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Chapter 4 The South American Realm Test Questions & Answers

Package Title: Testbank

Course Title: Regions 18e

Chapter Number: 04

Question Type: Multiple Choice

1) Which of the following countries does NOT contain a portion of the Amazon Basin?

a) Brazil

b) Ecuador

c) Peru

d) Colombia

e) Chile

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s key geographic features, physiography, and the importance of the realm in the work of one of the founders of the geographic discipline, Alexander von Humboldt.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

2) An altiplano is a(n) ____________.

a) low area with small mountains

b) high-elevation basin or valley

c) agricultural area in Brazil

d) plain in the Amazon Basin

e) altitudinal zone lying above the tierra firma

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Have an overview of the indigenous and colonial histories of South America, and their geographic imprints, including the impact on the present-day population distribution.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: States Ancient and Modern

3) The control center of the Incan Empire was ____________.

a) Cuzco

b) Lima

c) Mexico City

d) Quito

e) Buenos Aires

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Have an overview of the indigenous and colonial histories of South America, and their geographic imprints, including the impact on the present-day population distribution.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: States Ancient and Modern

4) What two colonial powers exerted the most influence over South America?

a) Spain and Britain

b) France and Britain

c) Spain and Portugal

d) the Netherlands and France

e) the Inca and the Maya

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Have an overview of the indigenous and colonial histories of South America, and their geographic imprints, including the impact on the present-day population distribution.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: States Ancient and Modern

5) Which of the following is INCORRECT?

a) The Spanish viceroyalties existed in isolation from one another.

b) In the colonial period, Lima was one of the world's wealthiest cities.

c) The Andes Mountains contributed to viceroyalty isolation.

d) The Spanish invested significantly in their South American colonies.

e) The Spanish formed vast haciendas through land alienation.

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Have an overview of the indigenous and colonial histories of South America, and their geographic imprints, including the impact on the present-day population distribution.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: States Ancient and Modern

6) The part of South America where the dominant ethnic group is European is the ____.

a) north

b) south

c) western mountains

d) eastern coast

e) central plains

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss present-day ethnic spatial patterns and the indigenous political movement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

7) Which South American country was most transformed by the forced in-migration of Africans in bondage?

a) Argentina

b) Brazil

c) Colombia

d) Peru

e) Ecuador

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss present-day ethnic spatial patterns and the indigenous political movement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

8) According to Figure 4-3, African-origin ethnic groups in South America live predominantly in the:

A thematic map of South America shows the dominant ethnic groups. The coastal areas of Colombia, Venezuela, Colombia, the “Three Guianas,” and Brazil are dominated by ethnic groups of African descent. The Andean highlands from southwest Colombia through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, as well as southern Chile and a number of districts in the Amazon basin, are predominantly Indigenous. Central Chile, all of Argentina and Uruguay, as well as the Falkland Islands and southwest Brazil, are predominantly European in descent. The rest of the continent, including most of the Amazon basin, and the west coast from southwest Colombia to central Chile, is predominantly Mestizo.

a) south

b) mountainous northwest

c) interior Amazon region

d) northern and northeastern coastal zone

e) extreme southwestern coastal zone

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss present-day ethnic spatial patterns and the indigenous political movement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

9) Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the Mercosur/l trading bloc?

a) Guyana

b) Argentina

c) Uruguay

d) Paraguay

e) Brazil

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Have a general overview of agricultural zones (including impacts on deforestation in the Amazon basin), coca cultivation, industrial trends, and challenges to regional economic integration.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Economic Geography

10) What is the most widely grown notorious crop in South America?

a) soybeans

b) beef

c) coca

d) peppers

e) coffee

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Have a general overview of agricultural zones (including impacts on deforestation in the Amazon basin), coca cultivation, industrial trends, and challenges to regional economic integration.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Economic Geography

11) According to Figure 4-5, which country is a significant producer of coca plants?

