1st Semester Test -2018-South America Question Preview (ID: 45050)


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What distinctive style of Brazilian music is a blend of samba and jazz?
a) salsa
b) jazz-funk
c) bamba
d) bossa nova

Until the late 1800s, nearly all European immigrants to Brazil were from which country?
a) Portugal
b) Spain
c) Italy
d) England

Brazil is the world's leading supplier of which commodity?
a) coffee
b) wheat
c) oranges
d) cotton

In which country do about half of all South Americans live?
a) Brazil
b) Argentina
c) Chile
d) Peru

especially important to the culture of Paraguay
a) salsa and merengue
b) football(soccer)
c) carnival
d) magic realism

four-day holiday celebrated in Brazil and other countries
a) Carnival
b) football(soccer)
c) salsa and merengue
d) magic realism

Venezuelan coastal music and dance
a) magic realism
b) Salsa and merengue
c) Guarani folk art
d) Carnival

style of literature popular in Latin America
a) Guarani folk art
b) carnival
c) Magic realism
d) Football(soccer)

The most popular sport in the religion
a) magic realism
b) Football(soccer)
c) Carnival
d) Salsa and merengue

Mining is an insignificant part of the economy for most Andean countries.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

In Peru and northern Chile, the area between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes is a coastal desert.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela have all been ruled at times by dictators.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The area along the Equator in northern Brazil has a tropical rain forest climate.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Portugal's rule of Brazil lasted only about 50 years.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

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) Titicaca
b) Galapagos
c) Falklands
d) Cotopaxi

Which country in South America is the only one with coastlines on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea?
a) Venezuela
b) French Guiana
c) Colombia
d) Ecuador

By the early 1500s, what people had become the dominant indigenous group in the Andean region?
a) Carib
b) Maya
c) Aztec
d) Inca

How are the populations of Columbia, Ecuador, and Venezuela similar?
a) The populations are largely rural
b) People began migrating to the cities in the mid-1900s.
c) Ethnic Africans make up one-third of the population.
d) Most of the people live in the highlands.

Which of the following happens throughout much of the Andes because the mountains are part of the Ring of Fire?
a) earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
b) torrential rain and flooding
c) blizzards and frigid temperatures
d) little precipitation and desert conditions

Which of the following leaders started efforts to improve human rights and equal opportunity in Argentina?
a) Evo Morales
b) Cristina Fernandez
c) Juan Peron
d) Salvador Allende

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