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Ch. 8 -Latin America
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Latin America - Chapter 8 along with Panama Canal Video
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What is the second largest river system in Latin America?
the Amazon
Paraná, Paraguay, and Amazon Rivers
Lake Titicaca, Lake Maracaibo and the Orinoco River
Paraná, Paraguay and Uruguay Rivers
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What country is this?
Belize
Honduras
Costa Rica
Panama
3
The _______ of South America are a continuation of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
Andes
Brazilian Highlands
Central Highlands
Sierra Madre
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The Río de la Plata is a large ____________________ where three rivers meet the Atlantic Ocean.
highlands
llano
dam
estuary
5
What country is this?
Honduras
Costa Rica
Belize
Guatemala
6
What country is this?
Barbados
Grenada
Haiti
St. Kitts and Nevis
7
What country is this?
Dominica
Trinidad and Tobago
St. Lucia
Barbados
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Many Caribbean islands are actually
atolls.
volcanic peaks.
lagoons.
archipelagos.
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What is this country?
Panama
Venezuela
Ecuador
Peru
10
Parallel mountain ranges are called
cordilleras.
tierra caliente.
estuaries.
altiplanos.
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What country is this?
Peru
Guatemala
Belize
Costa Rica
12
What is this country?
Argentina
Peru
Venezuela
Brazil
13
The plateau of Patagonia is
wet and lush.
dry, barren, and windy.
temperate, green, and windy.
hot and dry.
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What country is this?
Panama
El Salvador
Guatamala
Nicaragua
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The _________ in Mexico are a continuation of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
Sierra Madre
Central Highlands
Mexican Plateau
Andes
16
What country is this?
St. Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago
Cuba
The Bahamas
17
Shifting winds and the cold Peru ocean current have combined to create the
Atacama Desert.
pampas.
llanos.
Andes.
18
Major deposits of oil and natural gas are located along the Gulf of Mexico and the
Rio Grande.
Pacific Ocean.
Atlantic Ocean.
Caribbean Sea.
19
Which of the following setbacks did NOT delay the creation of the Panama Canal?
Mosquito infestation
Funding
Flooding
Mudslides
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What is biodiversity?
The preservation of fossil fuels
A type of fuel
The variation and complexity of life
The life of different races
21
Latin America includes Central America, the Caribbean, and
South America.
Cuba.
Mexico.
El Salvador.
22
Eastern highlands of South America plunge to the Atlantic Ocean, forming a steep slope called
an escarpment.
an estuary.
a plateau.
an altiplano.
23
Which type of ship was the first to travel through the Panama Canal?
a tugboat
a steamship
a sailboat
a luxury oceanliner
24
What country is this?
El Salvador
Belize
Guatemala
Nicaragua
25
What country is this?
Honduras
Mexico
Costa Rica
Belize
26
What country is this?
Bolivia
Uruguay
Suriname
Ecuador
27
What country is this?
Venezuela
Oogway
Paraguay
Uruguay
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Ultimately, how were the problems of the Panama Canal solved? Engineers created a...
Railway system that could move water
Lock system
More efficient way to motivate workers
New way to kill predators
29
What country is this?
Haiti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
30
The pampas consist primarily of
rain forests.
forests.
deserts.
grasslands.
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The mountains located along the western edge of South America are the
Western Highlands.
Sierra Madre.
Andes.
Rocky Mountains.
32
What country is this?
Chile
Guyana
Bolivia
Paraguay
33
What do canopies in the Amazon rainforest stop from reaching the forest floor?
rain
birds
snakes
sunlight
34
What is the name of the Frenchman who advocated and pursued the creation of the Panama Canal?
John Stevens
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Jacques Le Guerre
Jean duBois
35
The Rio Grande forms part of the border between
Peru and Colombia.
Argentina and Uruguay.
Mexico and the United States.
Bolivia and Brazil.
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What country is this?
Suriname
Peru
Chile
Bolivia
37
What country is this?
Jamaica
St. Kitts and Nevis
Grenada
Dominica
38
Which two vertical climate zones are located above the tree line?
tierra fría and tierra helada
tierra fría and tierra templada
puna and tierra fría
tierra helada and puna
39
What country is this?
Chile
Uruguay
Argentina
Ecuador
40
What country is this?
Trinidad and Tobago
Antigua and Barbuda
Cuba
The Bahamas
41
What country is this?
Paraguay
Argentina
Guyana
Peru
42
Who was the railroad engineer that made major progress in the creation of the Panama Canal?
George Amtrak
J.P. Morgan
John Jacob Astor
John Stevens
43
What country is this?
Suriname
Bolivia
Argentina
Chile
44
What country is this?
Barbados
The Bahamas
Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago
45
The Panama Canal allows ships to travel between which two bodies of water?
Atlantic Ocean and Sea of Cortez
Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
46
What country is this?
Haiti
St. Lucia
Dominican Republic
Barbados
47
What country is this?
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominican Republic
Haiti
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
48
What country is this?
Dominican Republic
Antigua and Barbuda
Grenada
The Bahamas
49
Around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela there are rich deposits (75% of Latin America's supply) of
tin.
gold.
silver.
oil.
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The five vertical climate zones in the highlands of Latin America are determined by
elevation.
distance from the Equator.
longitude.
rainfall.
51
What country is this?
Colombia
Venezuela
Guyana
Peru
52
A(n) ____________________ is a place where an ocean tide meets a river current.
coast
cordillera
estuary
escarpment
53
What country is this?
Colombia
Ecuador
Chile
Brazil
54
What country is this?
Suriname
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Costa Rica
55
What country is this?
The Bahamas
St. Kitts and Nevis
Jamaica
Haiti
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What country is this?
Brazil
Guyana
Peru
Argentina
