Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (ICSE) · Geography
Chapter: Chapter 11 — Chapter 11: South America - Climate, Vegetation and Resources
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What climate is found near the equator in South America? [1]
(A) Hot and humid tropical
(B) Cold and dry
(C) Desert
(D) Arctic
2. What does the tropical climate support? [1]
(A) The Amazon Rainforest's vegetation
(B) Only deserts
(C) Only ice
(D) Nothing
3. What is Patagonia's climate like? [1]
(A) Colder and drier
(B) Hot and humid
(C) Tropical
(D) Underwater
4. What vegetation is found in Patagonia? [1]
(A) Grasslands and shrubs
(B) Tropical rainforest
(C) Coral reefs
(D) Desert cacti only
5. What minerals are found in South America? [1]
(A) Copper and iron ore
(B) No minerals at all
(C) Only gold
(D) Only silver
6. What other resource does South America have? [1]
(A) Oil reserves
(B) No resources at all
(C) Only water
(D) Only ice
7. What supports agriculture in South America? [1]
(A) Fertile land
(B) Only deserts
(C) Only mountains
(D) Nothing supports it
8. What do these resources support? [1]
(A) Various economic activities
(B) No economic activity
(C) Only tourism
(D) Only mining, nothing else
9. What climate is found near the equator in South America? [1]
(A) Hot and humid tropical
(B) Cold and dry
(C) Desert
(D) Arctic
10. What does the tropical climate support? [1]
(A) The Amazon Rainforest's vegetation
(B) Only deserts
(C) Only ice
(D) Nothing
11. What is Patagonia's climate like? [1]
(A) Colder and drier
(B) Hot and humid
(C) Tropical
(D) Underwater
12. What vegetation is found in Patagonia? [1]
(A) Grasslands and shrubs
(B) Tropical rainforest
(C) Coral reefs
(D) Desert cacti only
13. What minerals are found in South America? [1]
(A) Copper and iron ore
(B) No minerals at all
(C) Only gold
(D) Only silver
14. What other resource does South America have? [1]
(A) Oil reserves
(B) No resources at all
(C) Only water
(D) Only ice
15. What supports agriculture in South America? [1]
(A) Fertile land
(B) Only deserts
(C) Only mountains
(D) Nothing supports it
16. What do these resources support? [1]
(A) Various economic activities
(B) No economic activity
(C) Only tourism
(D) Only mining, nothing else