South America Test

Question 1

What is the cultural glue that holds latin americans together?

Accepted Answer

FUTBOL &#x27;_&#x27;

Question 2

Which alliance includes Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru and emphasizes free trade with each other and the world?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Alliance

Question 3

What is the name of the passageway that was used on the first journey around the world?

Accepted Answer

Strait of Magellan

Question 4

On what lake does Catatumbo lightning occur?

Accepted Answer

Maracaibo

Question 5

South America culture is Multi-active

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Venezuela has followed what model of government?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 7

This is the largest river basin in the world, covering 40 percent of South America.

Accepted Answer

Amazon River Basin

Question 8

South America is the smallest continent in the world

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

What percentage of uncontacted peoples live in the Amazon?

Accepted Answer

97

Question 10

What is the name for militarist dictator groups in South America?

Accepted Answer

Junta

Question 11

What was the name of the people who helped Chile fix their economy?

Accepted Answer

Chicago Boys

Question 12

What is the nickname for the wet and dry season that the Intertropical Convergence Zone causes?

Accepted Answer

The Doldrums

Question 13

Which region contains a sub-region called Llanos and includes parts of Venezuela and Colombia

Accepted Answer

Orinoco River Basin

Question 14

What lake, by volume, is the largest in South America?

Accepted Answer

Titicaca

Question 15

What is the main cause of the wet season in South America?

Accepted Answer

Run-off from the Andes

Question 16

The Intertropical Convergence Zone is one factor for the climate in South America, what is the other?

Accepted Answer

High Altitude

Question 17

What is the name for the the area encircling the equator where the where the southern trade winds blow?

Accepted Answer

Intertropical Convergence Zone

Question 18

At its mouth, how wide is the Amazon river?

Accepted Answer

37

Question 19

The Andes Mountains is part of the Western Cordillera

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

About how much rain does the Amazon forrest get each year?

Accepted Answer

100

Question 21

What is the largest river in the world by volume?

Accepted Answer

Amazon

Question 22

Which one is NOT a subregion in the Andes

Accepted Answer

Paramaribo

Question 23

What is the world largest wetland?

Accepted Answer

Pantanal

Question 24

What estuary was the center of Spanish settlement in the East?

Accepted Answer

Rio de la Plata

Question 25

Brazilians speak Spanish

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Which alliance includes Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay? (members tend to desire more control)

Accepted Answer

Mercosure Alliance

Question 27

Which is NOT a reason for poorer countries having a higher fertility rate?

Accepted Answer

Government restrictions

Question 28

Paulo Afonso Falls, one of the world’s most powerful falls is in this region.

Accepted Answer

Brazilian Highlands

Question 29

What is the name of the desert in South America that sometimes recieves no rainfall?

Accepted Answer

Atacama

Question 30

What is the cold, salty current that is responsible for causing the Atacama Desert?

Accepted Answer

Peru Humboldt Ocean Current

Question 31

What religion that emphasizes the gift of tongues is popular in South America?

Accepted Answer

Pentecostalism

Question 32

What is the world&#x27;s tallest waterfall?

Accepted Answer

Angel Falls

Question 33

The Andes Mountains is the highest mountain range in the world

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

Equador has a unique part of its constitution that acknowledges the rights of what?

Accepted Answer

Nature

Question 35

What region in South America contains two of the highest waterfalls in the world?

Accepted Answer

Guiana Highlands

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