Test 14 - ch. 17 - 18 and MM 16-17

Question 1

What is South America’s largest lake?

Answer 1

Lake Maracaibo

Question 2

What is the fourth largest continent?

Answer 2

South America

Question 3

What is the highest navigable lake in the world?

Answer 3

Lake Titicaca

Question 4

What zone is most of South America located in?

Answer 4

Torrid Zone

Question 5

This desert located in South America is one of the driest regions in the world.

Answer 5

Atacama Desert

Question 6

What is the major mountain range located in South America?

Answer 6

Andes Mountains

Question 7

What is the largest South American river?

Answer 7

Amazon River

Question 8

The Strait of Magellan separates what islands from the South American mainland?

Answer 8

Tierra del Fuego

Question 9

Where is the world’s largest tropical rain forest located?

Answer 9

the Amazon River Basin

Question 10

Who was British missionary who died during the first attempt to bring the gospel to the Indians to Tierra del Fuego?

Answer 10

Captain Allen Gardiner

Question 11

What are the fertile grasslands the extend across Argentina called?

Answer 11

Pampas

Question 12

What is the largest city in South America?

Answer 12

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Question 13

What is the oldest permanent settlement in South America?

Answer 13

Cumana, Venezuela

Question 14

A missionary to the Quechuas and the Aucas of Equador

Answer 14

Jim Elliot

Question 15

the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas

Answer 15

Fransisco Pizarro

Question 16

one of the first Protestant missionaries to South America

Answer 16

James Thomson

Question 17

the first man to realize that the Americas were a “New World”

Answer 17

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 18

the most famous patriot in South America’s struggle for independence; the “George Washington of South America”

Answer 18

Simon Bolivar

Question 19

the first European to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

Answer 19

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 20

The most famous early South American Indian civilization was what group?

Answer 20

Inca Indians

Question 21

More Indians live here than in any other country in the world.

Answer 21

Peru

Question 22

The capital and the largest city of Uruguay

Answer 22

Montevideo

Question 23

The language of the Incas

Answer 23

Quechua

Question 24

The official language of Guyana

Answer 24

English

Question 25

Who became emperor of Brazil at age 15 and helped Brazil to develop into a strong country

Answer 25

Pedro II

Question 26

Chile is the world’s largest producer of what?

Answer 26

copper

Question 27

The capital of Ecuador

Answer 27

Quito

Question 28

The South American country that produces a great volume of wheat

Answer 28

Argentina

Question 29

The landlocked South American country with two capital cities

Answer 29

Bolivia

Question 30

What is the capital of Brazil

Answer 30

Brasilia

Question 31

Which country is said to produce the world’s finest coffee?

Answer 31

Columbia

Question 32

When Dutch Guiana became independent it changed its name to what?

Answer 32

Suriname

Question 33

What country is known for its production of petroleum and natural gas?

Answer 33

Venezuela

Question 34

Which one of the seven natural wonders of the world is located in Brazil?

Answer 34

Guanabara Bay

Question 35

Know the following locations

Answer 35

Turks and Caicos, Mount Aconcagua, Uruguay, Venezuela, Suriname, Caribbean Sea, Bolivia, Paraguay, Lake Titicaca, Peru, Isthmus of Panama, Colombia, Tierra del Fuego, Lake Maracaibo, Parana River, Argentina, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, Cuba, Strait of Magellan, Cape Horn, Jamaica, Amazon River, Brazil, South Georgia Island

Question 36

Know the following locations

Answer 36

Missouri River, Andes River, Great Bear Lake, Mt. McKinley, Rio de la Plata, Angel Falls, Gulf of Mexico, Amazon River, Appalachian Mountains, Patagonia Desert, Mississippi River, Greenland, Rocky Mountains, Panama Canal, West Indies