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World Language Fair Spanish Geography

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of landform is Central America
a)
peninsula
b)
isthmus
c)
archipelago
d)
tectonic plate
2.
Which Central American country borders Mexico?
a)
Honduras
b)
Costa Rica
c)
El Salvador
d)
Guatemala
3.
Which Central American country is connected to South America?
a)
Nicaragua
b)
Panama
c)
Guatemala
d)
Belize
4.
The eastern coast of Central America is on the...
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Gulf of Mexico
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
5.
There are lots of rivers in Central America- true or false?
a)
True
b)
False
6.
There are mountains and volcanoes in Central America- true or false?
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The Caribbean is located to the _________ of Central America.
a)
north
b)
south
c)
east
d)
west
8.
The island of Hispaniola is shared by Haiti and ______________________.
a)
Cuba
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
Jamaica
d)
Dominican Republic
9.
All islands in the Caribbean Sea make up an _______________.
a)
peninsula
b)
isthmus
c)
archipelago
d)
tectonic plate
10.
The Bahamas are located to the south of Florida- true or false?
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The Lesser Antilles are the group of Caribbean islands closest to the United States- true or false?
a)
True
b)
False
12.
How many islands make up the Bahamas?
a)
7
b)
70
c)
700
d)
7000
13.
Which country in the Greater Antilles is a territory of the United States?
a)
Cuba
b)
Jamaica
c)
Haiti
d)
Puerto Rico
14.
There are no earthquakes in the Caribbean- true or false?
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Which Caribbean island is closest to Mexico?
a)
Cuba
b)
Jamaica
c)
Dominican Republic
d)
Haiti
16.
Which body of water is to the east of the Caribbean Islands
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Caribbean Sea
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Pacific Ocean
17.
Where are the Caribbean volcanoes located?
a)
Greater Antilles
b)
Lesser Antilles
18.

What major chain of mountains in South America is the world's longest at over 4,400 miles and has the highest mountains outside of Asia?

a)

The Andes

b)

The Rockies

c)

The Sierra Madres

d)

The Alps

e)

The Himalayas

19.

What is the major tropical rainforest in South America?

a)

The Amazon Rainforest

b)

The Tama Kinabalu Rainforest

c)

The Valdivian Rainforest

d)

The Hana Rainforest

e)

El Yunque Rainforest

20.

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 Rio de la Plata

d)

The Parana River

e)

The Paraguay River

21.

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

22.

What sea borders South America to the north?

a)

The Caribbean Sea

b)

The Mediterranean Sea

c)

The Gulf of Mexico

d)

The Black Sea

e)

The Dead Sea

23.

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

24.

What Ocean borders South America to the east?

a)

The Pacific Ocean

b)

The Atlantic Ocean

c)

The Arctic Ocean

d)

The Indian Ocean

e)

The Southern Ocean

25.

What cool, dry, temperate plain in Southern Argentina is good for grazing sheep?

a)

Patagonia

b)

Pampas

c)

Altiplano

d)

Llanos

e)

Guyana

26.

What warm, rainy, subtropical temperate plain in eastern Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil is good for ranching cattle and farming crops?

a)

Patagonia

b)

Pampas

c)

Altiplano

d)

Llanos

e)

Guyana

27.

What high altitude plain is suitable for grazing llamas, alpacas, and vicunas?

a)

Patagonia

b)

Pampas

c)

Altiplano

d)

Llanos

e)

Guyana

28.

What major river flows through Venezuela?

a)

The Orinoco

b)

The Parana

c)

The Amazon

d)

El Rio da la Plata

29.

What traditional ranchers, similar to American Cowboys, of the Pampas are national symbols of bravery and independence in Argentina and Uruguay?

a)

Gauchos

b)

Farmers

c)

Ranchers

d)

Cowboys

30.

What major peak of the Andes, at 22,837 feet above sea level, is the highest peak in South America, the Andes, the Western Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere, and anywhere outside of Asia?

a)

Aconcagua

b)

Denali

c)

Sagarmatha

d)

Pikes Peak

31.

What is the name for a table-top mountain or mesa found in the Guiana Highlands of South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana? This word means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana.

a)

Tepui

b)

Mesa

c)

Plateau

d)

Orinoco

32.

Which waterfall, the world's tallest from top at bottom at over 3,200 feet, cascades down the side of the Auyán Tepui in Venezuela?

a)

Angel Falls

b)

Victoria Falls

c)

Niagara Falls

d)

Iguazú Falls

33.

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

34.

