Final Exam Flashcards
A continental climate is most likely to be found in:
a. New York
b. Oregon
c. Florida
d. Delaware
e. Kansas
E. Kansas
Which of the following states of the USA is the likeliest place for the further development of ethanol and other biofuel production?
a. South Carolina
b. Alaska
c. Massachusetts
d. Iowa
e. Michigan
D. Iowa
Which of the following is one of Canada’s Atlantic provinces?
a. New Brunswick
b. British Columbia
c. Nunavut
d. Quebec
e. Saskatchewan
A. New Brunswick
Which of the following is one of Canada’s Prairie provinces?
a. New Brunswick
b. British Columbia
c. Manitoba
d. Newfoundland and Labrador
e. Prince Edward Island
C. Manitoba
__________ is the second most populous US state.
a. California
b. Texas
c. Arizona
d. New York
e. Alaska
B. Texas
Software Valley is found in which State?
a. California
b. Utah
c. Nevada
d. Colorado
e. Texas
B. Utah
In many ways the key Canadian province is _____, containing the country’s largest and most globalized city.
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Toronto
d. New Brunswick
e. British Columbia
B. Ontario
Oil is being drawn from deposits of tar sand in:
a. Alaska
b. Saudi Arabia
c. California
d. Canada
e. Kuwait
D. Canada
Quebec is nearly twice the size as:
a. Alaska
b. California
c. Texas
d. Michigan
e. Montana
C. Texas
Which Canadian province contains the majority of French-speaking citizens?
a. Nova Scotia
b. British Columbia
c. Manitoba
d. Quebec
e. Maine
D. Quebec
Which state is located in the U.S. Corn Belt?
a. Texas
b. Iowa
c. Florida
d. Maine
e. None
B. Iowa
Which of the following is a major oil and gas producing state?
a. Maine
b. New York
c. Ohio
d. Texas
e. None of the above
D. Texas
Which of the following states is unilingual in that it possesses a single language spoken throughout its territory?
a. Switzerland
b. Austria
c. Former Yugoslavia
d. Belgium
e. The British Isles
B. Austria
Only the southern portion of which of the following islands was recently granted admission to the EU?
a. Ireland
b. Malta
c. Turkey
d. Sicily
e. Cyprus
E. Cyprus
_______ has been pulling through the global recession better than any other country in the realm.
a. France
b. Italy
c. The United Kingdom
d. Germany
e. the United States
D. Germany
The only European country with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and the North Sea is:
a. Portugal
b. Germany
c. Spain
d. France
e. Italy
D. France
The Western European state that is not a member of the European Union is:
a. Austria
b. Luxembourg
c. the Netherlands
d. Switzerland
e. Belgium
D. Switzerland
________ is the Discontinuous North’s largest country in terms of both population (9.4 million) and territory
a. Denmark
b. Sweden
c. Norway
d. Finland
e. Iceland
B. Sweden
The Northern European country that has benefited the most from North Sea oil is:
a. Denmark
b. Norway
c. Iceland
d. Finland
e. Sweden
B. Norway
The country located on the Jutland Peninsula and the smallest state (in area) in Norden is:
a. Sweden
b. Norway
c. Estonia
d. Iceland
e. Denmark
B. Norway
___________ has more in common with Finland than its other neighboring states and is therefore included as part of Northern Europe
a. Estonia
b. Latvia
c. Lithuania
d. Kaliningrad
e. Belarus
A. Estonia
The Mediterranean European country with the lowest percentage of urban residents is
a. Spain
b. Portugal
c. France
d. Italy
e. Greece
B. Portugal
The country located directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from southernmost Spain is
a. Portugal
b. Morocco
c. Italy
d. Gibraltar
e. Algeria
B. Morrocco
The Mediterranean island contested by both Greece and Turkey is: a. Cyprus b. Crete c. Malta d. Sicily e. Sardinia
A. Cyprus
The Russian exclave located between Lithuania and Poland is called:
a. Kaliningrad
b. Leningrad
c. Latvia
d. Estonia
e. the Baltic Corridor
A. Kaliningrad
Which former Soviet Socialist Republic, with its capital at Mensk (Minsk), is also called White Russia, and is still strongly linked to Moscow?
