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1
What letter indicates Cape Horn?
C
D
B
A
2
Colonization left this legacy in Latin America
Many English speakers
Rule of Dictators
Use of Slaves
Diversity of Faith
3
Lake Titicaca is a _______ lake.
salt water
navigable
bottomless
unnavigable
4
What physical feature is shown here?
Lake Titicaca
Amazon River
Andes Mountains
Orinoco River
5
Which is not one of the three vertical climates that grow crops?
Tierra Fria
Tierra Templada
Tierra Sierra
Tierra Caliente
6
Why were African slaves brought to Latin America during European colonization of Latin America?
To explore the American continent
To conquer indigenous Americans.
To work on plantations
To open schools and hospittals
7
What physical feature is shown here?
Isthmus of Panama
Yucatan Peninsula
Pampas
Patagonia
8
Climate of the Amazon Basin is:
Marine West Coast
Steppe
Tropical Wet & Dry
Tropical Wet
9
What covers much of the Amazon Basin?
the world's largest rain forest
llamas
camen
anacondas
10
Which of these groups is contributing to deforestation in the Amazon River basin
Indigenous people
Farmers
Engineers
Environmentalists
11
What is mixed economy?
None of the above
An economy that has a mix of private businesses and government controls.
An economy is base on the government making all economic decisions.
An economy is base on privately owned businesses.
12
Name the following country.
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Bahamas
13
what is a traditional economy
All of the above
an economy controlled centrally by a government.
an economy controlled by traditions, customs, and beliefs.
an economy driven by country's individual citizens
14
Why did the Spanish colonize?
gold
glory
god
all of the above
15
What is a dike?
A large pump.
A wall separating water and land, aka a levee.
A dam.😞
A Wall created by beavers to protect their homes
16
Name the following country.
Chile
Brazil
Argentina
Colombia
17
What is a geyser?
An old guy.
A explodey water pool.
A rocky landscape.
A hot bath.
18
Spanish colonization in Latin America led to.....
Aztec, Mayans, & Incas to maintain their land and cultural.
A cultural change that became unified in the region.
No effect in the region.
Division between the people and cultural in Latin America.
19
What is the North Atlantic Drift
An ocean current that brings hurricanes to the Gulf of Mexico.
Current that brings cold water.
A current that leads into Antarctica
An ocean current that brings warm moist air.
20
Which best describes the population distribution of Latin America?
people tend to cluster in the interior of the region
people tend to cluster near the southern tip of the continent
the vast majority of people cluster near the coastlines
people tend to cluster in the highland region of the Andes Moutains
21
Name the following country.
Chile
Brazil
Argentina
Colombia
22
Name the following country.
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
23
What is a polder?
Cold, dry land.
A boulder spelled with a p.
Sponged out (recovered) land.
A panini.
24
Which countries dominated Latin America through colonization?
Germany & Italy
Australia & New Zealand
Spain & Portugal
France & Britain
25
What is a developed country?
A government.
Anarchy.
A modern, industrial country with a well developed economy.
A poor country.
26
The Atacama Desert is located in the rain shadow of the
Patagonia
Amazon Basin
Brazilian Highlands
Andes
27
In which ocean would you find the Galapagos Islands?
Indian
Atlantic
Southern
Pacific
28
What is a market economy?
A totally free economy.
An economy controlled by supply and demand.
An economy controlled by the government.
Animals running everything.
29
Vertical climates are those that...
have long, pointy ears.
are those that go up and down.
differ by elevation at the same general latitude markers.
change, depending on how tall you are.
30
What is one lasting result of the Spanish colonization of Latin America?
The encomienda system still thrives in Latin America.
People in Latin America still belong to the Catholic Church.
Spain still controls most of Latin America.
Slavery and murder are still legal in Latin America.
31
What physical feature is shown here?
Lake Titicaca
Amazon River
Andes Mountains
Orinoco River
32
Which group built their civilization in the Andes mountains?
Toltec
Inca
Maya
Aztec
33
Name the following country.
Colombia
Argentina
Chile
Brazil
34
Name the following country.
French Guiana
Suriname
Paraguay
Bolivia
35
How did slavery influence the cultural diversity of Latin America?
Slavery exists in few Latin American countries
Many Latin Americans have ancestors from Africa
The people of Latin America accept slavery as part of their lives.
Latin America has no people with ancestors from Africa.
36
The industry(ies)
most
responsible for deforestation in the Amazon Basin
logging
cattle ranching & commercial agriculture
rubber tappers
subsistence agriculture
37
Deforestation has effected approximately _____ percent of the Amazon River basin.
20%
35%
10%
40%
38
A Microstate is...
A state that has lower than 50,000 population
A state that has a very low amount of land
A state that has a poor economy
A state that has a short president
39
Name the following country.
Costa Rica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Guatemala
40
Name the following country.
