Reading Quiz 15
Due Feb 23 at 11:59pm
Points 40
Questions 80
Available Feb 10 at 12am - Feb 23 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 160 Minutes
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 68 minutes 40 out of 40
Score for this quiz: 40 out of 40
Submitted Feb 20 at 8:44pm
This attempt took 68 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
0..5 pts
Apart from the far south, Chile is comprised of three types of typography. In the east are the Andes, to
the west lie the _____, and in between is a fault-formed depression.
coastal plateaus
salt flats
deserts
volcanic areas
earthquake zones
coastal plains
Correct answer
Question 2
0..5 pts
Chile's rainfall increases from:
northeast to southwest
south to north
east to west
southeast to northwest
northwest to southeast
north to south
, west to east
southwest to northeast
Correct answer
Question 3
0..5 pts
On San Pedro Island, well into Southern Chile, a wet year will record over _____ inches of precipitation.
180
160
200
220
140
Correct answer
Question 4
0..5 pts
What is very unusual about the northern Chilean cities of Antofagasta and Arica?
they each have famous libraries that are among Latin America's best
being in warmer northern Chile, they often get two crops of alfalfa per year
the average height of their citizens is, strangely enough, shorter than the national average
trout (and more recently bass) thrive well as planted fish in their lakes
their weather stations sometimes have years without recording rainfall
Correct answer
Question 5
0..5 pts
In the Atacama the exploitation of resources encouraged the development of towns and ports, although
there are many abandoned places today, the product of exhausted mining ventures. Which resource is
NOT listed in the text as being exploited in the Atacama?
copper
nitrates
iron ore
bauxite
silver
Correct answer
Question 6
0..5 pts
, The dictatorial rule of Pinochet (1973-1989) was the apex of _____, something the Chilean population
had to deal with in terms of their politics for a long time up to, and including, Pinochet's rule.
extreme reactionary rule
communism
radical populism
incompetent government
authoritarianism
coups
anarchy
fascism
military rule
Correct answer
Question 7
0..5 pts
During the War of the Pacific Chile took a number of port cities from both Bolivia and Peru. Which port
city, according to the text, did they NOT take?
Arica
Iquique
Antofagasta
Tocopilla
Pisagua
Mejillones
Correct answer
Question 8
0..5 pts
In the last half of the 1800s, immigrants, particularly from _____, arrived to create farms and exploit the
forests to the south.
Italy
France
Spain
Germany
Portugal
Correct answer
Question 9
0..5 pts
Due Feb 23 at 11:59pm
Points 40
Questions 80
Available Feb 10 at 12am - Feb 23 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 160 Minutes
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 68 minutes 40 out of 40
Score for this quiz: 40 out of 40
Submitted Feb 20 at 8:44pm
This attempt took 68 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
0..5 pts
Apart from the far south, Chile is comprised of three types of typography. In the east are the Andes, to
the west lie the _____, and in between is a fault-formed depression.
coastal plateaus
salt flats
deserts
volcanic areas
earthquake zones
coastal plains
Correct answer
Question 2
0..5 pts
Chile's rainfall increases from:
northeast to southwest
south to north
east to west
southeast to northwest
northwest to southeast
north to south
, west to east
southwest to northeast
Correct answer
Question 3
0..5 pts
On San Pedro Island, well into Southern Chile, a wet year will record over _____ inches of precipitation.
180
160
200
220
140
Correct answer
Question 4
0..5 pts
What is very unusual about the northern Chilean cities of Antofagasta and Arica?
they each have famous libraries that are among Latin America's best
being in warmer northern Chile, they often get two crops of alfalfa per year
the average height of their citizens is, strangely enough, shorter than the national average
trout (and more recently bass) thrive well as planted fish in their lakes
their weather stations sometimes have years without recording rainfall
Correct answer
Question 5
0..5 pts
In the Atacama the exploitation of resources encouraged the development of towns and ports, although
there are many abandoned places today, the product of exhausted mining ventures. Which resource is
NOT listed in the text as being exploited in the Atacama?
copper
nitrates
iron ore
bauxite
silver
Correct answer
Question 6
0..5 pts
, The dictatorial rule of Pinochet (1973-1989) was the apex of _____, something the Chilean population
had to deal with in terms of their politics for a long time up to, and including, Pinochet's rule.
extreme reactionary rule
communism
radical populism
incompetent government
authoritarianism
coups
anarchy
fascism
military rule
Correct answer
Question 7
0..5 pts
During the War of the Pacific Chile took a number of port cities from both Bolivia and Peru. Which port
city, according to the text, did they NOT take?
Arica
Iquique
Antofagasta
Tocopilla
Pisagua
Mejillones
Correct answer
Question 8
0..5 pts
In the last half of the 1800s, immigrants, particularly from _____, arrived to create farms and exploit the
forests to the south.
Italy
France
Spain
Germany
Portugal
Correct answer
Question 9
0..5 pts