a. Belarus
b. Lithuania
c. Moldova
d. Estonia
e. Ukraine
B. Lithuania
Which of the following is not a state created by the breakup of former Yugoslavia?
a. Bosnia
b. Macedonia
c. Croatia
d. Slovakia
e. Slovenia
D. Solvakia
Which state contains Serb, Croat, and Muslim populations that were finally brought together in 1995 at a US-run peace conference?
a. Bosnia
b. Serbia
c. Croatia
d. Montenegro
e. Slovenia
A. Bonsia
A country that was divided into two political units after World War II was:
a. United Kingdom
b. Italy
c. Germany
d. Austria
e. Greece
C. Germany
Which of the following is not a portion of the United Kingdom?
a. Republic of Ireland
b. England
c. Scotland
d. Wales
e. All are part of the UK
A. Republic of Ireland
Which of the following is not a Nordic country?
a. Malta
b. Norway
c. Finland
d. Denmark
e. Iceland
A. Malta
Gibraltar is a disputed territory between the UK and
a. Spain
b. Portugal
c. Italy
d. France
e. Ireland
A. Spain
The first country to experience the Industrial Revolution was
a. Spain
b. France
c. Prussia
d. The United Kingdom
e. Italy
D. The United Kingdom
Which of the following European countries is landlocked?
a. Switzerland
b. Croatia
c. Albania
d. Belgium
e. Spain
A. Switzerland
______ dominates Western Europe demographically and economically.
a. France
b. Belgium
c. Austria
d. Germany
e. Switzerland
D. Germany
The European country that has purported to practice strict neutrality is:
a. Germany
b. Austria
c. Finland
d. Switzerland
e. Belgium
D. Switzerland
Which of the following is not a Nordic country?
a. Malta
b. Norway
c. Finland
d. Estonia
e. Iceland
A. Malta
Finland lost significant territories to:
a. Finland
b. Russia
c. Denmark
d. Norway
e. Belarus
B. Russia
The Norden country with the lowest population is:
a. Estonia
b. Denmark
c. Iceland
d. Sweden
e. Malta
C. Iceland
Which of the following countries is almost entirely Roman Catholic?
a. Estonia
b. Albania
c. Poland
d. England
e. Sweden
C. Poland
Which Eastern European country has led the Eastern Europe in technology and engineering skills?
a. Belarus
b. Czech Republic
c. Slovakia
d. Moldova
e. Bosnia
B. Czech Republic
The most linguistically-distinctive country in Eastern Europe is:
a. Belarus
b. Hungary
c. Moldova
d. Poland
e. Russia
B. Hungary
Which Eastern European country is the largest both territoriality and in population?
a. Bulgaria
b. England
c. Ukraine
d. Hungary
e. Albania
C. Ukraine
This former Soviet Socialist Republic contains the oil city of Baki (Baku) and its people have ethnic affinities with Iran.
a. Azerbaijan
b. Moldova
c. Georgia
d. Armenia
e. Turkmenistan
A. Azerbaijan
The former Soviet Republic on the Black Sea containing the birthplace of Stalin is:
a. Azerbaijan
b. Moldavia
c. Georgia
d. Russia
e. Armenia
C. Georgia
In 1965, _____ broke away from Malaysia and became a separate political entity in Southeast Asia.
a. Singapore
b. Hong Kong
c. Sarawak
d. Brunei
e. Borneo
A. Singapore
Taiwan was at one time a colony of:
a. Russia
b. The United States
c. Japan
d. Australia
e. Britain
C. Japan
Taiwan is located off the coast of:
a. Russia
b. China
c. Korea
d. Vietnam
e. Japan
B. China
Which of the following was the first highly developed country in East Asia, significantly ahead of any other East Asian state in its level of economic development?
