# North and South America

> Grade 5: countries of North and South America, the Amazon rainforest, the Andes and the Rockies, major cities, the Panama Canal.

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- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 5
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. Which country is the largest in South America? (Brazil / Chile / Colombia / Peru)
   Answer: Brazil
2. Which three large countries make up most of North America? (Canada, Brazil and Mexico / Canada, the USA and Chile / Canada, the USA and Mexico / Peru, the USA and Mexico)
   Answer: Canada, the USA and Mexico
3. Argentina is a country in North America.
   Answer: False
4. Which country in South America is long and thin and lies along the Pacific coast? (Bolivia / Chile / Paraguay / Venezuela)
   Answer: Chile
5. Which river flows through the Amazon rainforest? (The Amazon River / The Mississippi / The Nile / The Thames)
   Answer: The Amazon River
6. The Amazon rainforest is mostly in Brazil.
   Answer: True
7. Which layer of the rainforest has the tallest trees poking above the rest? (Emergent layer / Forest floor / Shrub layer / Understory)
   Answer: Emergent layer
8. Which mountain range runs along the whole west side of South America? (The Alps / The Andes / The Himalayas / The Rockies)
   Answer: The Andes
9. On which continent are the Rocky Mountains? (Africa / Europe / North America / South America)
   Answer: North America
10. What is the capital city of Canada?
   Answer: Ottawa
11. What is the capital city of Brazil?
   Answer: Brasília
12. Which city is the capital of the USA? (Chicago / Los Angeles / New York City / Washington, D.C.)
   Answer: Washington, D.C.
13. Which city is the capital of Peru? (Bogotá / Lima / Quito / Santiago)
   Answer: Lima
14. What does the Panama Canal connect? (Atlantic and Arctic Oceans / Atlantic and Pacific Oceans / Indian and Pacific Oceans / Pacific and Southern Oceans)
   Answer: Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
15. The Panama Canal lets ships avoid sailing all the way around South America.
   Answer: True
16. The Panama Canal cuts through a narrow strip of land joining which two continents?
   Answer: North America and South America