Question 1

Figure 3-9 shows that Venezuela claims rights to a significant portion of this country:

Accepted Answer

A)   Guyana
B)   Colombia
C)   Brazil
D)   Trinidad and Tobago
E)   PanamaF) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

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

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A)   favelas or barrios
B)   tierra urbanas
C)   altiplanos
D)   llanos
E)   llamasF) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Guayaquil is the capital of Ecuador.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The most populous Brazilian State is ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Rio de Janeiro
B)   São Paulo
C)   Amazonas
D)   Minas Gerais
E)   the cerradoF) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 7

An altiplano is a(n) ____________.

Accepted Answer

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 firmaF) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Liberation theology

Question 9

Brazil contains the largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 10

The capital of Brazil is ___.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The capital of Brazil is ___....

Question 11

The disamenity sector of the Latin American city model includes ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)   peripheral squatter settlements
B)   slum areas known as barrios or favelas
C)   the central plaza
D)   the elite residential areas
E)   the CBDF) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 12

In 1982 Argentina fought a war with Britain over _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Tierra del Fuego
B)   the Falkland Islands
C)   the outcome of a controversial soccer match
D)   land claims in Antarctica
E)   their common maritime boundary in the mid-AtlanticF) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The cerrado is ________________.

Accepted Answer

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 rainforestsF) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Brazil
B)   Ecuador
C)   Peru
D)   Colombia
E)   ChileF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Commercial agriculture in South America is best typified by

Accepted Answer

A)   highland farming
B)   subsistence farming
C)   plantations
D)   agroforestry
E)   shifting cultivationF) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 18

Argentina's primate city is ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Montevideo
B)   Asunción
C)   La Paz
D)   Buenos Aires
E)   CordobaF) B) and D)
G) None of the above D

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Altiplanoan
B)   Incanese
C)   lingua fria
D)   lingua franca
E)   QuechuaF) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Venezuela
B)   Colombia
C)   Panama
D)   Brazil
E)   SurinameF) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Exam 4: The South American Realm

Figure 3-9 shows that Venezuela claims rights to a significant portion of this country:

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

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

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Guayaquil is the capital of Ecuador.

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

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The most populous Brazilian State is ____________.

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An altiplano is a(n) ____________.

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

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Brazil contains the largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan.

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The capital of Brazil is ___.

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The disamenity sector of the Latin American city model includes ___________.

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In 1982 Argentina fought a war with Britain over _______________.

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

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The cerrado is ________________.

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

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

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Commercial agriculture in South America is best typified by

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Argentina's primate city is ______________.

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

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

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