a. Japan
b. South Korea
c. China
d. North Korea
e. Taiwan
A. Japan
The country that has functioned as a buffer state between Russia and China is:
a. Mongolia
b. Siberia
c. North Korea
d. Tibet
e. Xinjiang
A. Mongolia
Prior to independence, New Guinea was administered by:
a. Australia
b. New Zealand
c. The Netherlands
d. Indonesia
e. Papua
A. Australia
The largest cluster of population in Melanesia is found in:
a. Papua New Guinea
b. Fiji
c. Vanuatu
d. Samoa
e. New Caledonia
A. Papua New Guinea
In territorial size, the largest country in Melanesia is:
a. Solomon Islands
b. Fiji
c. Papua New Guinea
d. Hawai’i
e. Easter Island
C. Papua New Guinea
Which of these is NOT a state of the Australian federal government system?
a. New South Wales
b. Western Australia
c. Tasmania
d. New Zealand
e. Queensland
D. New Zealand
Which country, along with Australia, constitutes the Austral Realm?
a. New Zealand
b. New Guinea
c. East Timor
d. Indonesia
e. Singapore
A. New Zealand
A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was:
a. Vietnam
b. Malaya
c. Borneo
d. Thailand
e. Burma
D. Thailand
Which of the following countries was once part of British India?
a. Singapore
b. Sumatera (Sumatra)
c. Myanmar (Burma)
d. Malaysia
e. Thailand
C. Myanmar (Burma)
_____ held onto eastern Timor well after the Dutch left the East Indies.
a. Portugal
b. France
c. Australia
d. Britain
e. Japan
A. Portugal
The largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population is:
a. Bangladesh
b. Iran
c. Pakistan
d. Indonesia
e. Nigeria
D. Iran
A country that is elongated is:
a. Cambodia
b. Vietnam
c. Brunei
d. Singapore
e. Philippines
B. Vietnam
Which country does not border Vietnam?
a. Laos
b. Thailand
c. Cambodia
d. People’s Republic of China
e. None of the above
B. Thailand
The Southeast Asian nation that exhibits the greatest degree of compactness is:
a. Laos
b. Cambodia
c. Thailand
d. Vietnam
e. Indonesia
B. Cambodia
Angkor Wat is located in which country?
a. Vietnam
b. Cambodia
c. Laos
d. Myanmar
e. Thailand
B. Cambodia
The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in an attempt to change the society of:
a. Vietnam
b. Cambodia
c. Laos
d. Thailand
e. Myanmar
B. Cambodia
What is the poorest state in mainland Southeast Asia?
a. Laos
b. East Timor
c. Singapore
d. Thailand
e. Myanmar
A. Laos
The insular region of Southeast Asia does not include:
a. Malaysia
b. Brunei
c. Singapore
d. Laos
e. Indonesia
D. Loas
What country in mainland Southeast Asia was once part of British India?
a. Myanmar
b. Thailand
c. Cambodia
d. The Philippines
e. East Timor
A. Myanmar
The small oil rich Islamic sultanate of insular Southeast Asia is:
a. Kalimantan
b. Papua
c. Brunei
d. Sulawesi
e. East Timor
C. Brunei
The most populated Southeast Asian nation is:
a. Malaysia
b. Indonesia
c. Philippines
d. Thailand
e. Vietnam
B. Idonesia
The country that historically was called Siam is now known as:
a. Singapore
b. Cambodia
c. Thailand
d. Malaysia
e. Myanmar
C. Thailand
Which city is located closest to Southeast Asia’s vitally important Strait of Malacca?
a. Hong
b. Singapore
c. Bangkok
d. Jakarta
e. Manila
B. Singapore
Southeast Asia’s only landlocked country is:
a. Laos
b. Vietnam
c. Brunei
d. Thailand
e. Cambodia
A. Loas
The giant of the Southeast Asian Realm, in terms of both area and population, is _____.
a. Indonesia
b. Malaysia
c. Singapore .
