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1st Semester Test -2018-South America
Test Description: 1st Semester Exam
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The area along the Equator in northern Brazil has a tropical rain forest climate.
A
False
B
True
2) Portugal's rule of Brazil lasted only about 50 years.
A
True
B
False
3) Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela have all been ruled at times by dictators.
A
True
B
False
4) In Peru and northern Chile, the area between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes is a coastal desert.
A
True
B
False
5) Mining is an insignificant part of the economy for most Andean countries.
A
False
B
True
6) The most popular sport in the religion
A
magic realism
B
Carnival
C
Football(soccer)
D
Salsa and merengue
7) style of literature popular in Latin America
A
carnival
B
Magic realism
C
Football(soccer)
D
Guarani folk art
8) Venezuelan coastal music and dance
A
Guarani folk art
B
Carnival
C
Salsa and merengue
D
magic realism
9) four-day holiday celebrated in Brazil and other countries
A
football(soccer)
B
Carnival
C
salsa and merengue
D
magic realism
10) especially important to the culture of Paraguay
A
carnival
B
magic realism
C
football(soccer)
D
salsa and merengue
11) In which country do about half of all South Americans live?
A
Chile
B
Peru
C
Brazil
D
Argentina
12) Brazil is the world's leading supplier of which commodity?
A
coffee
B
oranges
C
cotton
D
wheat
13) Until the late 1800s, nearly all European immigrants to Brazil were from which country?
A
Italy
B
Spain
C
Portugal
D
England
14) What distinctive style of Brazilian music is a blend of samba and jazz?
A
salsa
B
bossa nova
C
bamba
D
jazz-funk
15) WHat is the name of the group of islands owned by Ecuador that was the location of important studies by British naturalist Charles Darwin?
A
Cotopaxi
B
Galapagos
C
Titicaca
D
Falklands
16) Which country in South America is the only one with coastlines on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea?
A
French Guiana
B
Colombia
C
Ecuador
D
Venezuela
17) By the early 1500s, what people had become the dominant indigenous group in the Andean region?
A
Carib
B
Aztec
C
Maya
D
Inca
18) How are the populations of Columbia, Ecuador, and Venezuela similar?
A
Ethnic Africans make up one-third of the population.
B
People began migrating to the cities in the mid-1900s.
C
The populations are largely rural
D
Most of the people live in the highlands.
19) Which of the following happens throughout much of the Andes because the mountains are part of the Ring of Fire?
A
blizzards and frigid temperatures
B
torrential rain and flooding
C
little precipitation and desert conditions
D
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
20) Which of the following leaders started efforts to improve human rights and equal opportunity in Argentina?
A
Cristina Fernandez
B
Juan Peron
C
Salvador Allende
D
Evo Morales
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