A thematic map shows the coca cultivation in northwestern South America in 2016. Colombia’s production is widespread and significant, with San Lucas, Norte de Santander, Vichada, Meta, Cauca, Nariño, and Caquetá making up the largest coca plant growing areas. In Peru, coca cultivation is primarily in elongated highland regions in the center of the country, in Huallaga Valley, Ucayali Valley, Apurimac Valley, and Cusco. Chaparé Valley in the middle of Boliva represents the southernmost coca growing area depicted.

a) Venezuela

b) Peru

c) Ecuador

d) Brazil

e) Guyana

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Have a general overview of agricultural zones (including impacts on deforestation in the Amazon basin), coca cultivation, industrial trends, and challenges to regional economic integration.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Economic Geography

12) Commercial agriculture in South America is best typified by:

  1. highland farming
  2. subsistence farming
  3. plantations
  4. agroforestry
  5. shifting cultivation

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Have a general overview of agricultural zones (including impacts on deforestation in the Amazon basin), coca cultivation, industrial trends, and challenges to regional economic integration.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Economic Geography

13) About ____ percent of the South Americans population currently lives in urban areas.

a) 20

b) 40

c) 50

d) 70

e) 80

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the advanced levels of urbanization, rural‐urban migration, and the unusual concentration of urban centers along the coastal areas, along with high levels of inequality.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions

14) Which of the following cities is NOT the largest urban center in its country?

a) Buenos Aires

b) Santiago

c) Rio de Janeiro

d) Montevideo

e) Bogotá

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the advanced levels of urbanization, rural‐urban migration, and the unusual concentration of urban centers along the coastal areas, along with high levels of inequality.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions

15) In the largest South America cities, barrios and favelas:

a) are modern displays of planned urban development

b) are run efficiently by government officials and have excellent water and sewer resources

c) are often constructed from left over or “scrap” construction debris

d) are examples of areas with low crime rates

e) are the location of top universities

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the advanced levels of urbanization, rural‐urban migration, and the unusual concentration of urban centers along the coastal areas, along with high levels of inequality.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension

Section Reference: Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions

16) The disamenity sector of the largest South American cities include ___________.

a) peripheral squatter settlements

b) slum areas known as barrios or favelas

c) the central plaza

d) the elite residential areas

e) the CBD

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the advanced levels of urbanization, rural‐urban migration, and the unusual concentration of urban centers along the coastal areas, along with high levels of inequality.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension

Section Reference: Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions

17) The slums of South America's large cities are known as ____________.

a) favelas or barrios

b) tierra urbanas

c) altiplanos

d) llanos

e) llamas

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the advanced levels of urbanization, rural‐urban migration, and the unusual concentration of urban centers along the coastal areas, along with high levels of inequality.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions

18) Which of the following is not a megacity?

a) Buenos Aires

b) São Paulo

c) Lima

d) Rio de Janeiro

e) Caracas

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the advanced levels of urbanization, rural‐urban migration, and the unusual concentration of urban centers along the coastal areas, along with high levels of inequality.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions

19) Bogotá, Colombia's capital city, is located ______________.

a) on the arid Pacific coast

b) on the Caribbean Sea at the outlet of the Magdalena River

c) in an Andean basin

d) at the intersection of three valleys in the eastern savanna zone near the Brazilian border

e) in the llanos

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

20) The dominant economic activity in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo Lowland is ___________.

a) large-scale cattle herding

b) tourism

c) oil production

d) coffee farming

e) cocaine refining

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

21) Venezuela and Colombia, compared to the “Guianas”, have ____________.

a) larger territories and smaller populations

b) larger populations and smaller territories

c) less varied physiographies

d) been more successful in replacing the plantation economy

e) fewer economic opportunities

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

22) The South American country that contains the northern end of the Andes is ___________.

a) Venezuela

b) Colombia

c) Panama

d) Brazil

e) Suriname

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

23) The leading river of Venezuela is the _______________.

a) Rio de la Plata

b) Paraguay

c) Amazon

d) Orinoco

e) Magdalena

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

24) The country of Guyana _________________.

a) was formerly a British colony before independence in 1966

b) is also called Suriname

c) contains a population that is three-quarters European

d) is the smallest of the “Guianas” in population size

e) still belongs to France

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

25) Figure 4-9 shows that Venezuela claims rights to a significant portion of this country:

A thematic map shows the Caribbean North, its oilfields, highland regions, and oil and gas pipelines. Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana line the Caribbean North from west to east. The three prongs of the Columbian Cordillera, namely, the Occidental (Western), Central, and Oriental (Eastern) run roughly from southwest to northeast. The Cordillera Oriental (Eastern) forks out to the Guajira Peninsula and extends into the Venezuelan Highlands setting the Caribbean Lowlands to its west and the Maracaibo Lowlands to its east. The Guiana Highlands occupy much of eastern Venezuela and stretch into the western regions of Guyana claimed by Venezuela. Bogotá, the capital of Columbia, and Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, have more than 5 million inhabitants; whereas Paramaribo (capital of Suriname) and Georgetown (capital of Guyana) have 250,000 to 1,000,000 inhabitants. Besides the rich oil fields in the Maracaibo Lowlands, the Llanos basin situated to the east of the Cordillera Oriental is also replete with deposits such as the Caño Limon oilfield and Cuisiana-Cupiagua oilfield. Pipelines connect the oil fields of Colombia and Venezuela to coastal port cities.

a) Guyana

b) Colombia

c) Brazil

d) Trinidad and Tobago

e) Panama

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

26) The language of the Inca state, still spoken in parts of South America, is known as __________.

a) Altiplanoan

b) Incanese

c) lingua fria

d) lingua franca

e) Quechua

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

27) Unlike Peru's coastal zones, Ecuador's coastland consists of ______________.

a) desert

b) fertile tropical plains

c) mountains that reach the sea

d) indented bays with many excellent port facilities

e) altiplanos covered by equatorial forest

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

28) In Ecuador, a regional split has occurred between __________________.

a) Quito and Lima

b) the Guayas Lowland and Amazonia

c) Guayaquil and Quito

d) Quito and Cuzco

e) the halves of the country bisected by the equator

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

29) Which of the following countries does not have a common border with Bolivia?

a) Argentina

b) Chile

c) Paraguay

d) Colombia

e) Brazil

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

30) A moderating influence on the Altiplano's climate is _______________.

a) Lake Titicaca

b) the Atlantic Ocean

c) the Pacific Ocean

d) the Peru Current

e) winds blowing across the Andes from the Amazon Basin

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

31) Which of the following countries is landlocked?

a) Uruguay

b) Ecuador

c) Paraguay

d) Peru

e) Suriname

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

32) Which of the following countries contains a population whose ethnicity is dominated by indigenous ancestry?

a) Argentina

b) Brazil

c) Paraguay

d) Uruguay

e) Chile

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

33) Which of the following associations is incorrect?

a) Santiago and Chile

b) Montevideo and Paraguay

c) La Paz and Bolivia

d) Quito and Ecuador

e) Lima and Peru

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

34) The Triple Frontier is located at the convergence of which three countries?

a) Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina

b) Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil

c) Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia

d) Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil

e) Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

35) According to Figure 4-11, which city with over one million people is located on the eastern side of the Andes Mountains?

A map shows the countries, major physical regions, urban populations, and distribution of resources in the Andean West. Characterized by the Andes that extend from north to south, the Andean west spans Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Paraguay. The Andes define the physiography of the region setting Oriente (Eastern) Slopes to the east, Cordillera Occidental (Western) to the west, Altiplano to the lower west, a string of mountain basins and valleys such as Huallanga Valley and Yungas Highlands, and Chaco to the southeast. A coastal hilly belt extends from the northeast to southwest of Ecuador surrounded by moist coastal plains. The Ecuadorian and Peruvian west coast is dotted with major oases and cities, and the Peru (Humboldt) Current flows northwestward from the Chilean Pacific coast. Near the coast, the capital of Peru, Lima, is the largest city of the region, with over 5 million inhabitants. Cities with between 1 to 5 million inhabitants include Ecuador’s montaine capital, Quito; Guayaquil on Ecuador’s coast, Bolivia’s Altiplano capital La Paz; Santa Cruz in central Bolivia; and the capital of Paraguay, Asunción. The Interoceanic highway connects Peru and Bolivia to Brazil, in addition to the intra-region connectivity offered by roads and railroads. Oil and gas fields dot the Peruvian and Ecuadorian north, Camisea on the Eastern Cordillera region of Peru, and central western Peruvian Chaco region.

a) Guayaquil

b) Lima

c) La Paz

d) Santa Cruz

e) Salta

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: The Andean West

36) Figure 4-12 shows that Lake Titicaca straddles the border of which two countries?

