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Latin America Quiz

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an isthmus?

a)

a narrow strip of water

b)

A piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water

c)

a large farm

d)

A narrow strip of land connecting two landmasses

2.

Who is Fidel Castro?

a)

First dictator of Cuba

b)

A spanish Colonist

c)

Haitian President

d)

President of Costa Rica

3.

What is a dictatorship?

a)

First dictator of Cuba

b)

government in which people vote for their leaders

c)

governmnet that owns everything

d)

Government that one person as absolute power

4.

What is an archipelago?

a)

a narrow strip of land connecting two large landmasses

b)

A piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water

c)

Farming for survival

d)

Group of islands

5.

What is subsistence farming?

a)

large commerical farming

b)

Farming for grains

c)

Farming for survival

d)

Farming to sell at the local market

6.

What does the term Mestizo refer to?

a)

First dictator of Cuba

b)

an indigneous person

c)

A person from Brazil

d)

A person of mixed European and native blood

7.

What does the term Indigenous refer to?

a)

colonialist

b)

mestizo

c)

Farming for survival

d)

Native

8.

What are the two most widely spoken languages in Latin America?

a)

Spanish and French

b)

Spanish and English

c)
Spanish and Portuguese
d)

French and Portugese

9.

85% of Latin Amerian people belogn to what religion?

a)

Christianity

b)

Catholic

c)

Indigenous Religions

d)

Buddhist

10.

Country A?

a)

Brazil

b)

The Bahamas

c)

Mexico

d)

Argentina

11.

Country B?

a)

Brazil

b)

The Bahamas

c)

Mexico

d)

Argentina

12.

Country C?

a)

Brazil

b)

The Bahamas

c)

Mexico

d)

Argentina

13.

Country D?

a)

Brazil

b)

The Bahamas

c)

Mexico

d)

Argentina

14.

Country A?

a)

Cuba

b)

Chile

c)

Panama

d)

Peru

15.

Country B?

a)

Cuba

b)

Chile

c)

Panama

d)

Peru

16.

Country C?

a)

Cuba

b)

Chile

c)

Panama

d)

Peru

17.

Country D?

a)

Cuba

b)

Chile

c)

Panama

d)

Peru

18.
The arrow on this map is pointing to what physical feature?
a)
Amazon River
b)
Andes Mountains
c)
Caribbean Sea
d)
Sierra Madre Mountains
19.

Which number marks the approximate location of the Amazon Rainforest?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.
Which physical feature in shaded in the dark red on the map?
a)
Atacama Desert
b)
Amazon River
c)
Ural Mountains
d)
Andes Mountains
21.

Which mountain range located in Mexico?

a)

Sierra Madre Mountains

b)

The Pyrenees Mountains

c)

The Ural Mountains

d)

The Andes Mountains

22.

Identify the physical feature the yellow box is circling.

a)

Amazon River

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Caribbean Sea

23.

The southernmost point of land on the continent of South America

a)

Cape Horn

b)

Strait of Magellan

c)

Patagonia

d)

Falklands

24.

What Is The Yellow Box Surrounding?

a)

Caribbean Sea

b)

Amazon River

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

25.

Which 2 oceans does the Panama Canal connect, creating a short cut for transportation routes and saving travel costs for all countries around the world?

a)

Pacific and Atlantic

b)

Atlantic and Indian

c)

Pacfic and Indian

d)

Arctic and Pacific

26.

Using the map answer the following question. In what part of South America is the Tropical Rain Forest found?

a)

Southern part of South America

b)

Western part of South America

c)

Eastern part of South America

d)

Northern part of South America

27.

Which river forms a natural border between US and Mexico?

a)

Amazon RIver

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Mississippi River

28.

If you are in South America, which direction would you travel to go to the US?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

29.

Which country in NOT located in South America?

a)

Dominican Republic

b)

Brazil

c)

Peru

d)

Venezuela

30.

In which direction is the US located if you are in Mexico?

a)

South

b)

North

c)

East

d)

West

31.

