South American Countries Review

Question 1 What is the largest country in South

America

A. Argentina

B. Brazil

C. Chile

D. Ecuador

Question 2 What is the second largest country in

South America

A. Argentina

B. Brazil

C. Chile

D. Ecuador

Question 3 _____________is a small country located

between two large ones. Brazil to the north and Argentina to the west

A. Paraguay

B. Uruguay

C. Chile

D. Ecuador

Question 4 ____________is a small landlocked

country bordered by Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia

A. Paraguay

B. Uruguay

C. Chile

D. Ecuador

Question 5 _____________lies along the Pacific

coast of South America, south of Colombia and Ecuador, and north of Chile.

A. ParaguayB. UruguayC. PeruD. Argentina

Question 6 ___________is known as the home for

the huge Amazon rain forest

A. Brazil

B. Ecuador

C. Chile

D. Guyana

Question 7 _________________is a small country on

the northern coast of South America. It’s geography is dominated by mountains and rain forest.

A. VenezuelaB. EcuadorC. SurinameD. Guyana

Question 8 ______________lies along the Pacific

coast of South America south of Colombia and Ecuador, and north of Chile.

A. Brazil

B. Chile

C. Peru

D. Colombia

Question 9 _____________was originally colonized

by the Dutch, who imported enslaved Africans to work on their plantations.

A. Venezuela

B. Ecuador

C. Suriname

D. Guyana

Question 10 Where do most people in Colombia live?

A. Northern region

B. Central valley or the hot western region

C. Southern Region

D. Eastern Region

Question 11 _____________was once part of the

Incan empire, this country was colonized by Spain in 1533 and became independent in 1830.

A. VenezuelaB. EcuadorC. SurinameD. Guyana

Question 12 ____________is a long narrow country

that lies along the western border of South America.

A. Paraguay

B. Chile

C. Venezuela

D. Guyana

Question 13 Once a Spanish colony ____________freed

itself from Spain in 1821and then became a part of Gran Colombia, until it became an independent republic in 1830.

A. Venezuela

B. Ecuador

C. Suriname

D. Guyana

Question 14 In Paraguay most people in the

countryside speak _____________.

A. Dutch

B. Spanish

C. Gurani

D. French

Question 15 When did Suriname become an

independent country?

A. 1990

B. 1980

C. 2000

D. 1975