A map shows the topography, population, and the general distribution of ethnic groups and resources in Bolivia. Bolivia is landlocked by Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru. The Eastern Andes roughly bisect this region from north to south, dividing the Altiplano to the west from the Oriente Slopes to the northeast. Lake Titicaca, Lake Poopó, and the Uyuni Salt flats are the prominent features of the Altiplano, which is characterized ethnically by its indigenous majority population. Much of Bolivia’s east and northeast lies to the east of the Oriente Slopes and is constituted by the Mestizo majority. Just east of the Oriente Slopes is the city of Santa Cruz. With between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 residents, the city is centered on a gas field, and a gas pipeline largely bisects Bolivia from west to east, extending from the Chilean coast to Brazil, while another arm runs south from Santa Cruz and into Argentina. The capital La Paz, in the west near Lake Titicaca and the Peruvian border, is home to between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 residents. Aside from La Paz and Santa Cruz, the rest of Boliva’s cities are small, with most having fewer than 250,000 residents. Most regions are well-connected by roads and a section connecting Pando, La Paz, and Beni is under construction.

a) Peru and Brazil

b) Peru and Bolivia

c) Peru and Chile

d) Chile and Bolivia

e) Bolivia and Brazil

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: The Andean West

37) Argentina's primate city is ______________.

a) Montevideo

b) Asunción

c) La Paz

d) Buenos Aires

e) Cordoba

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

38) Most of Argentina's population is clustered in the _______________.

a) Chilean border zone

b) Patagonian North

c) the Pampa

d) Andean foothills

e) Triple Frontier area

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

39) Which of the following regions is not located in Argentina?

a) Patagonia

b) the Pampa

c) the Cerrado

d) Chaco

e) Entre Rios

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

40) Which of the following was once one of the richest countries in the world?

a) Argentina

b) Chile

c) Uruguay

d) Brazil

e) Paraguay

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

41) The leading agricultural activity of the Pampa region is the production of _____________.

a) coffee

b) beef

c) sugarcane

d) tropical fruits and vegetables

e) tobacco

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

42) The best example of an elongated state in South America, and probably the world, is _________.

a) Peru

b) Brazil

c) Chile

d) Bolivia

e) Uruguay

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

43) Chile's copper deposits are located closest to which of the following areas:

a) Santiago in Middle Chile

b) the Atacama Desert

c) Tierra del Fuego

d) the Amazon Basin

e) the border with Brazil

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

44) The desert in the north of Chile is named the _______________.

a) Pampa

b) Patagonian Plateau

c) Atacama

d) cerrado

e) llanos

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

45) Which of the following countries has the most compact territorial shape?

a) Chile

b) Argentina

c) Uruguay

d) Panama

e) Peru

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

46) According to Figure 4-13, Buenos Aires is at approximately the same latitude as which city?

A map shows the Southern Cone region of South America, consisting of Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina. The major physiographic features include the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, the Coast Range and the Valley of Chile, the Andes Mountains along the border between Argentina and Chile, Patagonia in southern Argentina; the Pampa of east Argentina, and the Entre Rios and Chaco regions extending across northern Argentina and Paraguay. The Triple Frontier area marks the converging borders of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina. Gas fields are situated in the Cyuo and Chaco regions of central and northern Argentina. Argentina’s fields are connected by pipeline to Buenos Aires, and the Chaco field has a pipeline that skirts the Paraguayan border into Brazil and the port city of Curitiba. Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, and Santiago, the capital of Chile, have populations of over 5,000,000. Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, has a population between 1,000,000 to 5,000 000 and Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, has a population between 250,000 to 1,000,000. Elaborate road and rail networks largely connect the cities and hinterlands of the region to Buenos Aires.

a) Asunción

b) Santiago

c) Córdoba

d) Bahia Blanca

e) Santa Cruz

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

47) Which of the following statements is FALSE?

a) Brazil is the largest country in South America.

b) The Northeast is Brazil's poorest subregion.

c) Russia, Canada, China, and the United States are all larger territorially than Brazil.