d. Thailand
e. Cambodia
A. Indonesia
_____ has the highest income of Southeast Asia’s realm.
a. Singapore
b. Brunei
c. Malaysia
d. Thailand
e. Indonesia
D. Thailand
The small oil rich Islamic sultanate in Southeast Asia is:
a. Indonesia
b. Singapore
c. Brunei
d. Thailand
e. Luzon
C. Brunei
A former Portuguese colony which is the newest nation in Southeast Asia is:
a. Macau
b. East Timor
c. Philippines
d. Papua New Guinea
e. Laos
B. East Timor
The country divided in two almost equal parts by water:
a. Hainan
b. Malaysia
c. Luzon
d. Timor
e. New Guinea
B. Malaysia
What is the only country in the Pacific Rim that is predominantly Roman Catholic?
a. Macau
b. East Timor
c. Philippines
d. Papua New Guinea
e. Laos
B. East Timor
The country of the “people of Han” is:
a. Mongolia
b. China
c. Japan
d. Korea
e. Tibet
B. China
The People’s Republic of China also claims the island of:
a. Hokkaido
b. Honshu
c. Taiwan
d. Kurile
e. Gobi
C. Taiwan
Which of the following is not one of the countries of the South Asia realm?
a. Pakistan
b. Bhutan
c. Afghanistan
d. Sri Lanka
C. Afghanistan
What South Asian country has Buddhism as its state religion?
a. Sri Lanka
b. India
c. Bhutan
d. Nepal
C. Bhutan
Where was the political center of the Mughal Empire?
a. Afghanistan
b. Pakistan
c. Mongolia
d. Bangladesh
What is the modern-day name of East Pakistan?
a. Bhutan
b. Bangladesh
c. Pakistan
d. Afghanistan
B. Bangladesh
Which of the Southern Islands has South Asia’s highest GNI per capita? a. Andaman Islands B. Sri Lanka C. The Maldives D. Nicobar Islands
C. The Maldives
Which of the Southern Islands experienced a long civil war?
a. Andaman Islands
b. Sri Lanka
c. The Maldives
d. Nicobar Islands
B. Sir Lanka
Which country is almost annually struck by costly natural disasters?
a. India
b. Bangladesh
c. Pakistan
d. Sri Lanka
e. Nepal
B. Bangladesh
The small group of islands 400 miles south of India are the:
a. Sri Lanka
b. Punjab
c. Maldives
d. Dravidians
e. Colombo
C. Maldives
The country with the second largest population in the world is:
a. Pakistan
b. The United States
c. Russia
d. India
e. China
D. India
Which of the following countries is characterized by a plantation economy?
a. Pakistan
b. India
c. Bangladesh
d. Nepal
e. Sri Lanka
E. Sir Lanka
Which of the following is not included in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm?
a. Pakistan
b. Iran
c. Iraq
d. Tunisia
e. Afghanistan
A. Pakistan
Which area was least influenced by the spread of Islam?
a. Yemen
b. Bosnia
c. China
d. Northern Nigeria
e. Turkestan
C. China
Shi’ite Muslims constitute the great majority of the population of:
a. Egypt
b. Israel
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Turkey
e. Iran
E. Iran
Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer?
a. Kuwait
b. Azerbaijan
c. Iraq
d. Iran
e. Turkey
E. Turkey
The upstream country that could control the flow of the Nile River into Egypt is:
a. Iraq
b. Sudan
c. Israel
d. Libya
e. Chad
B. Sudan
Which of the following oil producers does not border the Persian Gulf?
a. Iran
b. Kuwait
c. Libya
d. Saudi Arabia
e. United Arab Emirates
C. Libya
Which North African country fought a bitter war of liberation against the French?
a. Egypt
b. Libya
c. Algeria
d. Tunisia
e. Sudan
C. Algeria
This country is the smallest in North Africa, but has the highest GNI per capita in North Africa.
a. Chad
b. Israel
c. Tunisia
d. Morocco
e. Libya
C. Tunisia
Which of the following countries does not share a common border with Israel?