Which region would you find Cuba?

a)

Middle America

b)

Caribbean

c)

South America

d)

Mexico

32.

Which country is located in the Caribbean?

a)

Equador

b)

Mexico

c)

Bahamas

d)

Brazil

33.

Which region would you find Bolivia?

a)

Caribbean

b)

Central America

c)

South America

d)

Brazil

34.

How do geographers use the theme of regions?

a)

To identify trade routes

b)

To locate places

c)

To group places that have things in common

d)

All of the the above

35.

The largest country in South America is...

a)

Cuba

b)

Haiti

c)

Brazil

d)

Uruguay

36.

The island of Puerto Rico is located in...

a)

The Pacific Ocean

b)

The Mediterranean Sea

c)

The Caribbean Sea

37.

Which of the following Latin America regions is a continent?

a)

Central America

b)

South America

c)

The Caribbean

d)

Mexico

38.

Reasons for Colonization

a)

God

b)

Gold

c)

Glory

d)

Gains

e)

Gravity

39.

European exploration of Latin America led to -

a)

The spread of Catholicism ONLY.

b)

The spread of Catholicism and the Spanish language.

c)

The spread of the Spanish language ONLY.

d)

The spread of Islam.

40.

Central America is comprised of -

a)

Fifty countries

b)

One country

c)

Seven countries

d)

Three countries.

41.

Analyze the map to complete the statement:

Latin America is rich in fossil fuels, uranium and -

a)

aluminum.

b)

steel.

c)

hydroelectric power.

d)

birds.

42.

How do many people living in caribbean countries make money?

a)

Working at resorts

b)

Moving to other countries

c)

hiding poverty from tourists

d)

use island resources

43.

Home to a variety of wildlife and vegetation, world's largest rainforest, threatened by deforestation, what am I?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Amazon Rainforest

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Andes Mountains

44.

_________and ____________were the first Europeans to explore Latin America

a)

Spanish and Portuguese

b)

British and Spanish

c)

French and portuguese

d)

Spanish and French

45.

What bodies of water surround South America?

a)

Atlantic, Pacific and Carribean

b)

Mississippi River, Amazon River and Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Amazon Rainforest

d)

Mexico, Falkland Islands and Caribbean Islands

46.

Which country is landlocked?

a)

Brazil

b)

Peru

c)

Bolivia

d)

Chile

47.

What is the name of this continent?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Latin America

d)

Africa

48.

What is the most common land use of Central America?

a)

Farming

b)

Hunting

c)

Fishing

d)

Manufacturing

49.

What country has a the physical features of a isthmus and a canal?

a)

Panama

b)

Colombia

c)

Paraguay

d)

Uruguay

50.

Name the three main indigenous groups that lived in Latin America before the Europeans came?

a)

Toltecs, Maya, and Aztecs

b)

Oltecs, Aztecs, and Mayans

c)
Aztecs, Mayans, Incas
d)

Chichimecas, Inca, and Aztecs

51.

What are the 3 major island groups in the Carribean?

a)

Greater Antilles

Lesser Antilles

Bahamas

b)

Bahamas

Cuba

Haiti

c)

Jamacia

Cuba

Haiti

d)

Greater Antilles

Lesser Antilles

Cuba

52.

Explain the wet foot/dry foot law?

a)
The wet foot/dry foot law applied to all immigrants from Central America
b)
The wet foot/dry foot law allowed all immigrants to stay in the U.S. regardless of their origin
c)
The wet foot/dry foot law allowed Cuban nationals who reached U.S. soil to stay and apply for permanent residency, while those intercepted at sea would be sent back to Cuba.
d)
The wet foot/dry foot law only applied to European immigrants
53.

What are the three major effects of colonization on the indigenous people of Latin America?

a)

Millions died from disease, loss of land and culture, and new mixed race

b)

Cultural preservation, millions died from disease, and a new mixed race

c)
Industrialization, economic growth, political stability
d)
Cultural assimilation, loss of land and resources, introduction of diseases

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