d) Brazil's population is one of the fastest growing in the world.

e) Brazil has an ethnically diverse population.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

48) The birth rate in Brazil over the past decade has ______________.

a) declined

b) increased rapidly

c) fallen behind the country's death rate

d) increased slowly

e) become South America's highest

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Regions: Brazil: Giant of South America

49) The capital of Brazil is ____________.

a) Brasília

b) Rio de Janeiro

c) São Paulo

d) Salvador

e) Brazil City

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

50) The most populous Brazilian State is ____________.

a) Rio de Janeiro

b) São Paulo

c) Amazonas

d) Minas Gerais

e) the cerrado

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

51) Brazil's Northeast __________________.

a) was where Brazil's early plantation economy first developed

b) produces most of the country's coffee crop

c) is the site of Brazil's most spectacular recent surge of economic development

d) contains the largest number of European settlers in the country

e) remains mainly Amerindian country because most of the indigenous peoples have resettled here

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

52) The dry inland back country in Brazil's Northeast is known as the _______________.

a) Amazon Basin

b) cerrado

c) favela

d) inner Northwest

e) sertão

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

53) Rio de Janeiro is the center of Brazil's __________________.

a) Federal Capital District

b) most populous State

c) largest metropolitan region

d) cultural life

e) largest Afro-Brazilian population cluster

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

54) Brasília is a classic example of a ___________________.

a) megacity

b) primate city

c) coastal urban complex

d) buffer state

e) forward capital

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Regions: Brazil: Giant of South America

55) São Paulo’s wealth was built on its _______________.

a) coffee plantations

b) mineral wealth

c) sugarcane plantations

d) industrial soybean farms

e) oilfields

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

56) Brazil’s highly successful social program called Bolsa Família____________.

a) gives families small amounts of cash to keep their children in school

b) is a “zero hunger” program

c) seeks to reunite families that became separated during rural-urban migration

d) encourages low birth rates

e) requires participation in elections

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

57) The cerrado is ________________.

a) Brazil's coastal industrial zone

b) the Triple Frontier's dominant ethnic group

c) a booming zone of soybean production in Brazil's Central-West subregion

d) the wealthiest sector of the “Latin” American city

e) the expanding Amazonian area recently cleared of rainforests

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

58) A growth pole is ___________________.

a) an established manufacturing center that dominates a substantial hinterland

b) any large city in a national core area

c) a location where a set of activities, given a start, will grow, setting off ripples of development in a surrounding area

d) a location, now in decline, that served as a focal point for a developing region in the past

e) a high-technology field instrument that precisely measures a locality's economic growth

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

59) The opening of Brazil’s Rondônia State Highway BR-364 has made it easier for settlement near the border with _____________.

a) Venezuela

b) Chile

c) Bolivia

d) Uruguay

e) Ecuador

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

Question Type: True-False

60) South America displays a great variety of natural habitats due to its latitudinal extent.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s key geographic features, physiography, and the importance of the realm in the work of one of the founders of the geographic discipline, Alexander von Humboldt.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

61) The Incas were true colonizers who contributed much of their culture to the areas they occupied.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Have an overview of the indigenous and colonial histories of South America, and their geographic imprints, including the impact on the present-day population distribution.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: States Ancient and Modern

62) The Spanish territories located closest to centers of viceroyalty power were the first to become independent from Spain during the 1800s.

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Have an overview of the indigenous and colonial histories of South America, and their geographic imprints, including the impact on the present-day population distribution.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: States Ancient and Modern

63) South America’s population distribution mostly adheres to the continent's coast.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Have an overview of the indigenous and colonial histories of South America, and their geographic imprints, including the impact on the present-day population distribution.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: States Ancient and Modern

64) Racial mixing has occurred more extensively in Brazil than in Argentina.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss present-day ethnic spatial patterns and the indigenous political movement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

65) The slums and poorest neighborhoods in many large South American cities occupy the outer urban ring as well as the least desirable sectors leading away from the city center.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the advanced levels of urbanization, rural‐urban migration, and the unusual concentration of urban centers along the coastal areas, along with high levels of inequality.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions

66) The influx of rural peasants to large urban centers has helped to dramatically raise their standard of living.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the advanced levels of urbanization, rural‐urban migration, and the unusual concentration of urban centers along the coastal areas, along with high levels of inequality.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions

67) Lake Maracaibo in Colombia is the focus of the oil industry in that country.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

68) Guyana and Suriname have substantial South Asian Indian population sectors.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

69) After independence in 1975, many people in Suriname immigrated to the Netherlands.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

70) Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo is not really a “lake” but an inlet of the Caribbean Sea.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

71) Given the country's sizeable revenue from oil, Venezuelans enjoy a high standard of living.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the ‘Guianas.’

