Cultural Geography Quiz Questions
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Each of these have the appropriate national standard for geography for that question listed at the bottom
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Which of the following rivers begins in the Andes Mountains and flows eastward across South America to the Atlantic Ocean?
- A.
Mississippi
- B.
Orinoco
- C.
Paraná
- D.
Amazon
Correct Answer
D. AmazonExplanation
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Which of the following mountain ranges runs down the Pacific coast of South America?
- A.
Rockies
- B.
Andes
- C.
Sierra Madre
- D.
Appalachians
Correct Answer
B. AndesExplanation
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- 3.
Where is most of the South American rain forest located?
- A.
Paraguay
- B.
Brazil
- C.
Uruguay
- D.
Colombia
Correct Answer
B. BrazilExplanation
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Which of the following is a growth industry throughout Latin America?
- A.
Farming
- B.
Technology
- C.
Fishing
- D.
Tourism
Correct Answer
D. TourismExplanation
NGS 5A.2 Explain why regions once characterized by one set of criteria may be defined by a different set of criteria today (e.g., the Caribbean Basins transition from a major sugarcane and hemp producer to a center for tourism, New Englands gradual conversion from a region of small textile mills and shoe factories in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to one of high-technology industries in the 1980s and 1990s)
NGS 18D.3 Examine tourism in a developed or a developing country to identify conflicts over resource use, the relative advantages and disadvantages of tourism to local resident and the costs and benefits of tourism from several points of view (e.g., those of the owner of a diving shop, a hotel maid, a tourist, and a local fisherman) to put together a position paper for or against developing tourism in a new location,Rate this question:
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What is the ancient technique used to grow crops on hillsides or mountain slopes?
- A.
Push-and pull
- B.
Slash-and-burn
- C.
Crop rotation
- D.
Terraced farming
Correct Answer
D. Terraced farmingExplanation
NGS 8C.3 Evaluate the long-term effects of the human modification of ecosystems (e.g., how acid rain resulting from air pollution affects water bodies and forests and how depletion of the atmospheres ozone layer through the use of chemicals may affect the health of humans)
NGS 14.2 The significance of the global impacts of human modification of the physial environment
NGS 14B.3 Examine the characteristics of major global environmental changes and assess whether the changes are a result of human action, natural causes, or a conmbination of both factors (e.g., increases in world temperatures attributable to major global action, the link between changes in solar emissions and amounts of volcanic dust
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- 6.
Which of the following countries has coastal areas with severe water pollution?
- A.
Ecuador
- B.
Peru
- C.
Colombia
- D.
Venezuela
Correct Answer
B. PeruExplanation
NGS 1.0 How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial persepectiveRate this question:
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- 7.
Which of the following areas is most affected by frequent water pollution?
- A.
The northern coast of South America
- B.
The coast of Chile
- C.
The southern tip of South America
- D.
The coast of Brazil
Correct Answer
A. The northern coast of South AmericaExplanation
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- 8.
Which country has the smallest number of people?
- A.
Peru
- B.
Ecuador
- C.
Bolivia
- D.
Guyana
Correct Answer
D. GuyanaExplanation
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- 9.
Which country has the most square miles?
- A.
Brazil
- B.
Peru
- C.
Argentina
- D.
Bolivia
Correct Answer
A. BrazilExplanation
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- 10.
Which country is the most populated?
- A.
Paraguay
- B.
Brazil
- C.
Uruguay
- D.
Argentina
Correct Answer
B. BrazilExplanation
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