a. Iran
b. Egypt
c. Jordan
d. Lebanon
e. Syria
A. Iran
The largest oil reserves in the realm are located in:
a. Israel
b. Libya
c. Kuwait
d. Saudi Arabia
e. Iran
D. Saudi Arabia
Which of the following countries is not located on the Arabian Peninsula
a. Syria
b. Kuwait
c. Oman
d. Qatar
e. Bahrain
A. Syria
The Rub al Khali (Empty Quarter) lies near the border between Saudi Arabia and:
a. Israel
b. Iraq
c. Yemen
d. Dubai
e. Kuwait
C. Yemen
Which of the following is not one of the republics of Turkestan?
a. Kazakhstan
b. Uzbekistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. Azerbaijan
e. Tajikistan
D. Azerbaijan
Which of the following republics of Turkestan contains an ethnic majority of Persian origin?
a. Kazakhstan
b. Uzbekistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. Tajikistan
e. Afghanistan
D. Tajikistan
Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer:
a. Libya
b. Iran
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Iraq
e. Lebanon
E. Lebanon
The country that sits atop an oil reserve which is, by far, the world’s largest, is:
a. Kuwait
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Iraq
d. Iran
e. Jordan
B. Saudi Arabia
The Ottomans, based in what is today _____, conquered Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1453 and then pushed into southeastern Europe.
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Syria
d. Libya
e. Turkey
E. Turkey
The smallest of the Maghreb states is _____.
a. Tunisia
b. Algeria
c. Morocco
d. Libya
e. Egypt
A. Tunisia
All of the following are countries that comprise the Middle East except:
a. Iraq
b. Jordan
c. Syria
d. Algeria
e. Lebanon
D. Algeria
Which of the following is not one of the six states of Turkestan?
a. Kazakhstan
b. Pakistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. Afghanistan
e. Uzbekistan
B. Pakistan
Country that split into two as a result of a long and bloody civil war:
a. Egypt
b. Sudan
c. Libya
d. Turkey
e. None of the above
B. Sudan
Country in North Africa with large oil reserves, where NATO enforced no fly zone helped rebels to topple a long lasted dictatorship:
a. Mauritania
b. Somali
c. Eritrea
d. Libya
e. Tunisia
D. Libya
A desert republic in Turkestan with significant new gas supplies?
a. Kazakhstan
b. Uzbekistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. Azerbaijan
e. Kyrgyzstan
C. Turkmenistan
Economic future of what central Asian country is connected to oil supplies found near Caspian Sea?
a. Kazakhstan
b. Uzbekistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. Azerbaijan
e. Kyrgyzstan
A. Kazakhstan
The country to which the US first sent ground troops to eradicate terrorism:
a. Sudan
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Afghanistan
d. Iraq
e. Pakistan
C. Afghanistan
Before independence, the modern state of The Congo was a colony of:
a. France
b. Germany
c. Britain
d. Belgium
e. South Africa
C. Britian
Which of the following states was not a colony of France prior to its independence?
a. Ivory Coast
b. Chad
c. Ghana
d. Senegal
e. Burkina Faso
A. Ivory Coast
Which country lost its independence only briefly?
a. Zimbabwe
b. Zambia
c. Kenya
d. Ethiopia
e. Malawi
A. Zimbabwe
The last country to give up its African colonies was:
a. The United States
b. Germany
c. France
d. Belgium
e. South Africa
B. Germany
Which of the following countries is not located in Southern Africa?
a. Botswana
b. Cameroon
c. Zimbabwe
d. Zambia
e. Mozambique
A. Botswana
The Boer War took place in:
a. Kenya
b. South Africa
c. The Netherlands
d. Sudan
e. Nigeria
B. South Africa
Which of the following countries is the home of the Shona and Ndebele tribes where whites have been expelled by government-backed squatters seeking their land?
a. Botswana
b. Cameroon
c. Zimbabwe
d. Zambia
e. Tanzania
C. Zimbabwe
The now-independent political entity that once was a German colony named South West Africa is today known as:
a. . Namibia
b. Botswana
c. Western Rhodesia
d. Tanganyika
e. Togo
A. Namibia
Which of the following countries is not located in East Africa?
