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Chapter 23: The Andean Countries
      
  1.The capital of Colombia is __________.  
  a.   Bogotá  
  b.   Cartagena  
  c.   Medellín  
  d.   Cali  
      
  2.Colombia’s major cash crop is __________.  
  a.   bananas  
  b.   rice  
  c.   coffee  
  d.   cotton  
      
  3.The major religion of Colombia’s people is __________.  
  a.   Islam  
  b.   Judaism  
  c.   Protestant Christianity  
  d.   Roman Catholicism  
      
  4.A powerful Native American civilization was built in Peru by the __________.  
  a.   Olmec  
  b.   Maya  
  c.   Aztec  
  d.   Inca  
      
  5.The __________ run(s) through the center of Peru.  
  a.   Andes  
  b.   Atacama Desert  
  c.   Peru Current  
  d.   Equator  
      
  6.The Galápagos Islands are owned by __________.  
  a.   Peru  
  b.   Colombia  
  c.   Ecuador  
  d.   Chile  
      
  7.Ecuador’s most important economic activity is __________.  
  a.   mining  
  b.   agriculture  
  c.   tourism  
  d.   manufacturing  
      
  8.The __________ is a high plateau in western Bolivia.  
  a.   Atacama  
  b.   altiplano  
  c.   alpaca  
  d.   chipaya  
      
  9.The Strait of Magellan separates mainland Chile from __________.  
  a.   the Falkland Islands  
  b.   Santiago  
  c.   Tierra del Fuego  
  d.   Antarctica  
      
  10.Chile is the world’s leading producer of __________.  
  a.   copper  
  b.   gold  
  c.   iron ore  
  d.   silver  

 






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