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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
False
B
True
3) Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela have all been ruled at times by dictators.
A
False
B
True
4) In Peru and northern Chile, the area between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes is a coastal desert.
A
False
B
True
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
Carnival
B
Football(soccer)
C
magic realism
D
Salsa and merengue
7) style of literature popular in Latin America
A
Guarani folk art
B
Magic realism
C
Football(soccer)
D
carnival
8) Venezuelan coastal music and dance
A
magic realism
B
Guarani folk art
C
Carnival
D
Salsa and merengue
9) four-day holiday celebrated in Brazil and other countries
A
magic realism
B
salsa and merengue
C
football(soccer)
D
Carnival
10) especially important to the culture of Paraguay
A
salsa and merengue
B
football(soccer)
C
magic realism
D
carnival
11) In which country do about half of all South Americans live?
A
Argentina
B
Brazil
C
Peru
D
Chile
12) Brazil is the world's leading supplier of which commodity?
A
oranges
B
cotton
C
wheat
D
coffee
13) Until the late 1800s, nearly all European immigrants to Brazil were from which country?
A
Italy
B
Spain
C
England
D
Portugal
14) What distinctive style of Brazilian music is a blend of samba and jazz?
A
salsa
B
jazz-funk
C
bossa nova
D
bamba
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
Venezuela
D
Ecuador
17) By the early 1500s, what people had become the dominant indigenous group in the Andean region?
A
Carib
B
Maya
C
Inca
D
Aztec
18) How are the populations of Columbia, Ecuador, and Venezuela similar?
A
The populations are largely rural
B
Most of the people live in the highlands.
C
People began migrating to the cities in the mid-1900s.
D
Ethnic Africans make up one-third of the population.
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
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
C
torrential rain and flooding
D
little precipitation and desert conditions
20) Which of the following leaders started efforts to improve human rights and equal opportunity in Argentina?
A
Salvador Allende
B
Cristina Fernandez
C
Juan Peron
D
Evo Morales
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