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6.11 South America

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main physical feature of Pacific South America and the longest continental mountain range in the world, stretching along the western edge of South America?

a)

The Amazon River

b)

The Andes Mountains

c)

El Nino

d)

The Pampas

e)

The Llanos

2.

What is the plains region between the Guiana Highlands and Andes mountains that is mostly grassland and often floods?

a)

The Amazon River

b)

Patagonia

c)

El Nino

d)

The Pampas

e)

The Llanos

3.

What feature stretches 4,000 miles across northern Brazil famous for it's rain forest and is the second longest of it's kind in the world?

a)

The Amazon River

b)

The Andes Mountains

c)

El Nino

d)

The Pampas

e)

The Llanos

4.

What is the wide, grassy plains in central Argentina known for agriculture and gaucho (cowboy) culture?

a)

The Amazon River

b)

Patagonia

c)

El Nino

d)

The Pampas

e)

The Llanos

5.

What is a region of dry plains and plateaus located south of the Pampas in Argentina & Chile with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers including dramatic landscapes in the west and deserts, tablelands, and steppes to the east ?

a)

The Amazon River

b)

Patagonia

c)

El Nino

d)

The Pampas

e)

The Llanos

6.

What physical feature in northern Chile and is one of the driest places on Earth, only receiving rain fall about once every 20 years, also known for its Mars-like landscape?

a)

Tierra del Fuego

b)

Atacama Desert

c)

Easter Island

d)

Torres del Paine

e)

Galapagos Islands

7.

Which of the following is a recurring weather pattern causing the warming of ocean waters resulting in extreme and unusual weather across South America and around the world?

a)

Carnival

b)

Patagonia

c)

El Nino

d)

Altiplano

e)

Llanos

8.

What is the largest country in South America?

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Chile

d)

Columbia

e)

Peru

9.

What European country first explored Brazil that Brazil also gained independence from in the 1800s?

a)

Spain

b)

Britain

c)

France

d)

Portugal

10.

What country has the world's largest population of Roman Catholics?

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Chile

d)

Columbia

e)

Peru

11.

What is a world famous annual festival featuring parades, samba music, and elaborate costumes held in Brazil, especially Rio de Janeiro?

a)

Carnival

b)

Patagonia

c)

El Nino

d)

Altiplano

e)

Llanos

12.

What is the largest city in Brazil with about 21 million people in and around the city?

a)

Brasilia

b)

Rio de Janeiro

c)

Sau Paulo

d)

Buenos Aires

e)

Montevideo

13.

What is the second largest city in Brazil and home of the Christ the Redeemer statue?

a)

Brasilia

b)

Rio de Janeiro

c)

Sau Paulo

d)

Buenos Aires

e)

Montevideo

14.

What is the capital of Brazil?

a)

Brasilia

b)

Rio de Janeiro

c)

Sau Paulo

d)

Buenos Aires

e)

Montevideo

15.

What is the capital of Argentina?

a)

Brasilia

b)

Rio de Janeiro

c)

Sau Paulo

d)

Buenos Aires

e)

Montevideo

16.

What is the most popular group of waterfalls in Argentina consisting of over 275 individual falls?

a)

The Amazon River

b)

Patagonia Falls

c)

Iguazu Falls

d)

Angel Falls

e)

The Llanos

17.

What country claims the Falkland Islands?

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Chile

d)

Columbia

e)

Peru

18.

What is the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere at over 22,000 feet in Argentina South America?

a)

Gram Chaco

b)

Patagonia

c)

Aconcagua

d)

Mercosur

e)

Iguazu Falls

19.

What is the capital of Uruguay?

a)

Brasilia

b)

Rio de Janeiro

c)

Sau Paulo

d)

Buenos Aires

e)

Montevideo

20.

What is the capital of Columbia?

a)

Caracas

b)

Quito

c)

Bogota

d)

Lima

e)

Santiago

21.

What country's most famous agricultural product is coffee?

a)

Chile

b)

Venezuela

c)

Columbia

d)

Ecuador

e)

Peru

22.

What is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall at over 3,200 feet in Canaima National Park in Venezuela South America?

a)

The Amazon River

b)

Patagonia Falls

c)

Iguazu Falls

d)

Angel Falls

e)

The Llanos

23.

What is the capital of Venezuela?

a)

Caracas

b)

Quito

c)

Bogota

d)

Lima

e)

Santiago

24.

In what country did the oil industry make some people very wealthy but the vast majority still lives in poverty?

a)

Chile

b)

Venezuela

c)

Columbia

d)

Ecuador

e)

Peru

25.

What South American country has three official languages?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Columbia

d)

Ecuador

e)

Peru

26.

What is the capital of Ecuador?

a)

Caracas

b)

Quito

c)

Bogota

d)

Lima

e)

Santiago

27.

What physical feature claimed by Ecuador has a unique, isolated environment renowned for inspiring Darwin's theory of evolution?

a)

Tierra del Fuego

b)

Atacama Desert

c)

Easter Island

d)

Torres del Paine

e)

Galapagos Islands

28.

What country is the poorest in South America?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Columbia

d)

Ecuador

e)

Peru

29.

What is the capital of Peru?

a)

Caracas

b)

Quito

c)

Bogota

d)

Lima

e)

Santiago

30.

What country has the strongest economy in Pacific South America?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Columbia

d)

Chile

e)

Peru

31.

What is the capital of Chile?

a)

Caracas

b)

Quito

c)

Bogota

d)

Lima

e)

Santiago

32.

What country exports the most copper in the world, which accounts for one-third of that country's exports?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Venezuela

c)

Columbia

d)

Chile

e)

Peru

33.

What territory of Chile is known for it's statues called moai from the 13th-16th centuries?

a)

Tierra del Fuego

b)

Atacama Desert

c)

Easter Island

d)

Torres del Paine

e)

Galapagos Islands

34.

What is the archipelago off of the southern most tip of South America mostly claimed by Chile?

a)

Tierra del Fuego

b)

Atacama Desert

c)

Easter Island

d)

Torres del Paine

e)

Galapagos Islands

35.

What is the beautiful national park located in the Patagonia part of Chile?

a)

Tierra del Fuego

b)

Atacama Desert

c)

Easter Island

d)

Torres del Paine

e)

Galapagos Islands