Latin America: The Region Today + Cultural Geography of Latin America + Physical Geography of L

Question 1

The area surrounding Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela contains rich deposits of

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oil

Question 2

Many Caribbean Islands are actually

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Volcanic Peaks

Question 3

Tropical climates and fertile soil make ____ & ____ the worlds leading producers of sugarcane.

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Brazil and Cuba

Question 4

The Plateau of Patagonia is

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dry, barren, and windy

Question 5

Mild climate, fertile soil, & good rainfall have brought people to the _ for thousands of years

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Mexican Plateau

Question 6

Aztec farmers grew maize and beans on

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chinampas

Question 7

What are some of Latin America's agricultural exports?

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bananas, sugarcane, and coffee

Question 8

The pampas consist primarily of

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grasslands

Question 9

The Mato Grosso Plateau spreads out across

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Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru

Question 10

The term reforestation refers to planting new trees

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where forest lands have been stripped and cleared

Question 11

Latin America includes Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and

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South America

Question 12

Maquiladoras benefit foreign corporations by allowing them to

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hire low-cost labor

Question 13

The Native American Empires of Latin America were the

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Maya, Aztec, and Inca

Question 14

Some Caribbean Islands remain under foreign control, such as

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Puerto Rico and some of the Virgin Islands

Question 15

Columbian mines have been producing ___ for thousands of years.

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emeralds

Question 16

Due to leaching, slash-and-burned farmland loses its fertility

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within one to two years

Question 17

Mosaics are pictures and designs made by

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setting small pieces f colored stones or tiles into mortar

Question 18

Latin American countries use satellite imaging to help

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forecast hurricanes

Question 19

Which factor has the greatest influence on Latin America's climates?

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elevation

Question 20

Cuba, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico are part of the

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Greater Antilles

Question 21

Service industries, such as banking, communications, or retail sales

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have increased in Latin America in recent decades

Question 22

When did most Latin American countries gain their independence?

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the 1800s

Question 23

Latin America's major road system, ____, stretches from northern Mexico to southern Chile.

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the Pan-American Highway

Question 24

Internet access in Latin America is

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expected to grow rapidly

Question 25

Mountain Range extending across Mexico

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Sierra Madre

Question 26

Many rural migrants in Latin America are forced to live in _____ when they reach the city.

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shantytowns

Question 27

What is a quipu

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a set of knotted cords the Inca used for record keeping

Question 28

____ is celebrated in the week before the Roman Catholic observance of Lent.

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Carnival

Question 29

A campesino is

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a farmworker

Question 30

Who was Simon Bolivar?

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a Venezuelan revolutionary leader

Question 31

The Mexican city of Tijuana has many maquiladoras, or

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foreign-owned factories

Question 32

The ____ is the Western Hemisphere's longest river.

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Amazon

Question 33

Minifundia are farms

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whose plots of land feed rural families

Question 34

Africans first came to the Caribbean as

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enslaved workers brought by Europeans

Question 35

Physical geography, political instability, & ties to more developed regions have

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limited industrial growth in Latin America

Question 36

Diego Rivera was a well-known Mexican

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painter

Question 37

____ was the first Latin American country to gain independence.

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Haiti

Question 38

In an attempt to address the needs of urban areas, groups of homeless in Santiago, Chile

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have turned abandoned city buildings into affordable housing

Question 39

Education in South America

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varies greatly from country to country

Question 40

Shifting winds and the cold Peru ocean current have combined to create the

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Atacama Desert

Question 41

The blending of beliefs and practices from different religions is called

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syncretism

Question 42

Most present-day descendants of the Maya live in

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Mexico and Central America

Question 43

____ is a major challenge to agricultural development in Latin America today.

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Unevenly distributed farmland

Question 44

Jai alai is a popular ____ in Latin America.

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sport

Question 45

What are latifundia?

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large mechanized farms

Question 46

Foreign Debt for some countries increased

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because rescheduled loans raised the total interest due

Question 47

The Rio Grande forms part of the border between

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Mexico and the United States

Question 48

NAFTA reduced trade restriction among which countries?

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Canada, Mexico, and the US

Question 49

The mountains located along the western edge of South America are the

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Andes

Question 50

What is a risk Latin American countries take by depending on one or two export products?

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destruction of the cash crop by natural disasters

Question 51

Which statement about South America's population is accurate?

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The greatest concentration is in the coastal areas

Question 52

Where was the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan located?

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on what today is Mexico City

Question 53

A ___ is artwork that is painted directly onto a wall.

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mural

Question 54

The Europeans who claimed parts of the Americas for Spain were called

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conquistadors

Question 55

The Columbian Exchange involved plants, animals, and the transmission of

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infectious disease

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