Abeka 9th Grade Geography Chapter 6 Test
Peru
Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Indians of ______.
Pacific Ocean
Identify the largest ocean
Andes
What is the longest mountain range on land?
Brazil
Sao Paulo, _______, is South America's largest city in population.
Ecuador
The Galapagos Islands belong to which nation?
Christopher Columbus
The Italian explorer from Spain that landed on an island in the West Indies in 1492
Drake Passage
The ____ separates South America from Antarctica
Panama Canal
What canal of North America provides passage for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Cuba
What country became the Western Hemisphere's first Communist dictatorship?
Argentina
What country is known as the "Granary of the South"?
Canberra
What is the capital of Australia?
Ottawa
What is the capital of Canada?
Beijing
What is the capital of China?
Cairo
What is the capital of Egypt?
Athens
What is the capital of Greece?
New Delhi
What is the capital of India?
Toyko
What is the capital of Japan?
Monrovia
What is the capital of Liberia?
Tripoli
What is the capital of Libya?
Seoul
What is the capital of South Korea?
Madrid
What is the capital of Spain?
Bangkok
What is the capital of Thailand?
Kiev
What is the capital of Ukraine?
Amsterdam
What is the capital of the Netherlands?
Manila
What is the capital of the Philippines?
Mt. Aconcagua
What is the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere?
Portuguese
What is the official language of Brazil?
Philippines
What is the only Asian country where a majority of the people practice Roman Catholicism?
estuary
What is the wide mouth where the ocean tide meets a river current called?
Great Barrier Reef
What is the world's biggest natural structure formed by living things?
Lake Titicaca
What is the world's highest navigable freshwater lake?
Angel Falls
What is the world's highest waterfall?
Grand Canyon
What is the world's largest canyon?
Sahara
What is the world's largest desert?
Lake Superior
What is the world's largest freshwater lake in area?
Greenland
What is the world's largest island?
Nile River
What is the world's longest river?
Rocky Mountains
What mountain range is called the "Backbone of North America"?
Roman Catholicism
What religion do the majority of South Americans practice?
St. Lawrence Seaway
What seaway is the world's largest inland seaway?
Liberia
Which African country was settled by freed slaves?
Lake Maracaibo
Which South American lake is the continent's largest?
Simon Bolivar
Who is remembered for leading Venezuela and several other South American countries to independence from Spain?
Colombia
________ produces more emeralds than any other country?
Australia
A gold rush in 1851 caused the population of ______ to increase by nearly 200%.
Netherlands
About 1/4 of the ________ is polder that was taken from the sea by using dikes, dams, and windmills to drain water from the land.
South Africa
Afrikaners are the Dutch inhabitants of _______.
India
Because its major religion prohibits the killing of cattle, the country of _____ has more livestock that any other country in the world.
Jerusalem
Both Jews and Muslims consider _____ a holy city.
Quebec
Canada's French province is _____.
Prime Meridian
Identify 0 degrees longitude
Arctic Circle
Identify 66.5 degrees North of the Equator.
Tropic of Capricorn
Identify a line of latitude about 23 degrees South of the equator
Tierra del Fuego
Identify the archipelago in South America.
Cape of Good Hope
Identify the cape at the southern tip of Africa.
Buenos Aires
Identify the capital of Argentina.
London
Identify the capital of England.
Georgetown
Identify the capital of Guyana.
Lima
Identify the capital of Peru.
Moscow
Identify the capital of Russia.
Brazil
Identify the country where Brasilia is the capital
Ecuador
Identify the country where Quito is the capital.
Colombia
Identify the country where the capital is Bogota.
Chile
Identify the country where the capital is Santiago.
Mt. Everest
Identify the highest mountain in the world
Andes Mountains
Identify the large mountain range in South America.
China
Identify the largest Asian Communist country.
Amazon River
Identify the long river in northern South America.
Mississippi River
Identify the longest river in the U.S.
Ural Mountains
Identify the mountain range that separates Europe from Asia
Indian Ocean
Identify the warmest ocean.
Hudson Bay
Identify the world's largest bay in Canada.
Egypt
Identify this African country where Cairo is the capital.
Queensland
Identify this Australian territory where Brisbane is the capital.
Ontario
Identify this Canadian province where Toronto is the capital.
Germany
Identify this European country where Berlin is the capital.
Spain
Identify this European country where Madrid is capital.
Italy
Identify this European country where Rome is the capital.
Venezuala
Identify this country where Caracas is the capital.
Uruguay
Identify this country where Montevideo is the capital.
French Guiana
Identify this country where the capital is Cayenne.
Gobi Desert
Identify this desert in northern China.
Ukraine
Identify this former Russian controlled country where Kiev is the capital.
Falkland Islands
Identify this group of islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina.
New Zealand
Identify this island country south of Australia.
Indonesia
Identify this island nation which used to be called the "East Indies".
Yucatan Peninsula
Identify this large peninsula that separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico
Caspian Sea
Identify this large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia.
California
Identify this large western state where Sacramento is the capital.
Caribbean Sea
Identify this sea between North and South America.
Cape Town
Identify this seaport city in South Africa.
Cuba
Identify this small Communist island.
Amerigo Vespucci
Italian explorer who proved that Columbus had discovered a "new world". America is named after him.
Pampas
Locate the grassy, treeless plains of South America.
Lake Titicaca
Locate the highest navigable lake in South America.