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Central and South America Review

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a name for Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico together?

a)

Netherland Antilles

b)

Lesser Antilles

c)

Cluster

d)

Greater Antilles

2.

What three bodies of water surround South America?

a)

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian

b)

Atlantic, Caribbean, Indian

c)

Pacific, Caribbean, Indian

d)

Atlantic, Caribbean, Pacific

3.

What is the longest mountain range in the world?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Himalayas

c)

Andes Mountains

d)

Ural Mountains

4.

What is the highest waterfall in the world?

a)

Niagara Falls

b)

Angel Falls

c)

Victoria Falls

d)

Iguazu Falls

5.

What is the driest desert in the world?

a)

Atacama Desert

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Kalahari Desert

d)

Mohave Desert

6.

What does Tierra del Fuego mean?

a)

"crown of fire"

b)

"land of fire"

c)

"firery continent"

d)

"land with fruit"

7.

What are reggae, calypso, and merengue?

a)

dances

b)

foods

c)

religions

d)

music

8.

Where can you find the Amazon Rainforest?

a)

Brazil

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Uruguay

9.

What do Bolivia and Paraguay not have access to?

a)

ocean

b)

land

c)

river

d)

people

10.

What is this statue called?

a)

Man of the People

b)

Ima Needa Showa

c)

Christ the Redeemer

d)

He Who Watches Over

11.

What group lived in South America (Peru)?

a)

Aztec

b)

Olmec

c)

Inca

d)

Maya

12.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Brazil

b)

Argentina

c)

Peru

d)

Chile

13.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Paraguay

b)

Venezuela

c)

Ecuador

d)

Uruguay

14.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Chile

b)

Argentina

c)

Peru

d)

Bolivia

15.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Venezuela

b)

Colombia

c)

Brazil

d)

Ecuador

16.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Suriname

b)

Guyana

c)

Venezuela

d)

Colombia

17.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Suriname

b)

Paraguay

c)

Uruguay

d)

Guyana

18.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Suriname

b)

Guyana

c)

Ecuador

d)

Peru

19.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Paraguay

b)

Chile

c)

Peru

d)

Bolivia

20.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Uruguay

b)

Chile

c)

Paraguay

d)

Peru

21.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Uruguay

b)

Paraguay

c)

Ecuador

d)

Argentina

22.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Brazil

b)

Argentina

c)

Chile

d)

Venezuela

23.

Name this South American Country.

a)

Chile

b)

Brazil

c)

Argentina

d)

Colombia

24.

What is the name of the archipelago that the red arrow is pointing to?

a)

Hawaiian Islands

b)

Falkland Islands

c)

Bermuda Triangle

d)

Galapagos Islands

25.

What is the name of the archipelago that the red arrow is pointing to?

a)

Hawaiian Islands

b)

Falkland Islands

c)

Bermuda Triangle

d)

Galapagos Islands

26.

What is the name of this river?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Parana River

c)

Nile River

d)

Mississippi River

27.

What is the name of the ocean highlighted blue?

a)

Southern Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

28.

What is the name of the ocean highlighted blue?

a)

Southern Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

29.

What is the name of this physical feature?

a)

Patagonia Highlands

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Brazilian Highlands

30.
Most people in South America are what religion?
a)
Islamic
b)
Jewish
c)
Catholic
d)
Protestant
31.

Biodiversity relates to all the . . . in the ecosystem.

a)

animals

b)

plants

c)

living things

d)

all of the above

32.

What is affecting the Amazon Rainforest?

a)

Deforestation

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Rain

d)

Indigenous Groups

33.

Which country is not a Central American country?

a)

Argentina

b)

El Salvador

c)

Honduras

d)

Panama

34.

Which two Central American countries only border an ocean on one side

a)

Belize

b)

El Salvador

c)

Guatemala

d)

Honduras

35.

Belize borders what body of water

(a)  

36.

Which of the following is a country in Central America

a)

Austria

b)

Canada

c)

Guatemala

d)

Tibet

37.

The Panama Canal is located in which Central American country?

a)

Belize

b)

Costa Rica

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Panama

38.

Which country is not a Central American country?

a)

Chile

b)

El Salvador

c)

Guatemala

d)

Nicaragua

39.

Select all of the Central American countries from the list below

a)

Honduras

b)

Brazil

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Panama

40.

Central America connects which two continents

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

Europe

e)

South America

41.

Which countries are in the Greater Antilles?

a)

Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica

b)

Bahamas, Costa Rica, El Salvador

c)

Jamaica, Honduras, Panama, Cuba

d)

Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Haiti, Dominican Republic.

42.

How many countries are in Central America?

a)

10

b)

7

c)

9

d)

8

43.

What links the Atlantic to the Pacific?

a)

St. Latin America seaway

b)

Suez Canal

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Honduras canal

44.

What are the best known indigenous groups in Central America?

a)

Souix

b)

Creek

c)

  • Mayans and the Aztecs 

d)

Incas

45.

What is the most common language in Central America?

a)

American

b)

English

c)

Indian

d)

Spanish

46.

What country is A?

a)

Belize

b)

Honduras

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Panama

47.

What country is B?

a)

Nicaragua

b)

Guatemala

c)

Panama

d)

El Salvador

48.

What country is C?

a)

Nicaragua

b)

Belize

c)

Panama

d)

Guatemala

49.

What country is D?

a)

Costa Rica

b)

Belize

c)

Honduras

d)

Nicaragua

50.

What country is E?

a)

Guatemala

b)

Panama

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Nicaragua

51.

What country is F?

a)

Guatemala

b)

El Salvador

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Panama

52.

Name this country

a)

Mexico

b)

Cuba

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

Costa Rica

53.

Name this country

a)

Guatemala

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

Costa Rica

54.

Name this country

a)

Belize

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

Dominican Republic

55.

Name this country

a)

El Salvador

b)

Bahamas

c)

Mexico

d)

Dominican Republic

56.

Which country tried and failed to build the Panama Canal in 1881?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

China

d)

United States

57.
What is the Panama Canal?
a)
a northwest passage through Canada
b)
a waterway through northern Egypt
c)
A waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Panama
d)
A river that runs through Panama
58.

A group or chain of islands

a)

llano

b)

pampas

c)

archipelagio

d)

escarpment

59.
The island of Hispaniola is shared by Haiti and ______________________.
a)
Cuba
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
Jamaica
d)
Dominican Republic
60.
The Culture of Cuba celebrates how?
a)
Parties
b)
Carnivals
c)
fiestas
d)
they don't party
61.

Name the climate zone of South America: The equator passes through Ecuador, Columbia, and Brazil. These countries experience a hot and humid tropical climate. There are consistent high temperatures and heavy rainfall throughout the year.

a)

Tropical

b)

Subtropical

c)

Temperate

d)

Polar

62.

Name the climate zone of South America: The central and southern regions of South America, including parts of Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, feature a subtropical climate with distinct seasons, including hot summers and mild winters.

a)

Tropical

b)

Subtropical

c)

Temperate

d)

Polar

63.

Name the climate zone of South America: South America's southern region, including parts of Chile and Argentina, experience a temperate climate with cool temperatures and moderate precipitation.

a)

Tropical

b)

Subtropical

c)

Temperate

d)

Polar

64.

Name the climate zone of South America: Cape Horn at the southern tip has a climate with much sleet and snow. There are also periods of very little sunlight and periods with very long days.

a)

Tropical

b)

Subtropical

c)

Temperate

d)

Polar

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