Exploring Our World: People, Places, and Cultures Grade 6

Chapter 4: Physical Geography of South America

Self-Check Quizzes

1
____ has the region's largest oil and natural gas reserves
A)Venezuela
B)Bolivia
C)Ecuador
D)Cuba
2
Interior regions of South America along the equator have a _______ climate.
A)tropical wet
B)rain forest
C)dry
D)wet
3
The longest river in South America is the _____.
A)Mississippi
B)St. Lawrence
C)Nile
D)Amazon
4
The Amazon Basin is about _____ square miles.
A)2.7 million
B)4.5 million
C)7.0 million
D)1.7 thousand
5
Flat, highland areas covering much of Argentina are the _______.
A)Andes Mountains
B)pampas
C)Amazon Basin
D)Orinoco
6
Marcaibo is a(n) _______.
A)island
B)isthmus
C)river
D)estuary
7
The largest country in South America is _____.
A)Panama
B)Mexico
C)Venezula
D)Brazil
8
What area has more plant and animal species per square mile than anywhere else on Earth?
A)the islands of the Caribbean
B)the Atacama Desert
C)the Amazon rain forest
D)the Andes Mountains
9
The _____ Desert, in Chile, is one of the driest places on Earth.
A)Atacama
B)Altitude
C)Antilles
D)Pampas
10
Most people live in the ____ climate zone.
A)tierra caliente
B)tierra templada
C)tierra fria
D)tierra helada
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