South America

_________________ is a commonly domesticated animal of the Andean People. The wool from this animal is of high value. a. Angora rabbit b. Alpaca c. Bison d. Camel

Alpaca

This is a major river in South America a. Mississippi b. Rhine c. Amazon d. Danube

Amazon

This mountain chain is found in S. America a. Alps b. Andes c. Himalayas d. Rockies

Andes

This mountain chain lies in South America a. Himalayas b. Rockies c. Alps d. Andes

Andes

The world's highest uninterrupted waterfall present in Venezuela is ______ falls a. Victoria b. Iguazu c. Angel d. Yumbilla e. Laja

Angel

Peso is the currency of this South American country a. Bolivia b. Argentina c. Paraguay d. Peru

Argentina

The desert in the north of Chile is the _______________. a. Pampa b. Patagonian Plateau c. Atacama d. Cerrado e. Ilanos

Atacama

This desert lies in South America a. Thar b. Atacama c. Mojave d. Taklamakan

Atacama

This desert lies in west of the Andes Mountains a. Thar b. Mojave c. Taklamakan d. Atacama

Atacama

The Uyuni Salt flats, one of the largest salt flats in present in _________ a. Peru b. Chile c. Argentina d. Bolivia

Bolivia

The capital of Brazil is ____________. a. Brasília b. Rio de Janeiro c. São Paulo d. Salvador e. Brazil City

Brasilia

The largest country in South America by area and population is a. Argentina b. Brazil c. Chile d. Peru

Brazil

Which South American country was most transformed by the forced in-migration of Africans in bondage? a. Argentina b. Brazil c. Colombia d. Peru e. Ecuador

Brazil

Argentina's primate city is ______________. a. Montevideo b. Asunción c. La Paz d. Buenos Aires e. Cordoba

Buenos Aires

________________________ is an unusual feature of the climate of Chile. It forms a wall of dense fog. a. Nunchaku b. Camanchaca c. Alpaca d. Harmonica

Camanchaca

San Alfonso Del Mar, the world's largest swimming pool is in ________(country) a. Brazil b. Bolivia c. Argentina d. Chile e. Peru

Chile

The best example of an elongated state in South America, and probably the world, is _________. a. Peru b. Brazil c. Chile d. Bolivia e. Uruguay

Chile

Which of these countries does not possess a portion of the Amazon Basin a. Brazil b. Peru c. Columbia d. Chile

Chile

This canyon lies in the South of Peru. This canyon is deeper than the Grand Canyon. It is nearly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon. Depth 3400m at the deepest point a. Volga b. Colca c. Bryce d. Antelope

Colca

Which of the following countries does not have a common border with Bolivia? a. Argentina b. Chile c. Paraguay d. Colombia e. Brazil

Colombia

The control center of the Incan Empire was _________. a. Cuzco b. Lima c. Mexico City d. Quito e. Buenos Aires

Cuzco

"Middle of the world" monument is a place where you can have one foot on the northern hemisphere and one foot on the southern hemisphere is present in a. Chile b. Argentina c. Ecuador d. Bolivia

Ecuador

What is the monetary unit of French Guiana a. Dollar b. Euro c. Pesos d. Boliviano

Euro

Moai the monolithic human figures are present in _________ island off the coast of Chile a. Christmas b. Easter c. Summer d. Spring e. Faroe

Faroe

Cowboys of South American Pampas are called a. Honcho b. Poncho c. Gaucho d. Macho

Gaucho

_______ falls lie in the border of Argentina and Brazil a. Victoria b. Niagara c. Iguazu d. Angel

Iguazu

An ancient civilization of the S. America near the Colca Canyon is a. Indus b. Egyptian c. Inuit d. Inca

Inca

World's highest capital city a. La Paz b. Inca c. Buenos Aires d. Mexico City

La Paz

Savanna (grassland) country in the Orinoco basin of Venezuela are called a. hacienda b. peone c. llanos d. Mojave

Los llanos

The Spanish created vineyards and produced wine in this South American Valley a. Maipo b. Napa c. Sonoma d. Loire

Maipo

This country is NOT part of South American Mercosur a. Argentina b. Brazil c. Venezuela d. Mexico

Mexico

Which of the following associations is incorrect? a. Santiago and Chile b. Montevideo and Paraguay c. La Paz and Bolivia d. Quito and Ecuador e. Lima and Peru

Montevido and Paraguay

The major river of Venezuela is the ____________. a. Rio de la Plata b. Paraguay c. Amazon d. Orinoco e. Magdalena

Orinoco

_________________ is a city in Southern Chile where the cattle market is held. a. Osorno b. Napa c. Melbourne d. Bourne

Osorno

Most of Argentina's population is clustered in the _______________. a. Chilean border zone b. Patagonian North c. Pampa d. Andean foothills e. Triple Frontier area

