Americas Benchmark Review Mr. Z

Which of the following is a major cause of land use conflict in the Amazon Rainforest?

What is an improvement of Castro's government in Cuba?

Which of the following is NOT one of the two houses of the U.S. Congress?

In a market economy, who decides what and how much to produce?

Which type of government is in Mexico?

Which two countries signed the Treaty of Tordesillas?

The president is given which executive power?

The person who led the Communist Revolution in Cuba was?

In the U.S. free market economy, why are businesses privately owned?

Which of the following is NOT a type of government?

Cortes and Pizarro represented which European nation?

Which of the following is NOT a branch of the US Government?

In Spanish colonial society, what was the name given to those of Spanish AND Native descent?

A formal written change to the Constitution is called?

Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

Which term describes the destruction of large areas of forest?

Brazil is home to the largest rain forest in the world, known as the?

What agreement divided up Latin America?

Which of the following is NOT an economic activity that leads to deforestation?

Southern Mexico has farmers that grow only enough food to feed their families, which is called?

Because of the Treaty of Tordesillas, Brazil has a culture influenced by which European nation?

What is the purpose for the Bill of Rights?

Which of the following is NOT a push factor causing migration from Mexico to the U.S.?

The President's close group of advisors is called...

Which of the following is NOT a lasting effect of European colonization of Latin America?

The farming method terracing is best utilized along steep hillsides. Where is this method most common in Latin America?

Which type of government is comprised of a prime minister from the majority party in the legislative branch?

Which type of industry is the largest part of the US economy?

An economic and political system in which the government owns all large businesses & land is...

Which of the following describes a person who leaves their home country for political reasons?

Which of the following is NOT a continent?

The predominant religion in Brazil is?

Which European conquered the Incas in Peru?

The percentage of a country's population over the age of 15 that can read and write is the?

Once the Native population began to decline, where did Europeans begin to import slaves from?

What are factories that assemble parts made in other countries?

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Europeans defeated the L.A. civilizations?

The word that means "two houses" is?

Which of the following describes the division of power between the national and state governments?

Which of the following is a SIMILAR characteristic of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca religions?

What is a benefit of logging in the Amazon Rainforest?

The name of the 13-day period of tension between the US & Soviet Union during the Cold War is..