BRAZIL | Questions and Answers | US Geography Championships

Sample Qualifying Exams and Answer Keys

1. In which of these countries is Portuguese the primary spoken language? 

 A) Paraguay 

B) Brazil 

C) Mexico 

D) Belize

2. What largest city by population in the Amazon rainforest, is located near the confluence of the Rio Negro with the upper Amazon River?

A) Manaus 

B) Recife 

C) Florianopolis 

D) Salvador

3. What is the largest country in South American in terms of both land area and population? 

 A) Colombia 

B) Venezuela 

C) Bolivia 

D) Brazil

4. Which largest city by population in Brazil shares its namesake with Minnesota’s capital? 

 A) São Paulo 

B) Recife

C) Florianopolis 

D) Rio de Janeiro

5. Which of these countries has the greatest total area of rain forests in square kilometers? 

 A) Morocco 

B) Brazil 

C) Finland 

D) Uruguay

6. If as an AFS exchange student, you lived with a Portuguese-speaking family in the largest country in South America, then you would be studying where? 

A) Mexico 

B) Brazil 

C) Venezuela 

D) Cuba

7. Toucans, Anacondas, and Piranhas can all be found in the wild in which of these countries? 

 A)Brazil 

B) Kenya 

C) Japan 

D) Canada

8. The destruction of the Amazon rainforest is a major ecological problem in which country? 

A) Brazil 

B) Madagascar 

C) Thailand 

D) Bulgaria

9. Which of these countries ranks in the top 10 in both land area and population? 

A) Brazil 

B) Argentina 

C) Chile 

D) Ecuador

ANSWER KEY 

1 . B

2 . A

3. D

4 . A

5 . B

6. B

7 . B

8. A

9. A