Exploring Our World: People, Places, and Cultures

Chapter 7: Physical Geography of Latin America

Self-Check Quizzes

1
____ has the region's largest oil and natural gas reserves
A)Venezuela
B)Bolivia
C)Mexico
D)Cuba
2
Northern Mexico has a ____ climate.
A)subtropical
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
The Panama Canal links ______.
A)the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean
B)the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
C)the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean
D)the Atlantic Ocean to the Amazon River
6
Panama is a(n) _____.
A)island
B)isthmus
C)escarpment
D)estuary
7
The largest country in Latin 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 in Latin America live in the ____ climate zone.
A)tierra caliente
B)tierra templada
C)tierra fria
D)tierra helada
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