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WG: Chapter 10 Quiz

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Which one of the choices below is not a reason for "death road" being the most dangerous?

1. No guard rails on steep ledges

2. Animals walking onto the road
3. The road quality (dirt)
4. Other Drivers

This key term deals with the removal of trees. This term can be seen happening with logging in
rainforests.

1. Estuary
2. Landlock
3. Deforestation
4. Felling

Name the rainforest that is in South America. This rainforest contains a great number of natural
resources.

1. Amazon
2. Congo
3. Daintree
4. Tongass

If the land is infertile from planting crops in the same spot too many times, what key term represents
this?

1. Soil Exhaustion
2. Cultivation
3. Germination
4. Pampas

Which key term represents a stream or a river meeting an ocean? The importance of this term is that
freshwater mixes with saltwater.

1. Pampas
2. Estuary
3. Brack
4. Plateau
These areas within Brazil's southeastern cities are marked by poverty.

1. Hoovervilles
2. Slums
3. Hovels
4. Favelas

What major festival takes place in Brazil? This cultural event mixes traditions from Africa, Brazil, and
Europe.

1. Carnival
2. Mardi Gras
3. Rose Bowl
4. Festival of Lights

Why is the Gaucho called Gaucho?

1. Term meaning Cowboy

2. Term meaning Cattle Herder
3. Derives from another term that means loner or solitary
4. Derives from another term meaning Horse rider

Which city in South America contains the Christ Redeemer Statue?

1. Rio de Plata
2. Rio de Janeiro
3. Montevideo
4. Santiago

Name the Country that has one of the most dangerous roads in the world?

1. Uruguay
2. Paraguay
3. Argentina
4. Bolivia

What sport plays an important role in Brazilian culture?

1. Hockey
2. Cricket
3. Soccer
4. Baseball

A term that is used to describe a piece of land that is surrounded only by land and contains no coastline.

1. Landlocked
2. Plateau
3. Topographic
4. Mesa
True or False: The Andes provide fresh water throughout Chile through streams and rivers that form
from melting snow.

True

False

What is the capital of Bolivia?

1. Santiago
2. Argentina
3. La Paz
4. Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital of what Country?

1. Brazil
2. Chile
3. Bolivia
4. Argentina

What is the capital of Chile?

1. La Paz
2. Montevideo
3. Santiago
4. Asuncion

Asuncion is the capital of what country?

1. Uruguay
2. Chile
3. Paraguay
4. Brazil

Brasilia is the capital of what Country?

1. Bolivia
2. Chile
3. Brazil
4. Argentina

Montevideo is the capital of what Country?

1. Uruguay
2. Paraguay
3. Brazil
4. Argentina