Pampa

This is NOT a country in South America a. Argentina b. Brazil c. Panama d. Chile

Panama

Which of the following countries is landlocked? a. Uruguay b. Ecuador c. Paraguay d. Peru e. Suriname

Paraguay

This is a sparsely populated region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains as well as the deserts, steppes and grasslands east of this southern portion of the Andes. a. Romania b. Transylvania c. Moldavia d. Patagonia

Patagonia

This ice field is the largest source of fresh water in South America a. Columbia Ice field b. Patagonian Ice Field c. Harding Ice field d. Garden of Eden Ice field

Patagonian Ice Field

In the rocky countryside of _________, Machu Picchu is believed to have been a royal estate or sacred religious site for Inca leaders a. Bolivia b. Paraguay c. Peru d. Chile e. Argentina

Peru

The Nazca Lines in southern ________ are a group of pre-Columbian geoglyps etched into Nazca desert sands a. Chile b. Peru c. Argentina d. Bolivia

Peru

The major language of Brazil is a. Spanish b. Portuguese c. Dutch d. Indian

Portugese

Besides maize, ________ are the staple food of the Andean people a. Spinach b. Brussel sprouts c. Avocado d. Potato

Potato

The language of the Inca state, still spoken in parts of South America, is known as __________. a. altiplanoan b. Incanese c. lingua fria d. lingua franca e. Quechua

Quechua

The most populous Brazilian State is __________. a. Rio de Janeiro b. São Paulo c. Amazonas d. Minas Gerais e. the cerrado

Sao Paulo

"Keti Koti" is celebrated in _________ to mark the end of slavery. Keti koti means the chain is cut. a. Suriname b. Peru c. Paraguay d. Brazil e. Bolivia

Suriname

A growth pole is ______________. a. an established manufacturing center that dominates a substantial hinterland b. any large city in a national core area c. a location where a set of activities, given a start, will grow, setting off ripples of development in a surrounding area d. a location, now in decline, that served as a focal point for a developing region in the past e. a high-technology field instrument that precisely measures a locality's economic growth

a location where a set of activities, given a start, will grow, setting off ripples of development in a surrounding area

The leading agricultural activity of the Pampa region is the production of _____________. a. coffee b. cattle c. sugarcane d. tropical fruits and vegetables e. tobacco

cattle

In South America population concentrates mainly in a. interiors b. coastlines c. no pattern has been observed

coastlines

In the Latin American city model, the elite residential sector contains the _________. a. commercial spine b. disamenity sector c. zone of maturity d. zone of in situ accretion e. zone of peripheral squatter settlements

commercial spine

A country whose institutions have collapsed and in which anarchy prevails is called a _________ state a. democratic b. failed c. free d. union

failed state

The slums of South America's large cities are known as ____________. a. favelas or barrios b. tierra urbanas c. altiplanos d. llanos e. llamas

favelas or barrios

Unlike Peru's coast, Ecuador's coastland consists of ______________. a. desert b. fertile tropical plains c. mountains that reach the sea d. indented bays with many excellent port facilities e. altiplanos covered by equatorial forest

fertile tropical plains

Brazil's highly successful social program called Bolsa Familia ______________. a. gives families small amounts of cash to keep their children in school b. is a "zero hunger" program c. seeks to reunite families that became separated during rural-urban migration d. encourages low birth rates e. requires participation in elections

gives families small amounts of cash to keep their children in school

An altiplano is a(n) _______________. a. low area with small mountains b. high-elevation basin or valley c. agricultural area in Brazil d. plain in the Amazon Basin

high-elevation basin or valley

The dominant economic activity in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo Lowland is ___________. a. large-scale cattle herding b. tourism c. oil production d. coffee farming e. cocaine refining

oil production

Which of these is not a characteristic of subsistence agriculture a. primarily for household use b. historically associated with Indigenous African population c. crops decided based on family need d. performed in a large scale and for profit

performed in a large scale and for profit

The part of South America where the dominant ethnic group is European is the __________. a. north b. south c. western mountains d. central plains

south

Mount Roraima is an example of _________ which is a flat topped mountain a. Tepui b. Salt flat c. Moraine d. Dune e. Island

tepui

The country of Guyana __________________. a. was formerly a British colony before independence in 1966 b. is also called Suriname c. contains a population that is three-quarters European d. is the smallest of the four Guyanas in population size e. still belongs to France

was formerly a British colony before independence in 1966

In the S American model of urbanization undesirable land is classified as ___________ a. central business district b. commercial spine c. zone of maturity d. zone of disamenity

zone of disamenity

In the South American model of urbanization middle class people reside in this area. a. central business district b. commercial spine c. zone of maturity d. zone of disamenity

zone of maturity