Question 1

What is the largest lake in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Lake Maracaibo

Answer

Lake Superior

Answer

Lake Vanern

Answer

Lake Victoria

Question 2

What is the highest waterfall in the world?

Accepted Answer

Angel Falls

Answer

Victoria Falls

Answer

Iguazu Falls

Answer

Niagara Falls

Question 3

What is the name of the longest river in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Amazon River

Answer

Missouri River

Answer

Yellow River

Answer

Nile River

Question 4

What is the highest point in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Aconcagua

Answer

Mt. Davis

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Mt. McKinley

Answer

Mount Everest

Question 5

A group of islands is called a(n) __________.

Accepted Answer

archipelago

Answer

Pampas

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subregion

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isthmus

Question 6

The Brazilian Highlands end with a(n) ____ or steep cliff that drops down to the Atlantic coastal plain.

Accepted Answer

escarpment

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tributary

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Llanos

Answer

estuary

Question 7

South American ________ have high temperatures and heavy rainfall year round.

Accepted Answer

rain forests

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savannas

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mountains

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steppes

Question 8

Cooler temperatures are found at higher __________.

Accepted Answer

altitudes

Answer

winds

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Tropics

Answer

canopies

Question 9

The dominant landform along the Pacific coast of South America is __________.

Accepted Answer

the Andes

Answer

the Brazilian Highlands

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the Amazon Basin

Answer

coastal marshes

Question 10

__________, in South America, is the world's largest exporter of copper.

Accepted Answer

Chile

Answer

Brazil

Answer

Venezuela

Answer

Bolivia

Question 11

The Tropics have generally warm temperatures because

Accepted Answer

they receive the direct rays of the sun.

Answer

the Tropics have a long dry season.

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more plants grow there than anywhere else.

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hurricanes often strike the Tropics.

Question 12

Vegetation is sparse in the __________ climate zone.

Accepted Answer

tierra helada

Answer

tierra templada

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tierra fria

Answer

tierra caliente