Latin America & the Caribbean Test Review

Question 1

What are the major mountain ranges in Mexico called?

Accepted Answer

Sierra Madres

Question 2

What river flows through Brazil?

Accepted Answer

The Amazon River

Question 3

Which country is part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

Accepted Answer

Mexico

Question 4

What crop would grow the best in the tierra fria zone?

Accepted Answer

Potatoes

Question 5

What vegetation zone is in the Amazon River Basin?

Accepted Answer

Rainforest

Question 6

What is mestizo?

Accepted Answer

A person of mixed race

Question 7

What is an Archipelago?

Accepted Answer

A group of islands

Question 8

What do you call growing a crop for money?

Accepted Answer

Cash crop

Question 9

What do you call cowboys in Argentina?

Accepted Answer

Gauchos

Question 10

Which of these is without a doubt the best vegetable in the world?

Accepted Answer

Potatoes

Question 11

Other than Spanish, what major language is spoken in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

Question 12

What desert is in Chile?

Accepted Answer

The Atacama

Question 13

What religion is the most popular in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Catholicism

Question 14

When is it fall in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Spring

Question 15

What is another name for grasslands in Argentina?

Accepted Answer

Pampas

Question 16

Why do animals migrate closer to the Equator in winter?

Accepted Answer

It is warmer there

Question 17

What is the large, green country numbered "1" in the image below?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 18

Which of these did NOT have a major impact on the culture of Latin America and the Caribbean?

Accepted Answer

Australian history

Question 19

What is the long mountain range in South America?

Accepted Answer

The Andes

Question 20

Which country exports a lot of copper?

Accepted Answer

Chile

Question 21

What are haciendas?

Accepted Answer

Old plantations

Question 22

What is the cause of "squatter settlements"?

Accepted Answer

Overpopulation of cities

Question 23

What is a MAJOR problem being faced in the rainforest?

Accepted Answer

Deforestation

Question 24

Tikal was the capital city of what ancient empire?

Accepted Answer

Maya

Question 25

Which of these countries does NOT export a lot of oil?

Accepted Answer

Chile

Question 26

What is the name for cutting down and burning everything on an area of land?

Accepted Answer

Slash-and-burn agriculture

Question 27

Machu Picchu is in what country?

Accepted Answer

Peru

Question 28

Which of these has the lowest elevation?

Accepted Answer

Tierra Caliente

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