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Ch. 8 -Latin America
Ch. 8 -Latin America
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Latin America - Chapter 8 along with Panama Canal Video
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1
Which type of ship was the first to travel through the Panama Canal?
a steamship
a sailboat
a luxury oceanliner
a tugboat
2
The _______ of South America are a continuation of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
Central Highlands
Brazilian Highlands
Sierra Madre
Andes
3
What country is this?
Peru
Guyana
Paraguay
Argentina
4
What country is this?
Dominican Republic
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Antigua and Barbuda
Haiti
5
What country is this?
Cuba
St. Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago
The Bahamas
6
The five vertical climate zones in the highlands of Latin America are determined by
longitude.
rainfall.
distance from the Equator.
elevation.
7
What country is this?
Paraguay
Uruguay
Oogway
Venezuela
8
What country is this?
Ecuador
Chile
Uruguay
Argentina
9
What country is this?
Belize
Guatemala
Honduras
Costa Rica
10
What country is this?
Nicaragua
Suriname
El Salvador
Costa Rica
11
Which of the following setbacks did NOT delay the creation of the Panama Canal?
Mudslides
Mosquito infestation
Funding
Flooding
12
What country is this?
Honduras
Mexico
Costa Rica
Belize
13
What country is this?
Haiti
The Bahamas
Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago
14
What country is this?
Guyana
Paraguay
Chile
Bolivia
15
Many Caribbean islands are actually
atolls.
lagoons.
volcanic peaks.
archipelagos.
16
Latin America includes Central America, the Caribbean, and
Mexico.
South America.
Cuba.
El Salvador.
17
What is this country?
Argentina
Peru
Venezuela
Brazil
18
What country is this?
Grenada
St. Kitts and Nevis
Dominica
Jamaica
19
What country is this?
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Belize
Peru
20
The Panama Canal allows ships to travel between which two bodies of water?
Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean and Sea of Cortez
21
What country is this?
Panama
Guatamala
Nicaragua
El Salvador
22
Who was the railroad engineer that made major progress in the creation of the Panama Canal?
John Stevens
John Jacob Astor
J.P. Morgan
George Amtrak
23
Shifting winds and the cold Peru ocean current have combined to create the
Andes.
llanos.
pampas.
Atacama Desert.
24
What country is this?
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Haiti
Dominica
25
What is the second largest river system in Latin America?
Paraná, Paraguay, and Amazon Rivers
the Amazon
Lake Titicaca, Lake Maracaibo and the Orinoco River
Paraná, Paraguay and Uruguay Rivers
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What country is this?
The Bahamas
Antigua and Barbuda
Cuba
Trinidad and Tobago
27
What country is this?
Trinidad and Tobago
Barbados
Dominica
St. Lucia
28
What country is this?
Ecuador
Chile
Brazil
Colombia
29
What is this country?
Ecuador
Panama
Peru
Venezuela
30
What do canopies in the Amazon rainforest stop from reaching the forest floor?
rain
sunlight
birds
snakes
31
The _________ in Mexico are a continuation of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
Sierra Madre
Andes
Central Highlands
Mexican Plateau
32
Parallel mountain ranges are called
tierra caliente.
cordilleras.
estuaries.
altiplanos.
33
Major deposits of oil and natural gas are located along the Gulf of Mexico and the
Pacific Ocean.
Caribbean Sea.
Rio Grande.
Atlantic Ocean.
34
What is biodiversity?
The preservation of fossil fuels
The variation and complexity of life
The life of different races
A type of fuel
35
Eastern highlands of South America plunge to the Atlantic Ocean, forming a steep slope called
a plateau.
an estuary.
an escarpment.
an altiplano.
36
What country is this?
Jamaica
The Bahamas
St. Kitts and Nevis
Haiti
37
What country is this?
Antigua and Barbuda
The Bahamas
Grenada
Dominican Republic
38
What country is this?
Uruguay
Ecuador
Bolivia
Suriname
39
Which two vertical climate zones are located above the tree line?
puna and tierra fría
tierra fría and tierra helada
tierra fría and tierra templada
tierra helada and puna
40
Around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela there are rich deposits (75% of Latin America's supply) of
gold.
tin.
silver.
oil.
41
The plateau of Patagonia is
dry, barren, and windy.
wet and lush.
temperate, green, and windy.
hot and dry.
42
What country is this?
Colombia
Guyana
Venezuela
Peru
43
What country is this?
Grenada
Barbados
St. Kitts and Nevis
Haiti
44
What country is this?
Guyana
Brazil
Peru
Argentina
45
What country is this?
Barbados
St. Lucia
Dominican Republic
Haiti
46
The Rio Grande forms part of the border between
Mexico and the United States.
Argentina and Uruguay.
Bolivia and Brazil.
Peru and Colombia.
47
A(n) ____________________ is a place where an ocean tide meets a river current.
coast
escarpment
cordillera
estuary
48
The pampas consist primarily of
deserts.
rain forests.
forests.
grasslands.
49
What country is this?
Panama
Honduras
Belize
Costa Rica
50
The mountains located along the western edge of South America are the
Rocky Mountains.
Andes.
Western Highlands.
Sierra Madre.
51
What is the name of the Frenchman who advocated and pursued the creation of the Panama Canal?
Jacques Le Guerre
Ferdinand de Lesseps
John Stevens
Jean duBois
52
What country is this?
Peru
Chile
Bolivia
Suriname
53
What country is this?
Belize
Guatemala
El Salvador
Nicaragua
54
The Río de la Plata is a large ____________________ where three rivers meet the Atlantic Ocean.
dam
llano
estuary
highlands
55
What country is this?
Suriname
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
56
Ultimately, how were the problems of the Panama Canal solved? Engineers created a...
Railway system that could move water
New way to kill predators
More efficient way to motivate workers
Lock system
