Quiz 1

Question 1

Which mountains in South America are part of the world’s longest mountain chain?

Answer 1

Andes

Question 2

Which country has the world’s southernmost city?

Answer 2

South America

Question 3

The largest tropical rain forest is in what country?

Answer 3

South America

Question 4

Which river has nearly a fifth of the world’s fresh water?

Answer 4

Amazon

Question 5

Name the three main land regions of South America, west to east.

Answer 5

Central plains
Eastern highlands
Andes

Question 6

Name the three main groups of people living in South America

Answer 6

Native Americans
European Americans
African Americans

Question 7

Where is the world’s highest waterfall?

Answer 7

Guiana highlands of Venezuela, South America

Question 8

Name three areas of the Oriente

Answer 8

Llanos
Selva
Guiana highlands

Question 9

Which land region is not shared by the Andean Republic?

Answer 9

Selva

Question 10

Most of the important cities and many of the volcanoes of the an Andean Republics are located in the ________?

Answer 10

Sierra

Question 11

Dense rain forest in the Andean Republics are called the __________?

Answer 11

Selva

Question 12

A Spanish word for mountain range

Answer 12

Sierra

Question 13

The _________ of each Andean Republic lies east of the mountains

Answer 13

Oriente

Question 14

There is no ________ in Bolivia.

Answer 14

Costa

Question 15

What is along the Pacific ocean, in Venezuela, and along the Caribbean Sea?

Answer 15

The Costa of the Andean Republics

Question 16

A person who has much power in a region or over an activity

Answer 16

Baron

Question 17

Fighters who are not a part of a regular army and will strike with sudden attacks

Answer 17

Guerrillas

Question 18

The highest peak in Columbia

Answer 18

Pica Cristobal Colon

Question 19

Which two rivers flow north and join before reaching the Caribbean Sea

Answer 19

Magdalena

Cauca

Question 20

Which coast of of Columbia is called the Emerald coast?

Answer 20

Caribbean coast

Question 21

Which country is called the “ gateway to south America”

Answer 21

Columbia

Question 22

Which coast of Columbia has the most rainfall and fewest cities?

Answer 22

Pacific

Question 23

Which lake on the border of Peru and Bolivia is the highest navigable lake in the world?

Answer 23

Lake Titcaca

Question 24

What is Peru and Bolivia’s flat region?

Answer 24

Altiplano

Question 25

What comes from a bark of a tree grown in the Selva of Peru?

Answer 25

Quinine

Question 26

What is used to treat malaria?

Answer 26

Quinine

Question 27

What is used as an insecticide?

Answer 27

Rotenone

Question 28

Where does quinine and rotenone grow?

Answer 28

Selva of Peru

Question 29

What was once used in chewing gum?

Answer 29

Chicle

Question 30

What is the Peru rain forest called?

Answer 30

Selva

Question 31

The area above the snowline has what all year round?

Answer 31

Snow

Question 32

Do trees grow above the tree line?

Answer 32

No

Question 33

Where were potatoes first grown?

Answer 33

Altiplano

Question 34

Peru’s Costa region is a ?

Answer 34

Desert

Question 35

What current brings cool water to the ocean along Peru’s coast?

Answer 35

Peru current

Question 36

What fish is caught in Peru?

Answer 36

Anchovies

Question 37

What are sea bird droppings called?

Answer 37

Guano

Question 38

What is guano used for?

Answer 38

Manure

Question 39

Most of Peru’s food is grown where?

Answer 39

Oasis

Question 40

What is an oasis?

Answer 40

Place of available ground water in the Costa region…a desert

Question 41

Which President became a dictator after he took control of Ecuador?

Answer 41

President Velasco Ibarro

Question 42

Which President brought peace and democracy to Ecuador when he was elected in 1948

Answer 42

President Galo Plaza