bolivia
65.
?
a)
Brazil
b)
Argentina
c)
Bolivia
d)
Chile
66.
?
a)
Guyana
b)
Suriname
c)
French Guiana
d)
Chile
67.
Which country has coastline on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? 
a)
Venezuela
b)
Colombia
c)
Brazil
d)
Peru
68.

What country is the Amazon Rainforest primarily found in South America?

a)

Brazil

b)

Venezuela

c)

Chile

d)

Argentina

69.
The action of clearing a wide area of trees is called?
a)
deforestation
b)
extract
c)
erradicate
d)
elite
70.

Name an animal that has become extinct in the rainforests of South America.

a)

Zebra

b)

Short-Tail Bat

c)

Brass Monkey

d)

Flying Squirrel

71.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Paraguay

b)

Venezuela

c)

Ecuador

d)

Uruguay

72.

Second-longest river in the world; located in the Amazon Rainforest:

a)

Amazon Rainforest

b)

Amazon River

c)

Nile River

d)

Brazilian River

73.
Which CONTINENT is home to the majority of the world's rainforests?
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
74.
Is this an Amazon Rain forest animal
a)
True
b)
False
75.

Which (native) group has been in the Amazon Rainforest the longest?

a)

Settlers

b)

Loggers

c)

Indigenous

d)

Politicians

76.
What is shown in the following picture?
a)
conservation
b)
desertification
c)
deforestation
d)
erosion
77.

What desert in South America is the world's driest hot desert?

a)

The Atacama Desert

b)

The McMurdo Dry Valleys

c)

The Sonoran Desert

d)

The Gobi Desert

e)

The Sahara Desert

78.

I want to see the Machu Picchu. Where should I go?

a)

Chile

b)

Peru

c)

Venezuela

79.

This is the southernmost country in South America. Do you know where it is?

a)

Argentina

b)

Bolivia

c)

Chile

80.

What four countries make up Atlantic South America?

a)

Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina

b)

Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador

c)

Brazil, Paraguay, Colombia, Mexico

d)

Brazil, Paraguay, Columbus, Argentina

81.

Which is the smallest country in Southern America

a)

Surname

b)

Suriname

c)

Cuba

d)

Venezuela

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