Samacheer Kalvi 7th Exploring Continents North & South America - 1

Question: 1

_____ basin gets rainfall everyday because of its equatorial location

(A) The Mackenzie

(B) The Parana

(C) The Amazon

(D) The Orinoco

Question: 2

The _____ separates North America from Asia.

(A) Gibraltar Straits

(B) Malacca Strait

(C) Palk Straits

(D) Bering Strait

Question: 3

_____ is the longest mountain chain in the world.

(A) The Himalayas

(B) The Andes

(C) The Alps

(D) The Rockies

Question: 4

______ are the longest rivers in North America.

(A) The Colorado river

(B) The St. Lawrence river

(C) The Mackenzieriver

(D) The Mississippi and Missouri rivers

Question: 5

______ is known as the Sugar bowl of the world.

(A) Cuba

(B) Canada

(C) USA

(D) Mexico

Question: 6

_____ has the biggest railway yard in the world.

(A) San Francisco

(B) Newyork

(C) Vancouver

(D) Chicago

Question: 7

South America contains _____ of the world's iron ore reserves.

(A) One third

(B) One fifth

(C) One sixth

(D) One seventh

Question: 8

Chile is the _____ largest producer of copper in the world.

(A) Second

(B) Third

(C) Fourth

(D) Fifth

Question: 9

Brazil and Chile both have massive deposits of ______

(A) Copper

(B) Coal

(C) Gypsum

(D) Iron ore

Question: 10

In _____ North America was discovered by Christopher Columbus.

(A) 1491

(B) 1492

(C) 1494

(D) 1496