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