Geography Chapter 7

Question 1

led the European excursion through the Amazon rain forest in 1541

Answer 1

Francisco de Orellana

Question 2

southernmost point in South America

Answer 2

Cape Horn

Question 3

the strait which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Answer 3

Drake Passage

Question 4

one of the most impressive societies in South America was established by ______

Answer 4

the Inca Empire

Question 5

where was the Inca Empire?

Answer 5

the Western Hemisphere, specifically the Northern Andean countries (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia)

Question 6

world’s highest waterfall

Answer 6

Angel Falls

Question 7

the oldest permanent European settlement in South America

Answer 7

Cumana

Question 8

Venezuela means ______

Answer 8

“Little Venice”

Question 9

Spanish children born in the New World

Answer 9

creoles

Question 10

a wealthy Venezuelan creole known as “The Liberator”who helped win independence for the Northern Andean countries

Answer 10

Simon Bolivar

Question 11

Colombia has the world’s largest production of _______

Answer 11

emeralds

Question 12

highest active volcano in the world

Answer 12

Cotopaxi

Question 13

how did Venezuela get its name?

Answer 13

the houses, because they are built on stilts so it is called “Little Venice”

Question 14

how did Colombia get its name?

Answer 14

it is named after Christopher Columbus

Question 15

how did Ecuador get its name?

Answer 15

because it is located on the equator

Question 16

the world’s leading banana producer

Answer 16

Ecuador

Question 17

conquered the Incas of Peru

Answer 17

Francisco Pizarro

Question 18

before 1972, ______ had the world’s largest fishing industry

Answer 18

Peru

Question 19

world’s highest commercially navigable lake

Answer 19

Lake Titicaca

Question 20

a high plateau between the Cordillera Occidental and Cordillera Oriental

Answer 20

Altiplano

Question 21

the easternmost tip of South America

Answer 21

Cape Sao Roque

Question 22

another name for rain forests

Answer 22

selvas

Question 23

the largest river system in the world

Answer 23

Amazon Basin

Question 24

the Portuguese naval commander whose discovery of Brazil gave Portugal its foothold in the New World

Answer 24

Pedro Cabral

Question 25

what country in South America was the only one on the continent to participate in both world wars

Answer 25

Brazil

Question 26

South America’s largest city

Answer 26

Sao Paulo

Question 27

the southernmost archipelago

Answer 27

Tierra del Fuego

Question 28

what countries in South America are landlocked?

Answer 28

Paraguay and Bolivia

Question 29

a wide estuary between Uruguay and Argentina

Answer 29

Rio de la Plata

Question 30

“Granary of the South” because it produces more food than any other Latin American country

Answer 30

Argentina