Module 11 Review

Question 1

The French helped build railroads that made it easier to transport agricultural products such as beef for export.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Late 1800s Brazil began producing what?

Accepted Answer

Coffee

Question 3

What is a mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges?

Accepted Answer

Cordillera

Question 4

Cool climates in southern and highland areas and tropical climates in the northern and coastal areas.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

The Pampas are the country’s most developed agricultural region.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Andean glaciers are the source of tributaries for the Amazon River.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Argentine cowboys called what herded cattle and horses on the open grasslands of the Pampas?

Accepted Answer

Gauchos

Question 8

In what year did people discovered gold and gems?

Accepted Answer

In late 1600s and early 1700s

Question 9

Pampas River in northern Chile in coastal region

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Paraguay has the largest economy in South America.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Paraguay has promising resources like hydroelectricity

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

More than half of Uruguay&#x27;s trade is with who?

Accepted Answer

Brazil and Argentina

Question 13

What means means the soil is infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants?

Accepted Answer

Soil Exhaustion

Question 14

What is the world&#x27;s largest river?

Accepted Answer

Amazon

Question 15

What is a giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs?

Accepted Answer

Megacity

Question 16

What festival mixes African, native, and European traditions?

Accepted Answer

Carnival

Question 17

What is the grassy plains region? And what are the dry plains and plateaus?

Accepted Answer

Pampas; Patagoina

Question 18

The what river divides the country into eastern farmland and western ranches?

Accepted Answer

Paraguay

Question 19

Illiteracy and health care are problems.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Archipelago is a broad, high plateau,

Accepted Answer

False

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