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

72) The economies of the “Guianas” largely resemble those of the Caribbean Islands.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

73) Lima, the capital of Peru, is a city that was not taken over from indigenous peoples but was founded by the Spanish.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

74) Lima, the capital of Peru, is located in one of the most populous basins of the Andes.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

75) Iquitos is Bolivia's “Atlantic port.”

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

76) Guayaquil is the capital of Ecuador.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

77) Ecuador’s population is predominantly located in the Andean Highlands of the country.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

78) Bolivia’s agriculture and energy sections are heavily reliant on the indigenous labor force.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

79) Bolivia is not disadvantaged by being landlocked because it has good river connections to both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

80) Paraguay is South America's only landlocked country.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

81) Paraguay has South America's highest proportion of indigenous citizens in its national population.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

82) Argentina is the second-largest country in South America in both area and population.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

83) Argentina's Pampa subregion contains the vast majority of the country's population.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

84) About 90 percent of Chile's population is concentrated in the country's northern region around the city of Atacama.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

85) Middle Chile is a rugged, fjorded region characterized by extreme aridity.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

86) Uruguay's major farming region lies in the immediate hinterland of the capital, Santiago.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

87) Brazil contains the largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

88) Brazil has common borders with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

89) On the world map, only Russia is larger in territory than Brazil.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

90) Unlike the Caribbean and North America, Brazil never had a major influx of Africans, so the black component in its population today is minuscule.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

91) Brazil is the South American country that exhibits the widest internal income gap between rich and poor.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

92) Brazil's rate of population increase has slowed considerably over the past 25 years.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Regions: Brazil: Giant of South America

93) Brazil is a federal state; its largest States lie in the east and northeast.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

94) The sertão is located in Brazil's Northeast subregion.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

95) Belo Horizonte is a major metallurgical center in Brazil's Southeast subregion.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

96) Brazil exports huge quantities of coffee, orange juice concentrate, and soybeans.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

97) Sao Paulo has the largest population and industrial workforce in Brazil, while Rio de Janeiro is known for its cultural expressiveness.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

98) Brasília may be called a core-area capital.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

99) Brazil's cerrado is one of the world's most promising areas of agricultural development.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

100) A growth pole is a location where a set of activities, given a start, will expand and generate widening ripples of development in the surrounding area.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

101) Figure 4-16 shows that Brazil's capital city is located in its industrial heartland.

A map shows parts of South America consisting of Argentina and Chile. The following cities of Chile have a population of 50,000 to 250,000: Arica, Iquique, Chuquicamata, Copiapo, La Serena, Coquimbo, Rancagua, Talca, Chillan, Valdivia, and Puerto Montt. The following cities of Chile have a population of 250,000 to 1,000,000: Antofagasta, Valparaiso, Concepcion, and Temuco. The capital of Chile; Santiago has a population of over 5,000,000.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

Question type: Fill-in-the-blank

102) The mouth of the Amazon River is located at approximately _____degrees latitude.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s key geographic features, physiography, and the importance of the realm in the work of one of the founders of the geographic discipline, Alexander von Humboldt.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

103) The pre-Columbian indigenous empire, centered in the northern Andean altiplanos and headquartered at Cuzco, was the ___civilization.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Have an overview of the indigenous and colonial histories of South America, and their geographic imprints, including the impact on the present-day population distribution.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: States Ancient and Modern

104) The 2012 election of Pope Francis I, an Argentinian Jesuit cardinal, could be considered a manifestation of _______ _________.

