B. unit 3 Test

Question 1

Great Liberator

Answer 1

Simon Bolivar

Question 2

King of Portugal

Answer 2

John

Question 3

pitiless

Answer 3

cruel

Question 4

set apart

Answer 4

isolated

Question 4

soccer player from Brazil

Answer 4

Pelé

Question 5

large animal in South America

Answer 5

tapir

Question 6

Stilt houses protect from

Answer 6

water

Question 7

Aluminum comes from

Answer 7

bauxite

Question 8

The French Institute of Tropical America, which is located in French Guiana, studies

Answer 8

soil and ocean water

Question 9

From 3,000 to 7,000 feet elevation, the people of Colombia grow

Answer 9

coffee

Question 10

For years the French used French Guiana for

Answer 10

a penal colony

Question 11

The name of the mountain in Rio de Janeiro’s harbor is

Answer 11

Sugar Loaf Mountain

Question 12

Colombia residents live mostly

Answer 12

in mountain cities and sea coasts

Question 13

The major export of Suriname is

Answer 13

bauxite

Question 14

Brazil

Answer 14

Brasilia

Question 15

The early conquerors were chiefly looking for

Answer 15

gold

Question 16

Venezuela and Colombia finally rid themselves of the Spanish at the:

Answer 16

Battle of Carabobo

Question 17

Colombia

Answer 17

Bogota

Question 18

Venezuela

Answer 18

Caracas

Question 19

Guyana

Answer 19

Georgetown

Question 20

Suriname

Answer 20

Paramaribo

Question 21

French Guiana

Answer 21

Cayenne

Question 22

The National Front in Colombia was an agreement on how the _________ would be elected.

Answer 22

president

Question 23

The capybara is a plant.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

El Dorado means chief of gold.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Tiradentes means "tooth-puller."

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Most people in South America live in jungles.

Answer 26

false

Question 27

The colonial period of a country is a time of growth.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Manioc is a type of root.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Brazil had the first airline.

Answer 29

False

Question 30

The language of Brazil is Portuguese.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Cabral discovered Brazil

Answer 31

April 22, 1500

Question 32

Colombia's Independence Day

Answer 32

July 20, 1810

Question 33

Brazil's Independence Day

Answer 33

September 7, 1822

Question 34

Venezuela's Independence Day

Answer 34

July 5

Question 35

Simon Bolivar's birthday

Answer 35

July 24

Question 36

A wide plain is also known as a llano

Answer 36

True

Question 37

a seller, a peddler

Answer 37

vendor

Question 38

discovered the Pacific Ocean

Answer 38

Balboa

Question 39

mountain of iron

Answer 39

"Cerro Bolivar"

Question 40

banana-like fruit

Answer 40

plantain

Question 41

freedom fighter

Answer 41

Tiradentes

Question 42

strengthened for defense

Answer 42

fortified