What country has the world's largest deposits of copper?

a)

Chile

b)

Argentina

c)

Paraguay

d)

Bolivia

e)

Peru

35.

What country in South America has the world's largest oil reserves?

a)

Venezuela

b)

Colombia

c)

Chile

d)

Argentina

e)

Brazil

36.

Rivers in the north of Spain are longer that the ones in the rest.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Which are the rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Tajo

b)

Ebro

c)

Júcar

d)

Miño

e)

Guadalquivir.

38.

The longest river in the Iberian peninsula is _____________

a)

Guadiana

b)

Tajo

c)

Ebro

d)

Duero

39.

Click on the rivers that belong to the Cantabrian watershed.

a)

Nalón

b)

Turia

c)

Nervión

d)

Miño

e)

Bidasoa

40.

Click on the rivers that flow into the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

Tajo

b)

Ebro

c)

Turia

d)

Guadiana

41.

Tick the odd one out.

a)

Nalón

b)

MIño

c)

Guadalquivir

42.

Cape is a península that protudes

a)

into the land

b)

into a river

c)

into the body of water

43.

The main capes on the Atlantic coast are:

a)

cabo Fisterra

b)

cabo de a Nao

c)

cabo de Gata

d)

cabo de Trafalgar

44.

A gulf is a sea cutting into the land

a)

Right

b)

Wrong

45.

A bay is a small _______

a)

ria

b)

cape

c)

gulf

d)

archipielago

46.

An archipielago is ________

a)

a group of cliffs

b)

a group of capes

c)

one island

d)

a group of islands

47.

Spain is one of the most mountainous countries in Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

The Meseta Central is surrounded by:

a)

Montes de León

b)

Montes de Toledo

c)

Sistema Ibérico

d)

Sierra Morena

e)

The Pyrenees.

49.

The _________ form a natural barrier between France and Spain.

a)

Sistemas Béticos

b)

Pyrenees

c)

Macizo Galaico

50.

The highest peak in the iberian Peninsula is ___________

a)

Teide

b)

Mulhacén

c)

Peñalara

d)

Pico Aneto

51.

The highest peak in Spain is _________

a)

Mulhacén

b)

Teide

c)

Aneto

d)

Veleta

52.

What is the capital of Honduras?

a)

Roatan

b)

Tegucigalpa

c)

Honduras City

d)

Managua

53.

What is the capital of Costa Rica?

a)

Costa Rica City

b)

San Juan

c)

San José

d)

Tegucigalpa

54.

What borders Central America to its South?

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

California

c)

Mexico

d)

South America

55.

What is the capital of El Salvador?

a)

El Salvador City

b)

Tegucigalpa

c)

Quito

d)

San Salvador

56.
a)
Bolivia
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
La República Dominicana
d)
Cuba
57.
a)
Venezuela
b)
Mexico
c)
Guatemala
d)
Honduras
58.
a)
Nicaragua
b)
Mexico
c)
Guatemala
d)
Honduras
59.
a)
Nicaragua
b)
Costa Rica
c)
Guatemala
d)
Honduras
60.
a)
Nicaragua
b)
Costa Rica
c)
Guatemala
d)
Honduras
61.
a)
Nicaragua
b)
Panamá
c)
Guatemala
d)
Honduras
62.
a)
El Salvador
b)
Nicaragua
c)
Honduras
d)
Guatemala
63.
a)
El Salvador
b)
Nicaragua
c)
Honduras
d)
Guatemala
64.

Capital of Brazil

a)

Brasilia

b)

Quito

c)

Bogota

d)

Lima

65.

Capital of Ecuador

a)

Lima

b)

Buenos Aires

c)

Quito

d)

Caracas

66.

Capital of Colombia

a)

Bogota

b)

Quito

c)

Montevideo

d)

Lima

67.

Capital of Bolivia

a)

Georgetown

b)

Cayenne

c)

Caracas

d)

La Paz

68.

Capital of Chile

a)

La Paz

b)

Buenos Aires

c)

Santiago

d)

Georgetown

69.

Capital of Argentina

a)

Buenos Aires

b)

Asuncion

c)

Caracas

d)

Quito

70.

Capital of Venezuela

a)

Caracas

b)

Buenos Aires

c)

Cayenne

d)

Lima

71.
a)
Argentina
b)
Equatorial Guinea
c)
Chile
d)
Costa Rica
72.
a)
Uruguay
b)
Paraguay
c)
Ecuador
d)
Peru
73.
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
Chile
d)
Equatorial Guinea
74.
a)
Argentina
b)
Chile
c)
Colombia
d)
Paraguay