a. Nigeria
b. Kenya
c. Uganda
d. Tanzania
e. Burundi
B. Kenya
Tourism, once a particularly important business in _____, struggles to remain viable in the face of numerous challenges:
a. Liberia
b. Kenya
c. Uganda
d. Burkina Faso
e. Nigeria
B. Kenya
Dar es Salaam is the capital of:
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Tanzania
c. Kenya
d. Somalia
e. Ethiopia
B. Tanzania
Which of the following countries borders Lake Victoria?
a. Sudan
b. Uganda
c. Malawi
d. The Congo
e. Ethiopia
D. The Congo
Which of the following countries is not located in Equatorial Africa?
a. Gabon
b. Congo
c. Ivory Coast
d. Cameroon
e. Central African Republic
D. Cameroon
The country in Equatorial Africa with significant oil supplies and the only coastal capital is:
a. Congo
b. Cameroon
c. Central African Republic
d. Gabon
e. Angola
D. Gabon
The country in Equatorial Africa that had a border dispute with Nigeria over an oil-rich area is:
a. Congo
b. Cameroon
c. Central African Republic
d. Gabon
e. Chad
B. Cameroon
Which of the following countries is located in the Bulge of Africa?
a. Senegal
b. South Africa
c. Somalia
d. Chad
e. Kenya
E. Kenya
The country that moved its capital from Lagos to the new centrally-located city of Abuja is:
a. Nigeria
b. Tanzania
c. The Congo
d. Niger
e. Ethiopia
C. The Congo
The first West African state to gain its independence, formerly called the Gold Coast, is: a. Ghana b Guinea c. Sierra Leone d. Gambia e. Benin
A. Ghana
This West African country borders Liberia, is a former French colony, and built a Roman Catholic basilica in Yamoussoukro to rival St. Peter’s in Rome:
a. Ivory Coast
b. Chad
c. Niger
d. Guinea
e. Senegal
A. Ivory Coast
Which of the following countries was established by former American slaves?
a. Gambia
b. Guinea
c. Guinea-Bissau
d. Ghana
e. Liberia
E. Liberia
Which of the following countries is not located in The African Transition Zone?
a. Mauritania
b. Mali
c. Niger
d. Somalia
e. Tanzania
E. Tanzania
Which of the following countries is located in the Horn of Africa?
a. Burkina Faso
b. Mal
c. Niger
d. Nigeria
e. Ethiopia
E. Ethiopia
This small country gains much of its importance because of its location on the Bab el Mandeb Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea
a. Ethiopia
b. Swaziland—Switzerland**
c. Niger
d. Egypt
e. Djibouti
E. Djibouti
The largest country in Equatorial Africa is:
a. Congo
b. Cameroon
c. Central African Republic
d. The Congo
e. Tanzania
B. Cameroon
The most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa, which also has significant oil supplies, is:
a. Namibia
b. South Africa
c. Ethiopia
d. Kenya
e. Nigeria
E. Nigeria
The economy which is by far the largest and most diverse in Africa is found in:
a. South Africa
b. Nigeria
c. Kenya
d. Botswana
e. Namibia
A. South Africa
_____ is the giant of Southern Africa, its economy by far the largest of the entire realm.
a. The Republic of South Africa (RSA)
b. Zimbabwe
c. Botswana
d. Namibia
e. Angola
A. The Republic of South Africa (RSA)
Of the four coastal countries of Equatorial Africa, _____ has the largest proven mineral resources, including manganese, uranium and iron ore.
a. Gabon
b. Cameroon
c. Cabinda
d. Principe
e. The Central African Republic
A. Gabon
_____ is home to just over 155 million people, by far the largest population of any African country.
a. Ghana
b. Nigeria
c. Ivory Coast
d. Benin
e. Chad
B. Nigeria
Africa’s Horn is an especially volatile sub-region of the African Transition Zone, which contains all of the following countries except:
a. Ghana
b. Ethiopia
c. Eritrea
d. Djibouti
e. Somalia
A. Ghana
Which of the following countries is located within the culture hearth known as Mesoamerica?