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss present-day ethnic spatial patterns and the indigenous political movement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

105) The country of ___________ contains South America’s largest black population.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss present-day ethnic spatial patterns and the indigenous political movement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

106) Argentina’s dominant ethnic heritage is ____________.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss present-day ethnic spatial patterns and the indigenous political movement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

107) ____________ are to Brazil what barrios are to Spanish-speaking South America.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the advanced levels of urbanization, rural‐urban migration, and the unusual concentration of urban centers along the coastal areas, along with high levels of inequality.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions

108) _____________ is the largest megacity of South America.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the advanced levels of urbanization, rural‐urban migration, and the unusual concentration of urban centers along the coastal areas, along with high levels of inequality.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions

109) The country of ___ is South America's leading exporter of crude oil.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

110) Although Guyana and Suriname were granted independence from Britain and the Netherlands, respectively, the third Guiana continues to be a colony of ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

111) Bolivia is sharply divided ethnically between its two majority populations, indigenous and

__________.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Andean West

112) The country that contains the Pampa, the Chaco, and Patagonia is ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

113) Copper and nitrates are two resources that strongly shaped the economic development of ___ during the past century.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

114) What country in the Southern Cone of South America became so corrupt that The Economist stopped reporting government statistics on it in 2012?

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The Southern Cone

115) Brazil's most populous city is ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

116) The capital of Brazil before the founding of Brasília was ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

117) The capital of Brazil is ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss Brazil’s main geographic features and divisions, ethnic/racial makeup, economic opportunities and challenges, and exploitation of resources in the Amazon basin.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Brazil: Giant of South America

118) Figure 4.7 reveals that American and Chinese investments have extensively helped average citizens across South America.

A map shows income inequality in South American states and selected cities. The key shows a color scale that corresponds to GINI index (World Bank estimate; most recent year available 2010 or later) ranges with categories corresponding to Below 44, 45-49, 50-55, and Above 55, with higher scores indicating more income inequality. In the highest-inequality category are most of the major cities of Brazil, Chile, and Colombia. In the second-highest category are the countries of Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Suriname, as well as most of the other major cities depicted. In the third-highest category are the countries of Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Suriname. Guyana, Peru, Uruguay, and Argentina have the least amount of income inequality. There is no data for Venezuela or French Guiana.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the economic roles of the U.S. and China in the realm, and possible political implications.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: The United States and China in South America

119) Figure 4-6 shows that the majority of South America’s population clusters near the equator.

A cartogram shows populations of South America in 2018. Country sizes are represented proportional to their population, with Brazil being by far the largest, followed by Argentina and Colombia. The “three Guianas” are by far the smallest populations on the continent. City population sizes are represented by proportional circles. São Paulo in Brazil and Buenos Aires in Argentina are the largest cities, with populations in excess of 25 million. Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Lima in Peru, and Bogotá in Colombia are cities with their populations ranging between 10 and 15 million. Santiago, Chile has between 5 and 10 million residents. Maracay, Caracas, Belo Horizonte, Asuncion, Santa Cruz, La Paz, Guyaquil, Quito, Cali, Medellin, Maracaíbo, Bucaramanga, Barranquilla, Valencia, Belém, Fortaleza, Recife , Salvador, Brasília, Manaus, São Luís, Goiânia, Montevideo (Uruguay), Córdoba, Rosario, Campinas, Curitiba, Santos, Pôrto Alegre, and Mendoza are among the significant cities with fewer than 5 million inhabitants.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the advanced levels of urbanization, rural‐urban migration, and the unusual concentration of urban centers along the coastal areas, along with high levels of inequality.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions

120) Review Figure 4-3 and apply your knowledge of South American population distributions. Which of the following is most indicative of indigenous populations?

A thematic map of South America shows the dominant ethnic groups. The coastal areas of Colombia, Venezuela, Colombia, the “Three Guianas,” and Brazil are dominated by ethnic groups of African descent. The Andean highlands from southwest Colombia through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, as well as southern Chile and a number of districts in the Amazon basin, are predominantly Indigenous. Central Chile, all of Argentina and Uruguay, as well as the Falkland Islands and southwest Brazil, are predominantly European in descent. The rest of the continent, including most of the Amazon basin, and the west coast from southwest Colombia to central Chile, is predominantly Mestizo.

a) They are primarily located within areas dominated by plantation agriculture.

b) They are primarily located in oil producing sectors.

c) They are primarily located near well-watered tropical coastlines.

d) They are primarily located in areas with lower population concentrations than is typical in South America.

e) They are primarily located in deserts.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss present-day ethnic spatial patterns and the indigenous political movement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

121) Review Figure 4-9. Which of the following is not true of regional oil production?

