Chapter 7 Test

Which of the following is an example of an isthmus?

• Florida

• Central America

• Cape Horn

• The Bahamas

Which of the following is an archipelago?

• Baja California

• Central America

• Cape Horn

• The Bahamas

The longest river in Latin America with many tributaries is the ________.

• Amazon River
• Orinoco River

• Nile River

• Mississippi River

What desert is located in Chile and is the driest place on earth?

• Sonora

• Atacama

• Death Valley

• Rio Grande

The Pampas in Argentina and Uruguay are especially useful for these economic activities:

• mining

• manufacturing

• cattle herding and grain farming

• travel and tourism

Eastern Colombia and Venezuela are home to the Llanos, which are -

• tropical grasslands

• rain forests

• dry deserts

• marshes

Which Latin American country has the most resources?

• Mexico

• Peru

• Brazil

• Costa Rica

Ships use the Panama Canal to shorten the travel time between the ________.

• Hudson Bay and Atlantic Ocean

• Indian and Southern Oceans

• Arctic and Pacific Oceans

• Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

What subregions make up Latin America?

• Middle America, Central America, Caribbean

• Mexico, South America, Caribbean

• Mexico, Central America, South America

• Middle America, South America, Caribbean

Most of Brazil's resources come from ________.

• Amazon Rain Forest

• Llanos

• Chile

• Pampas