a. Puerto Rico
b. The United States
c. Guatemala
d. Jamaica
e. Panama
C. Guatemala
Middle America’s largest country today in terms of both area and population is:
a. Mexico
b. Hispaniola
c. Cuba
d. Panama
e. Trinidad
A. Mexico
Which of the following countries does not have a common border with Guatemala?
a. El Salvador
b. Honduras
c. Belize
d. Nicaragua
e. Mexico
D. Nicaragua
The Central American country where English is spoken, but where Spanish will eventually become the predominant language is:
a. Jamaica
b. Guatemala
c. Costa Rica
d. Trinidad
e. Belize
E. Belize
While other Central American countries were called banana republics, this country was a coffee republic:
a. Cuba
b. Guatemala
c. Mexico
d. El Salvador
e. Colombia
D. El Salvador
The Switzerland of Central America, the region’s oldest democratic republic, is:
a. Nicaragua
b. Jamaica
c. Belize
d. Honduras
e. Costa Rica
E. Costa Rica
As one travels north leaving South America, the first country encountered on the Central American land bridge is ________.
a. Costa Rica
b. Panama
c. El Salvador
d. Nicaragua
e. Aruba
A. Costa Rica
Which island is the Caribbean’s leading bauxite producer?
a. Trinidad
b. Cuba
c. The Bahamas
d. Jamaica
e. Hispaniola
D. Jamacia
Which of the following Caribbean countries possesses major natural gas deposits:
a. The Dominican Republic
b. Cuba
c. Trinidad and Tobago
d. Martinique
e. Barbados
C. Trinidad and Tobago
Which of the following countries contains the heart of the ancient Mayan empire?
a. Cuba
b. Nicaragua
c. Costa Rica
d. Honduras
e. Guatemala
E. Guatemala
Which South American country was most transformed by the forced in-migration of Africans in bondage?
a. Argentina
b. Brazil
c. Colombia
d. Paraguay
e. Ecuador
B. Brazil
The largest country in terms of landmass in Latin America is:
a. Venezuela
b. Colombia
c. Panama
d. Brazil
e. Ecuador
D. Brazil
Which of the following countries is landlocked?
a. Uruguay
b. Ecuador
c. Paraguay
d. Peru
e. Suriname
C. Paraguay
Which of the following countries contains a population whose ethnicity is dominated by Amerindian ancestry?
a. Argentina
b. Brazil
c. Bolivia
d. Uruguay
e. Chile
C. Bolivia
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
C. Chile
Which of the following countries has the most compact territorial shape?
a. Chile
b. Argentina
c. Uruguay
d. Panama
e. Peru
C. Uruguay
The South American country that contains the northern end of the Andes is:
a. Venezuela
b. Peru
c. Brazil
d. Colombia
e. Ecuador
A. Venezuela
The country in South America which has, by far, the largest oil reserves is:
a. Venezuela
b. Chile
c. Bolivia
d. Colombia
e. Argentina
A. Venezuela
_____ is the easternmost outpost of the Caribbean North, and is mainland South America’s only dependency.
a. Guyana
b. French Guiana
c. Venezuela
d. Suriname
e. None of the above
B. French Guiana
The largest southern core country is _____.
a. Chile
b. Uruguay
c. Brazil
d. Argentina
e. Paraguay
D. Argentina
The country in South America with the fastest growing economy since the 1990s is:
a. Paraguay
b. Bolivia
c. French Guiana
d. Ecuador
e. Chile
C. French Guiana
Mexico’s chief trading partner is:
a. U.S.
b. Chile
c. Canada
d. Cuba
e. None of the above
C. Canada
Which of the following is not a Latin Country?
a. Suriname
b. Venezuela
c. Peru
d. Chile
e. Argentina
C. Peru
The second largest producer of shrimp in the world is:
a. Ecuador
b. Chile
c. Paraguay
d. Peru
e. Brazil
A. Ecuador
South America’s densest railroad network is found in:
a. The Amazon River Basin
b. Mexico
c. Chile
d. Paraguay
e. Argentina
E. Argentina
Most of the population is of European stock is in:
a. Guyana
b. Brazil
c. Uruguay
d. Paraguay
e. Colombia
C. Uruguay
