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The Americas Test

Total questions: 92

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which number on the map is the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

2.

What is marked in Red?

a)

Interior Plains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Great Lakes

3.

What is the RED circle around?

a)

Great Lakes

b)

Canada US border

c)

River systems

4.

How did people first arrive in North America?

a)

walked from Asia

b)

on a boat

c)

on airplanes from overseas

5.

A ________ is a set of principles that a country's government follows.

a)

Piece of paper

b)

Constitution

c)

Regal Note

d)

Magna Carta

6.

The longest river in the United States is the...?

a)

Rio Grande River

b)

James River

c)

Mississippi River

7.

What river flows between United States and Mexico?

a)

The James River

b)

The Mississippi River

c)

The Rio Grande River

8.

Which number on the map is the Canadian Shield?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

7

9.

Which number on the map is the Great Plains?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

10.

Which number on the map is the Hudson Bay?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

11.

Which number on the map is the Mississippi River?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

12.

Which number on the map is the Missouri River?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

13.

Which number on the map is the Sierra Nevada Mountains?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

14.

Which number on the map is the St. Lawrence River?

a)

9

b)

10

c)

11

d)

12

15.

75% of people living in North America are followers of what religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Jewish

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

16.

Some of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea are known as the Greater Antilles. Which island country is not considered part of the Greater Antilles?

a)

Cuba

b)

Haiti

c)

Jamaica

d)

Trinidad and Tobago

17.

Which man-made waterway allows ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at the southern end of the North American continent?

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Danube-Black Sea Canal

18.

This is the flag of?

a)

Dominican Republic

b)

Haiti

c)

Jamaica

d)

Cuba

19.

Many islands in the Caribbean Sea are territories that are governed by other countries. Which of these is a territory of the United States?

a)

Aruba

b)

Bermuda

c)

Cayman Islands

d)

Puerto Rico

20.

This major line of latitude passes through Mexico and the Bahamas on the North American continent.

a)

Equator

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Prime Meridian

21.

Greenland, considered the world's largest island and a part of the North American continent, is a sovereign state of which country?

a)

Canada

b)

Great Britain

c)

the United States

d)

Denmark

22.

This is the flag of?

a)

Dominican Republic

b)

Haiti

c)

Jamaica

d)

Cuba

23.

The island of Hispaniola is part of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Which countries are located on Hispaniola?

a)

Haiti & the Dominican Republic

b)

Haiti and Jamaica

c)

Cuba and the Dominican Republic

d)

Cuba and Jamaica

24.

This physical feature of Canada (and the US) form a valuable shipping and trading network and is located on the US-Canada border. What is it?

a)

The Rocky Mountains

b)

The Great Lakes

c)

The Hudson Bay

d)

The Canadian Shield

25.
A tributary is
a)
A small river leading to a bigger river
b)
A big river entering the sea
c)
A flat mountain
d)
A type of reef
26.
Fuels such as ________________ are created naturally over the course of hundreds of millions of years from the remains of dead marine organisms.
a)
coal
b)
nuclear material
c)
oil and natural gas
d)
wood
27.

True or False?

 There are 9 Spanish speaking countries in South America.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

There are many religions and beliefs in South America, which is the most common?

a)

Islam

b)

Judaism

c)

Roman Catholicism

d)

Hinduism

29.

Use the image to answer the following question:

Which definition best describes a 'Mestizo'

a)

a baby born without a family

b)

a person original to the land

c)

a person of indigenous and European heritage

d)

an immigrant

30.

True or False?

Peru is a landlocked country.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

What country is #1?

a)

Colombia

b)

Ecuador

c)

Peru

d)

Venezuela

32.

What is country #2?

a)

Colombia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Peru

d)

Ecuador

33.

What country is #3?

a)

Guyana

b)

Suriname

c)

French Guiana

d)

Peru

34.

What is country #4?

a)

Guyana

b)

Suriname

c)

French Guiana

d)

Colombia

35.

What is country #5?

a)

Guyana

b)

Suriname

c)

French Guiana

d)

Brazil

36.

What is country #6?

a)

Chile

b)

Ecuador

c)

Brazil

d)

Argentina

37.

What country is #7?

a)

Brazil

b)

Chile

c)

Peru

d)

Uruguay

38.

What country is #8?

a)

Argentina

b)

Chile

c)

Brazil

d)

Peru

39.

What country is #9?

a)

Uruguay

b)

Peru

c)

Chile

d)

Argentina

40.

What country is #10?

a)

Paraguay

b)

Uruguay

c)

Bolivia

d)

Venezuala

41.

What country is #11?

a)

Chile

b)

Paraguay

c)

Uruguay

d)

Bolivia

42.

What country is #12?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Peru

c)

Colombia

d)

Argentina

43.

What country is #13?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Colombia

c)

Venezuela

d)

Peru

44.

The large mountain range that runs through South America is called the...

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Andes Mountains

d)

Alps

45.

This South American River Basin is the second largest in the world.

a)

Amazon

b)

Nile

c)

Congo

d)

Grand

46.

This South American landscape is called the Llanos.

a)

mountains

b)

marshlands

c)

desert

d)

grasslands

47.

Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world. What country is it in?

a)

Brazil

b)

Venezuela

c)

Bolivia

d)

Colombia

48.

Which ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Taino

49.
What small country is this just south of Mexico
a)
Honduras
b)
Belize
c)
Cuba
d)
Panama
50.
What country is this?
a)
Arhentina
b)
Argentina
c)
Chile
d)
Belize
51.
What country is this?
a)
USA
b)
Mexico
c)
Canada
d)
Mexica
52.
What country is this?
a)
Belize
b)
Brazil
c)
Bulgaria
d)
Argentina
53.
What Island Country is this?
a)
Mexico
b)
Florida
c)
Cuba
d)
Bermuda
54.
What country is this?
a)
Venezuela 
b)
Brazil
c)
Ecuador
d)
Colombia
55.
What continent is Mexico a part of?
a)
Australia
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
North America
56.
What country is this?
a)
Pandora
b)
Pana
c)
Panama
d)
Peru
57.

What is the name of highest peak in South America?

a)

Guyana

b)

Cordillera de los Andes

c)

Aconcagua

d)

Chimborazo

58.

Which body of water is located west of Mexico?

a)

the Pacific Ocean

b)

the Gulf of Mexico

c)

the Atlantic Ocean

d)

the Caribbean Sea

59.

How did terrace farming allow Mesoamerican people to grow crops effectively?

a)

It allowed them to increase the amount of land they could farm.

b)

It provided a way to farm even in lowland areas with soil of poor quality.

60.

Which physical features most promoted trade between Mesoamerican peoples?

a)

mountains

b)

rivers

61.

How did the physical environment affect the development of cities in Mesoamerica?

4 lines
62.

Based on the map, why were the Maya most likely drawn to Tulum?

4 lines
63.

How did the physical environment influence the Olmec?

4 lines
64.

Why were early Mesoamerican societies able to develop specialized jobs?

4 lines
65.

Which statement describes the location of the Atacama Desert?

a)

It is north of the Andes Mountains.

b)

It is west of the Brazilian Highlands.

66.

A _____________ is a set of beliefs and way of life that is special to a certain group of people.

a)

hunter-gatherers

b)

agriculture

c)

culture

d)

civilization

67.

The Inuit built mound houses. True or False?

a)

False

b)

True

68.

Select the imagine of an ancient Puebloan cliff dwelling.

a)
b)
c)
69.

The aztec empire was located in...

a)

Chile

b)

Mexico

c)

Peru

70.

The Olmec and Mayans were located in the area known as _____ today.

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

the Southwestern United States

c)

Peru

d)

North America

71.

Which two ancient civilizations lived in what is now the southwestern United States?

a)

Hopewell & Adena

b)

Olmec & Mayans

c)

Hohokam & Anasazi

d)

Moche & Hohokam

72.

Which Ancient American civilization lived in the cliff dwellings?

a)

Anasazi

b)

Moche

c)

Mayans

d)

Hohokam

73.

Which civilization practiced human sacrifice as part of their religion in special occasions?

a)

Olmec

b)

Mayans

c)

Moche

d)

all of the above

74.

Which item was very valuable in the trade economy between the Anasazi and the Mayans?

a)

silk

b)

turquoise

c)

diamonds

d)

deer

75.

What crop did many Ancient American civilizations grow and rely on?

a)

wheat

b)

rice

c)

maize

d)

cotton

76.

Where was the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan located?

a)

On what today is Mexico City

b)

Halfway between the Mayan and Incan capitals

c)

In northern Brazil, on the banks of the Amazon River

d)

On the eastern coast of Mexico

77.

The Mayan are remembered today for:

a)

Sailing the Atlantic Ocean

b)

Their farming techniques

c)

Their skill in mathematics and astronomy

d)

Dominating the lands from present day Ecuador to Chile

78.

Aztec farmers grew maize and beans on:

a)

Quipu

b)

Terraced fields

c)

Coastal deserts

d)

Chinampas

79.

This European explorer conquered the Aztec Empire with a small army of Conquistadors?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Hernan Cortez

d)

Francisco Pizarro

80.

This European explorer conquered the Inca:

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Hernan Cortez

d)

Francisco Pizarro

81.

The Inca farmers used what type of farming technique?

a)

Terraced fields

b)

Chinampas

c)

Quipu

d)

Coastal deserts

82.

What is the 'mother' civilization that influenced many other cultures?

a)

Olmec

b)

Aztec

c)

Maya

d)

Inca

83.

The Maya were known for all the following EXCEPT:

a)

Advanced city-states such as Tikal and Chichen Itza

b)

Advanced written language and glyphs (pictograph)

c)

Invented the zero

d)

Human Sacrifice

84.

Who was the Aztec ruler in 1440 CE?

a)

Biden

b)

Techonatitan

c)

Moctezuma I

d)

FranciscoPizarro

85.

What was the Inca King called?

a)

King

b)

God

c)

Supa Inca

d)

Brah

86.

The capital of Trinidad and Tobago is

(a)  

87.

The capital of Nicaragua is

(a)  

88.

Capital of Saint Lucia

(a)  

89.

Capital of Brazil

(a)  

90.

Capital of Belize

(a)  

91.

This flag belongs to

(a)  

92.

Flag of

(a)  

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