A thematic map shows the Caribbean North, its oilfields, highland regions, and oil and gas pipelines. Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana line the Caribbean North from west to east. The three prongs of the Columbian Cordillera, namely, the Occidental (Western), Central, and Oriental (Eastern) run roughly from southwest to northeast. The Cordillera Oriental (Eastern) forks out to the Guajira Peninsula and extends into the Venezuelan Highlands setting the Caribbean Lowlands to its west and the Maracaibo Lowlands to its east. The Guiana Highlands occupy much of eastern Venezuela and stretch into the western regions of Guyana claimed by Venezuela. Bogotá, the capital of Columbia, and Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, have more than 5 million inhabitants; whereas Paramaribo (capital of Suriname) and Georgetown (capital of Guyana) have 250,000 to 1,000,000 inhabitants. Besides the rich oil fields in the Maracaibo Lowlands, the Llanos basin situated to the east of the Cordillera Oriental is also replete with deposits such as the Caño Limon oilfield and Cuisiana-Cupiagua oilfield. Pipelines connect the oil fields of Colombia and Venezuela to coastal port cities.

a) It occurs near the Atlantic Ocean.

b) It occurs only in low lying areas.

c) It occurs in the western part of The Caribbean North.

d) It occurs near the Caribbean Sea.

e) It occurs where no other viable industries are feasible.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the geography of this overall region and of Colombia, Venezuela, and the “Guianas.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: The Caribbean North

122) The unity of place deals with a region’s_____.

a) climate

b) geology

c) biology

d) human cultures

e) All of the answer choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s key geographic features, physiography, and the importance of the realm in the work of one of the founders of the geographic discipline, Alexander von Humboldt.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

123) What climate zone is present in Argentina?

a) interior highland

b) arid

c) semiarid

d) humid-temperate

e) All of the answer choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s key geographic features, physiography, and the importance of the realm in the work of one of the founders of the geographic discipline, Alexander von Humboldt.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

124) This country produced the explorer and scientist Alexander von Humboldt.

a) Brazil

b) Ecuador

c) France

d) Germany

e) Chile

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s key geographic features, physiography, and the importance of the realm in the work of one of the founders of the geographic discipline, Alexander von Humboldt.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

125) What year did NASA’s Landsat program start capturing remote sensing images?

a) 1954

b) 1963

c) 1972

d) 1979

e) 1984

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Have a general overview of agricultural zones (including impacts on deforestation in the Amazon basin), coca cultivation, industrial trends, and challenges to regional economic integration.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Economic Geography

126) What percentage of South American exports are to other countries within South America?

a) 10

b) 25

c) 40

d) 55

e) 70

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Have a general overview of agricultural zones (including impacts on deforestation in the Amazon basin), coca cultivation, industrial trends, and challenges to regional economic integration.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Economic Geography

127) What year did the Monroe Doctrine come into effect in South America?

a) 1752

b) 1823

c) 1861

d) 1919

e) 1934

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the economic roles of the U.S. and China in the realm, and possible political implications.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The United States and China in South America

128) What country is the biggest export destination for goods from Argentina, Guyana, and Peru?

a) Brazil

b) China

c) United States

d) United Kingdom

e) France

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the economic roles of the U.S. and China in the realm, and possible political implications.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The United States and China in South America

129) What country is the biggest export destination for goods from Chile, Peru, and Brazil?

a) Colombia

b) China

c) United States

d) United Kingdom

e) France

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the economic roles of the U.S. and China in the realm, and possible political implications.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The United States and China in South America

130) What percentage of United States’ foreign trade is done with South America?

a) 4

b) 15

c) 24

d) 36

e) 41

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Understand the economic roles of the U.S. and China in the realm, and possible political implications.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: The United States and China in South America

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