Bolivia
Suriname
French Guiana
Paraguay
41
What's a command economy.
Resources owned and controlled by the government.
Resources owned by the market.
Resources owned and controlled by the people.
Resources owned by Shaggy.
42
Name the following country.
Brazil
Colombia
Argentina
Chile
43
Which nation had the most influence on the colonization of Latin America in the 1500s?
Netherlands
England
Spain
France
44
What is a financial center?
A nation's mint.
A large bank.
An area/city/nation with a high concentration of financial institutions.
an area/city/nation that owes large amounts of debt.
45
What is the Gross Domestic Product?
The value of the goods and services produced by a country
The amount of exports in a country
Total goods and services divided by population
The amount of money that a country has
46
One thing that is
NOT
a major environmental issue in the Amazon Basin ...
Granting land which becomes developed
Logging
Lack of water
Building of major highways
47
What physical feature is shown here?
Patagonia
Rio De La Plata
Cape Horn
Pampas
48
What happened to Latin America after colonization?
After brief independence, they were recolonized
They increased the rights of indigenous people
There was government instability and upheaval with many dictatorships
They implemented governments still in place today
49
Name the following country.
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Bahamas
50
Tierra caliente crops include...(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
rice
bananas
potatoes
sugarcane
51
What were the places where the Mayan Empire was located? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
Central Mexico
Brazil
Southern Merxico and the Yucatan Peninsula
Guatemala & Belize
52
What are interdependent nations?
Nations that steal from one another.
Nations that rely on one onether.
Nations with the same cultural background.
Nations that are enemies.
53
What is a Fjord?
A mound of mainly glacial till.
A landslide into the ocean.
Deep U-shaped valley carved by a glacier and drowned by sea.
A sharp edged mountainous ridge.
54
Name the following country.
French Guiana
Suriname
Paraguay
Bolivia
55
What physical feature is shown here?
Pampas
Yucatan Peninsula
Isthmus of Panama
Patagonia
56
What physical feature is shown here?
Isthmus of Panama
Patagonia
Pampas
Yucatán Peninsula
57
What does GDP per capita mean?
Government control over its people.
A country's earnings divided by the population.
A country's education system.
The capital city of a country.
58
What
caused
the
demise
of the
Aztec
and
Inca
?
No one knows (maybe drought)
War between the two nations
Large volcanic eruption
Spanish conquistadors and smallpox
59
The blending of culture in Latin America consists of which ethnic groups?
American, and Asian
Indigenous American, European, African
Mulatto, Mestizo, Asian
French and Russian
60
What physical feature is shown here?
Patagonia
Isthmus of Panama
Pampas
Yucatan Peninsula
61
What are "transcontinental" nations?
Nations are countries which are located on more than one continent.
Nations with 5 or more islands.
Nations whose main form of transporation is buses.
Nations that spread from one coast of a continent to the opposite coast.
62
Which of these contributes to Mexico City's pollution problem?
isolation from other communities
thousands of factories
the dry, barren, and windy climate
the government
63
How did discovery of agriculture lead to civilizations?
It allowed people to stay in one spot
It forced people to hunt and gather
It helped developed a writing system
It did not lead to civilizations
64
In what is now Mexico, the Mayas and Aztecs . . .
Successfully resisted the Spanish invasion
Built earthen mounds
Existed without any form of written language
Developed advanced cultures prior to European contact
65
Why is winter in Patagonia from June through September?
Patagonia is in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Indians named the seasons this way.
Patagonia is on the equator.
Patagonia is east of the international date line.
66
The importance of the Panama Canal is:
Cheap, slow, safer
Rich , big waters, big boats
Longer, prettier, faster
Faster, cheaper, safer
67
Name the following country.
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Mexico
Nicaragua
68
What physical feature is shown here?
Lake Titicaca
Andes Mountains
Amazon River
Orinoco River
69
Name the following country.
Bolivia
Paraguay
Suriname
French Guiana
70
What is standard of living?
The form of government in a community.
The total income earned in a community.
The material and comfort available to a person or community.
The opinions commonly held in a community.
71
After crossing from Asia to America, hunter-gatherers continued south following food. This is:
Migration
Changing the environment
Government
Religion
72
What is a developing nation?
A country with low industrial production, often lacking modern technology.
A country with a modern industrial society and a well developed economy.
A country with a modern farming industry, and a well developed markets.
A country with a low birth rate and a high literacy.
73
What physical feature is shown here?
Amazon River
Andes Mountains
Orinoco River
Lake Titicaca
74
What physical feature is shown here?
Pampas
Rio De La Plata
Cape Horn
Patagonia
75
The Amazon Basin is
fed by many tributaries of the Amazon River
home to the largest rainforest in the world
primarily located in Brazil
all of the above
76
Name the following country.
Guatemala
Mexico
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
77
Where can we find the Andes mountain range?
Asia
South America
Central America
North America
