middle And South America

Question 0

true or false: South America extends across more than 60° of latitude

Answer 0

true

Question 1

true or false: the Amazon drains a larger area than any other river in the world

Answer 1

true

Question 2

true or false: people first entered South America from the north more than 60,000 years ago

Answer 2

false

Question 3

true or false: the Spanish colonies all gained their independence from 1810 to 1830

Answer 3

true

Question 4

true or false: around 95% of the people who live in Paraguay have European ancestors

Answer 4

false

Question 5

true or false: thousands of square miles of South American rainforest are cleared every year

Answer 5

true

Question 6

The capital of this country is Santo Domingo

Answer 6

Dominican republic

Question 7

this country is the only country in the Caribbean that has a command economy

Answer 7

Cuba

Question 8

this country in Haiti have the large African populations in the Caribbean

Answer 8

Jamaica

Question 9

this country is a commonwealth of the United States

Answer 9

Puerto Rico

Question 10

French and Creole are the official languages in this country

Answer 10

Haiti

Question 11

this region is Mexico’s poorest region

Answer 11

Southern Mexico

Question 12

this region is a cultural political and economic center of Mexico

Answer 12

Mexico City

Question 13

many cities in this region began as a colonial mining or ranching centers

Answer 13

Central Mexico

Question 14

this region as rich or oil and natural gas deposits

Answer 14

gulf low lands

Question 15

this region has become one of Mexico’s most prosperous regions

Answer 15

Northern Mexico

Question 16

South America includes 12 countries and an overseas department of France known as French_

Answer 16

Guiana

Question 17

The collision of the Nazca and South American plates created the_

Answer 17

andies

Question 18

The largest country in South America is_

Answer 18

Brazil

Question 19

the_founded south America’s greatest early civilization

Answer 19

Inca

Question 20

The South American city of_lies in a high Andes valley

Answer 20

quito

Question 21

_Has a large percentage of south American Indians

Answer 21

Bolivia

Question 22

_Grew rich from harvesting and shipping rubber

Answer 22

manaus

Question 23

_Is a trade organization made up of the countries in the southern part of South America

Answer 23

mercosur

Question 24

About one third of Chili’s people now live in or around_

Answer 24

Santiago

Question 25

Sierra Madre Oriental at Borders the Mexican plateau on the_side

Answer 25

East

Question 26

Sierra Madre occidental borders Mexican Puerto on the_side

Answer 26

West

Question 27

Sierra Madre Delsur orders the Mexican poncho on the_side

Answer 27

South

Question 28

this term refers to a chain of high plateaus

Answer 28

tepuis

Question 29

this term refers to rock or sand layers that contain oil

Answer 29

tar sands

Question 30

this term refers to a change in government brought about when a Group takes power by force

Answer 30

Coup

Question 31

this term refers to a tropical plant that has starchy roots

Answer 31

manioc

Question 32

this term is used to refer to a country that has no order on the ocean

Answer 32

landlocked

Question 33

this term refers to the use of fear and violence as a political force

Answer 33

terrorism

Question 34

“The country that I live in has the largest oil reserves in all of South America. The large oil deposits us around Lake Maracaibo make my country a leading oil exporting country.” where am i?

Answer 34

Venezuela

Question 35

“The country that I live in produces more coffee than any other country in the world. In addition my country is the largest country on the South American continent.” where am i?

Answer 35

Brazil

Question 36

“The newest industry that my country is enjoying is selling cut flowers. Every night our flowers are flown to markets around the world. You may even have some of our flowers in your home right now.” where am i?

Answer 36

Columbia