Wednesday, January 18, 2012

World Geography Test THURSDAY


Latin America

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 
 1. 
What are the major ethnic groups in Latin America?
a.
European descent, Indians, blacks, people of mixed European and Indian Descent and people of mixed European and black descent
c.
People from the United States, Mexico and South America
b.
Mostly people from Africa
d.
none of the above
 
 2. 
What are mestizos?
a.
People of African and Eurpoean descent
c.
People of mixed Indian and Eurpoean descent
b.
People of Indian descent
d.
People of mixed South American and North American descent
 
 3. 
How many immigrants arrived during the 19th and 20th century?
a.
1-2 million
c.
11-12 million
b.
1-2 thousand
d.
11-12 thousand
 
 4. 
What are the two primary languages spoken in Latin America?
a.
English and Portugese
c.
Spanish and English
b.
Spanish and Latin
d.
Spanish and Native Languages
 
 5. 
What is the role of the father in a traditional Latin American home?
a.
expected to not be responsible for his family
c.
raising the children
b.
expected to support the family
d.
maintain links to the church
 
 6. 
What are many of the houses of Latin America made of?
a.
logs or sundried brick
c.
steel
b.
concrete
d.
straw
 
 7. 
When is the main meal served in Latin America?
a.
breakfast
c.
dinner
b.
lunch
d.
snack time
 
 8. 
What is the primary reason children do not attend school in Latin Ameica?
a.
Lack of good schools in Latin America
c.
Children have to help support their families.
b.
Distance to get to school too far for many.
d.
There is no need for education in Latin America.
 
 9. 
On average, how much of the population lives in cities?
a.
about half
c.
all
b.
about one third
d.
about two-thirds
 
 10. 
By whom were most cities established?
a.
Spanish
c.
French
b.
Dutch
d.
North Americans
 
 11. 
What is a barrio?
a.
animal
c.
religion
b.
style of clothing
d.
neighborhoods
 
 12. 
Which of the following is a system where the land is ownership is organized into large agricultural estates?
a.
barrio
c.
latifunida
b.
squatter development
d.
land reform
 
 13. 
What is the primary religion of Latin America?
a.
Protestant
c.
Spanish
b.
Judaism
d.
Roman Catholic
 
 14. 
Which Latin American capital city was relocated (moved) due to trying to reduce overcrowding of cities?
a.
Quito
c.
Brasilia
b.
Lima
d.
Mexico City
 
 15. 
What is the most popular sport in Latin America?
a.
Soccer
c.
Basketball
b.
Football
d.
Hockey
 
 16. 
What is another name of Central America?
a.
Latin America
c.
Middle America
b.
Mexcio
d.
the Carribean
 
 17. 
What is the name of the geographic feature that was built to allow ships to pass between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans without going around South America?
a.
Nazca Plate
c.
Panama Canal
b.
Orinoco River
d.
Amazon river
 
 18. 
What are the three regions that make up Latin America?
a.
North America, South America, Central America
c.
The Caribbean, South American, Mexico
b.
Central America, South America, The Caribbean
d.
South America, Latin America, The Caribbean
 
 19. 
Which of the following is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land?
a.
bridge
c.
peninsula
b.
canal
d.
isthmus
 
 20. 
What is the name of the mountain range that extends the entire length of South America?
a.
The Rocky Mountains
c.
The Amazon
b.
The Andes
d.
The Himalayas
 
 21. 
Which of the following river is low and relatively flat that runs through dense forest and jungles?
a.
Maricaibo
c.
Amazon
b.
Orinoco
d.
Sao Francsico
 
 22. 
Where are the most extensive lowlands found in Central America?
a.
Yucatan Peninsula
c.
South America
b.
Belize
d.
Brazil
 
 23. 
What is the name of the highest mountain/volcano in Mid-America?
a.
rio de La Plata
c.
Mt Amazon
b.
Mt Orizaba
d.
Nevada del Ruiz
 
 24. 
What is the highest mountian in North America?
a.
Mt. Orizaba
c.
Mt Ruiz
b.
Mt. Aconcagua
d.
Mt St Helens
 
 25. 
What is the highest navigable lake in the world?
a.
Lake Maricaibo
c.
Great Salt Lake
b.
Lake Mead
d.
Lake Titicaca
 
 26. 
What is an alitplano?
a.
an open grassland
c.
high altitude plains
b.
high mountains
d.
a volcano
 
 27. 
What fo you call the plateuas of South America?
a.
tepuis
c.
highlands
b.
pampas
d.
mesas
 
 28. 
What is the capital of Argentina?
a.
Sucre
c.
Buenos Aires
b.
Brasilia
d.
Caracas
 
 29. 
What is the capital of Bolivia?
a.
Santiago
c.
Montevideo
b.
Sucre and La Paz
d.
Asuncion
 
 30. 
What is the capital of Peru?
a.
Lima
c.
Bogota
b.
Brasilia
d.
Paramaribo
 
 31. 
What is the capital of Chile?
a.
Cayenne
c.
Georgetown
b.
Quito
d.
Santiago
 
 32. 
What is the capital of Colombia?
a.
Santiago
c.
Cayenne
b.
Quito
d.
Bogota
 
 33. 
What is the capital of Suriname?
a.
Caracas
c.
Paramaribo
b.
Montevideo
d.
Lima
 
 34. 
What is the capital of Ecuador?
a.
Brasilia
c.
Quito
b.
Bogota
d.
Lima
 
 35. 
What is the capital of Guyana?
a.
Georgetown
c.
Bogota
b.
Sucre
d.
Ascuncion
 
 36. 
What is the capital of Paraguay?
a.
Asuncion
c.
Lima
b.
Bogota
d.
Montevideo
 
 37. 
What is the capital of Venezuela?
a.
Paramaribo
c.
Caracas
b.
Lima
d.
Montevideo
 
 38. 
What does tierra caliente mean?
a.
high land
c.
low land
b.
hot land
d.
volcano

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