South America

Question 0

The Andes are South America’s greatest? River chain, desert regions, mountain range, or island chain

Answer 0

Mountain range

Question 1

The largest country in South America is? Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, or Columbia

Answer 1

Brazil

Question 2

guinea highlands rise in southern? Venezuela, Peru, surname, or Paraguay

Answer 2

Venezuela

Question 3

which of the following is the largest playing in South America? Brazilian Highlands, Altiplano, Angel Falls, or Amazon River basin

Answer 3

Amazon River basin

Question 4

South Americans pampas is a wide area of? Plains, grasslands, mountains, or plateaus

Answer 4

grasslands

Question 5

Tierra del fuego is an island divided between Argentina and? Uruguay, Chile, Columbia, or Bolivia

Answer 5

chile

Question 6

what is the world’s largest river in volume? Orinoco, Llanos, Amazon, or parana

Answer 6

Amazon

Question 7

The driest region in South America is? The Peru current, the atacama desert, chili central valley, or the Amazon River

Answer 7

The Atacama Desert

Question 8

what is El Niño? The region’s largest lake, a tropical rain forest, a type of tree, or an ocean and weather pattern

Answer 8

an ocean and weather pattern

Question 9

South America’s largest oil reserves are found in? Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil, or Uruguay

Answer 9

Venezuela

Question 10

true or false: farming began in South America only about 500 years ago

Answer 10

false, 5000

Question 11

true or false: The Inca founded south America’s greatest early civilization

Answer 11

true

Question 12

true or false: although the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro tried to conquer the Inca Empire he was unsuccessful

Answer 12

false, successful

Question 13

true or false: the south American Indian population rose dramatically during the colonial period

Answer 13

false, dropped

Question 14

true or false: Portuguese settlement South America began in the 1530s along the eastern coast of what is now Brazil

Answer 14

true

Question 15

true or false: the Spanish colonies of South America gained their independence between 1910 and 1930

Answer 15

false, 1810 and 1830

Question 16

true or false: Bolivia’s population has the largest percentage of south American Indians

Answer 16

true

Question 17

true or false: people in South American countries speak Spanish but most Brazilians speak Portuguese

Answer 17

true

Question 18

true or false: the cities of bogota, La Paz, and quito lie in high Andean Valleys

Answer 18

true

Question 19

true or false: the majority of South American today are protestant Christian

Answer 19

false, Roman Catholic

Question 20

when the largest states from the colonial period we’re broken up, small farms known as_were created

Answer 20

minifundia

Question 21

_Produces more coffee than any other country in the world

Answer 21

Brazil

Question 22

The South American country of_specializes and producing and exporting wheat and beef

Answer 22

Argentina

Question 23

countries in the southern part of South America have formed a trade organization known as_

Answer 23

Mercosur

Question 24

One third of the people who live in Chile now live in or around the city of_

Answer 24

Santiago

Question 25

The large slums that surround the major cities of Brazil are known as_

Answer 25

favelas

Question 26

overall the governments in South American countries have become more_but challenges remain

Answer 26

democratic

Question 27

The great rain forests of the_River basin are a vital source of oxygen for the whole planet

Answer 27

Amazon

Question 28

A war during the 1880s left the country of_landlocked, or without the border on the ocean

Answer 28

Bolivia

Question 29

terrorism is common and South America today, particularly in the country of_

Answer 29

Columbia