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Duplicate of Duplicate of Middle and South American Realms
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1
An example of elongation in this realm
Peru
Honduras
Chile
Paraguay
2
What is the major environmental problem currently facing the Amazon Rainforest?
Floods
Invasive species
In Hurricane Alley
Faces tropical deforestation
3
Which is the smallest of the three Andean countries?
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guyana
4
Middle America is made up of Central America, the Caribbean and
Mexico
Bahamas
Brazil
Guatemala
5
The Andes Mountains' northernmost country is
Costa Rica
Colombia
El Salvador
Venezuela
6
What is the name of the oil-rich region Venezuela?
Maracaibo
Amazon
Orinoco
Rio de la plata
7
The country with the largest population in the realm (approx 130 million)
Bolivia
Mexico
Brazil
Guatemala
8
Largest country of the Southern Cone
Bolicia
Argentina
French Guyana
Chile
9
Highest freshwater navigable lake in the world.
Angel Falls
Lake Titicaca
Andes mountains
Lake Maracaibo
10
Which of these countries has the strongest African influence?
Colombia
Mexico
Brazil
Paraguay
11
Which of these South American countries is landlocked?
Chile
Argentina
Colombia
Bolivia
12
High elevation plateau, basin, or valley between even higher mountain ranges
Altitudinal Zonation
Mulatto
Altiplano
Ejidos
13
Which language is spoken by natives in the Andean region?
Náhuatl
Quechua
Guaraní
Basque
14
Which indigenous empire was centered in Cuzco?
Aztecs
Incas
Mayan
Seminole
15
Leader of the independence movement of several South American countries
Juan Ponce de Leon
Simon Bolivar
Cristopher Columbus
Joseph Stalin
16
One of the countries that make us reconsider calling these two realms "Latin America" is
Puerto Rico
Belize
Brazil
Paraguay
17
Which is the most urban region in this realm?
Caribbean North
Southern Cone
Andean West
Brazil
18
Which country is has the strongest African influence in South America?
Argentina
Haiti
Brazil
Jamaica
19
How many countries border Bolivia?
two
one
ten
five
20
Which South American country is one of the biggest emerging markets?
Colombia
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
21
The Andes mountains' southernmost extenct is
Paraguay
Tierra del Fuego
Uruguay
Brazil
22
What percentage of the population in South America lives in urban areas?
about 15%
100%
about 80%
about 50%
23
The most urban region of South America.
Caribbean North
Southern Cone
Andean West
Brazil
24
An example of an isthmus in this realms
Panama
Jamaica
Brazil
Chile
25
The main environmental threat of the windward islands in the Caribbean
earthquakes
droughts
hurricanes
none of the options
26
The leader of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
Christopher Colombus
Francisco Pizarro
Ferdinand Magellan
27
Which of these is NOT a region of South America?
Brazil
The Greater Antilles
Caribbean North
Southern Cone
28
The Central American land bridge starts in Guatemala and ends in
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Panama
Puerto Rico
29
South America has a huge variate of climates due to
Its culture
Elevation of the Andes
how wide the regions is
latitudinal extent
30
Sierra Madre runs through Mexico and some of the Central American states
True
False
31
The capital of Bolivia recognized by mestizos
Cuzco
Sucre
La Paz
Buenos Aires
32
Which treaty split South America into Spain and Portuguese possessions?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Utrecht
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Ghent
33
The Greater Antilles consists of these four islands
Cuba, Haiti, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
Haiti, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico
34
For-profit, based on single crops focusing on exportation and common in the Caribbean
plantations
favelas
insurgencies
haciendas
35
Which countries were the first ones to gain independence from Spain?
Chile and Peru
Argentina and Chile
Venezuela and Argentina
Argentina and Uruguay
36
Which South American country has two capitals
Brazil
Bolivia
Ecuador
Venezuela
37
What are favelas?
Name for mineral resources in Atacama
just pick one already
Rich neighborhoods in Brazil
Slums in South America
38
The birth rate in Brazil over the past decade has been increasing over the last few decades
False
True
39
Which of the Guianas was a former British colony?
Paraguay
Guyana
Suriname
French Guiana
40
The leader of the Spanish conquest of the Incas
Hernan Cortes
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Colombus
Francisco Pizarro
41
WHich is NOT one of the altitudinal zonation of environemnts
Tierra helada
Tierra hirviendo
Tierra caliente
Tierra fria
42
What is the mountain range that runs through Middle and South America?
The Rockies
The Andes
The Himalayas
The Appalachians
43
Which of these countries region is the poorest in the South American realm?
Brazil
Caribbean North
Andean West
Southern Cone
44
Area considered the core of Mexico
Oaxaca
Mexico City
Rio de Janeiro
Guadalajara
45
The Middle American Realm ranks as the ____________ in territorial area.
largest
smallest
secons largest
the second smallest