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GEOG Chapter 3 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
Which of the following countries does NOT contain a portion of the Amazon Basin?
a) Brazil
b) Ecuador
c) Peru
d) Colombia
e) Chile - Answer✔e) Chile
An altiplano is a(n) ____________.
a) low area with small mountains
b) high-elevation basin or valley
c) agricultural area in Brazil
d) plain in the Amazon Basin
e) altitudinal zone lying above tierra firma - Answer✔b) high-elevation basin or valley
The control center of the Incan Empire was ____________.
a) Cuzco
b) Lima
c) Mexico City
d) Quito
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e) Buenos Aires - Answer✔a) Cuzco
In 1494 a treaty was signed that stipulated that a north-south boundary was to be drawn
separating the South American territories of ____________________.
a) Spain and Britain
b) France and Britain
c) Spain and Portugal
d) the Netherlands and France
e) the Inca and the Maya - Answer✔c) Spain and Portugal
Which of the following is INCORRECT?
a) The Spanish viceroyalties existed in isolation from one another.
b) In the colonial period, Lima was one of the world's wealthiest cities.
c) The Andes Mountains contributed to viceroyalty isolation.
d) The Spanish invested significantly in their South American colonies.
e) The Spanish formed vast haciendas through land alienation. - Answer✔d) The Spanish
invested significantly in their South American colonies.
The part of South America where the dominant ethnic group is European is the ____.
a) north
b) south
c) western mountains
d) eastern coast
e) central plains - Answer✔b) south
Which South American country was most transformed by the forced in-migration of Africans in
bondage?
a) Argentina
b) Brazil
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c) Colombia
d) Peru
e) Ecuador - Answer✔b) Brazil
According to Figure 3-3, African ethnic groups in South America live predominantly in the:
a) South
b) mountainous northwest
c) interior Amazon region
d) northern and northeastern coastal areas
e) extreme southwestern coastal areas - Answer✔d) northern and northeastern coastal areas
Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the Mercosur/l trading bloc?
a) Guyana
b) Argentina
c) Uruguay
d) Paraguay
e) Brazil - Answer✔
The four emerging powers called the BRICs include all but which of the following?
a) India
b) Argentina
c) China
d) Russia
e) Brazil - Answer✔b) Argentina
According to Figure 3-5, which country is a significant producer of coca plants?
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GEOG Chapter 3 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
Which of the following countries does NOT contain a portion of the Amazon Basin?
a) Brazil
b) Ecuador
c) Peru
d) Colombia
e) Chile - Answer✔e) Chile
An altiplano is a(n) ____________.
a) low area with small mountains
b) high-elevation basin or valley
c) agricultural area in Brazil
d) plain in the Amazon Basin
e) altitudinal zone lying above tierra firma - Answer✔b) high-elevation basin or valley
The control center of the Incan Empire was ____________.
a) Cuzco
b) Lima
c) Mexico City
d) Quito
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e) Buenos Aires - Answer✔a) Cuzco
In 1494 a treaty was signed that stipulated that a north-south boundary was to be drawn
separating the South American territories of ____________________.
a) Spain and Britain
b) France and Britain
c) Spain and Portugal
d) the Netherlands and France
e) the Inca and the Maya - Answer✔c) Spain and Portugal
Which of the following is INCORRECT?
a) The Spanish viceroyalties existed in isolation from one another.
b) In the colonial period, Lima was one of the world's wealthiest cities.
c) The Andes Mountains contributed to viceroyalty isolation.
d) The Spanish invested significantly in their South American colonies.
e) The Spanish formed vast haciendas through land alienation. - Answer✔d) The Spanish
invested significantly in their South American colonies.
The part of South America where the dominant ethnic group is European is the ____.
a) north
b) south
c) western mountains
d) eastern coast
e) central plains - Answer✔b) south
Which South American country was most transformed by the forced in-migration of Africans in
bondage?
a) Argentina
b) Brazil
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c) Colombia
d) Peru
e) Ecuador - Answer✔b) Brazil
According to Figure 3-3, African ethnic groups in South America live predominantly in the:
a) South
b) mountainous northwest
c) interior Amazon region
d) northern and northeastern coastal areas
e) extreme southwestern coastal areas - Answer✔d) northern and northeastern coastal areas
Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the Mercosur/l trading bloc?
a) Guyana
b) Argentina
c) Uruguay
d) Paraguay
e) Brazil - Answer✔
The four emerging powers called the BRICs include all but which of the following?
a) India
b) Argentina
c) China
d) Russia
e) Brazil - Answer✔b) Argentina
According to Figure 3-5, which country is a significant producer of coca plants?
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