Test 2 Questions

Question 1

Which of these is NOT a major river or river system found in Latin America?
A) All of these are major river systems found in Latin America.
B) Sierra Madre
C) Amazon
D) Paraná-Paraguay
E) Orinoco

Answer 1

B. Sierra Madre

Question 2

Which of these countries does NOT use the “peso” as its currency? (pages 186-189)
A) Argentina
B) Chile
C) Colombia
D) Cuba
E) Guatemala
F) Uruguay

Answer 2

E) Guatemala

Question 3

Which of these is NOT a volcano in central Mexico.
A) All of these are volcanoes in central Mexico.
B) Orizaba
C) Popocatepetl
D) Tehuantepec
E) Ixtacihuatl

Answer 3

E) Ixtacihuatl

Question 4

Which of these countries uses the “Nuevo Sol” (new sun) as its form of currency?
A) Venezuela
B) Peru
C) Nicaragua
D) Paraguay
E) Honduras

Answer 4

B) Peru

Question 5

“Guaraní” is a currency used in \_\_\_\_.
A) Bolivia
B) Brazil
C) Costa Rica
D) Guatemala
E) None of these.

Answer 5

E) None of these.

Question 6

These two countries use a form a currency named after “El Libertador”—Simón Bolívar.
A) Panama and Peru
B) Venezuela and Bolivia
C) Honduras and Guatemala
D) Cuba and Puerto Rico
E) None of these.

Answer 6

B) Venezuela and Bolivia

Question 7

Which of these countries does NOT have coffee listed as a major export?
A) Costa Rica
B) El Salvador
C) Guatemala
D) Venezuela
E) All of these have coffee as a major export.

Answer 7

D) Venezuela

Question 8

Along with Peru, which of these countries has both quechua and aymara—two indigenous languages—as listed as main languages along with Spanish?
A) Bolivia
B) Guatemala
C) Chile
D) Ecuador
E) None of these.

Answer 8

A) Bolivia

Question 9

Asunción is the capital of this country: \_\_\_\_\_\_.
A) Paraguay
B) Uruguay
C) El Salvador
D) Guyana
E) None of these.

Answer 9

A) Paraguay

Question 10

The capital of Chile is \_\_\_\_.
A) Santiago
B) Lima
C) Bogotá
D) Quito
E) None of these.

Answer 10

A) Santiago

Question 11

In addition to Cuba, which of the following countries is a communist state?
A) Haiti
B) Argentina
C) Colombia
D) Venezuela
E) None of these.

Answer 11

E) None of these.

Question 12

The main export from Puerto Rico is \_\_\_\_.
A) pharmaceuticals
B) bananas
C) coffee
D) petroleum
E) sugar

Answer 12

A) pharmaceuticals

Question 13

The capital of Brazil is \_\_\_\_\_.
A) Rio de Janeiro
B) Brasilia
C) Ipanema
D) None of these.

Answer 13

B) Brasilia

Question 14

The Amazon River is the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ river in the world.
A) longest
B) second longest
C) third longest
D) fourth longest

Answer 14

B) second longest

Question 15

The Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental are mountain ranges in \_\_\_\_\_.
A) Peru
B) El Salvador
C) Mexico
D) Chile
E) Brazil

Answer 15

C) Mexico

Question 16

The Galápagos Islands are found off the coast of \_\_\_\_\_.
A) Ecuador
B) Chile
C) Brazil
D) El Salvador
E) None of these.

Answer 16

A) Ecuador

Question 17

The Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands) are a British possession off the coast of \_\_\_\_.
A) Panama
B) Costa Rica
C) Argentina
D) Uruguay
E) None of these.

Answer 17

C) Argentina

Question 18

This body of water is found between Panama, Nicaragua, Cuba, Haiti, and the northern tip of Colombia.
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Caspian Sea
C) Caribbean Sea
D) Gulf of Mexico
E) None of these.

Answer 18

C) Caribbean Sea

Question 19

The cowboys (cowhands/ranchers) of the Argentinian grasslands are known as \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
A) vaqueros
B) llaneros
C) gauchos
D) pampas
E) None of these.

Answer 19

C) gauchos

Question 20

The Río Grande, which forms part of the long border between the USA and Mexico, is also known by this name.
A) Río Largo
B) Río Rancho
C) Río Bravo del Norte
D) None of these

Answer 20

C) Río Bravo del Norte

Question 21

According to the reading, oceangoing ships can travel more than 2,000 miles upstream into the Amazon River (that is approximately the distance between New York and Colorado).
A) True
B) False

Answer 21

A) True

Question 22

This is the world’s highest navegable lake and can be found high in the Andes between Bolivia and Peru.
A) Lake Texcoco
B) Lake Nicaragua
C) Lake Maracaibo
D) Lake of the Ozarks
E) None of these.

Answer 22

E) None of these.

Question 23

Chile is the world’s largest exporter of this product.
A) copper
B) bauxite
C) tin
D) gold
E) silver

Answer 23

A) copper

Question 24

Which of these cities does NOT lie along the Río de la Plata?
A) Buenos Aires, Argentina
B) Montevideo, Uruguay
C) Asunción, Paraguay

Answer 24

C) Asunción, Paraguay

Question 25

The Amazon rain forest covers 1/3 of South America and shelters more species of plants and animals per square mile than anywhere else on earth.
A) True
B) False

Answer 25

A) True

Question 26

This is a region in Chile so arid that in some places no rainfall has ever been recorded.
A) Atacama Desert
B) Pampas
C) Gran Chaco
D) Patagonia
E) Tierra del Fuego

Answer 26

A) Atacama Desert

Question 27

According to the reading, potatoes, wheat, and apples grow best in this climate zone. This helps explain why in certain countries and for some civilizations these crops have traditionally been more much important either as subsistence crops or for export.
A) tierra caliente (hot land) at the lower elevations
B) tierra templada (temperate land) between the other two elevations
C) tierra fría (cold land) at higher elevations

Answer 27

C) tierra fría (cold land) at higher elevations

Question 28

This is the name given to the dense and continuous layer of leaves that tower above some of Latin America's tropical rain forests.
A) canopy
B) panoply
C) selva
D) None of these.

Answer 28

A) canopy