Human Geography of Latin America: A Blending of Cultures

Question 1

person of mixed Spanish and Native heritage

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mestizo

Question 2

The ancient capital city of Tenochtitlan is the capital city today of:

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Mexico City

Question 3

Which two countries gained control of South America as a result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

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Spain and Portugal

Question 4

In Mexico, parents and children often share their homes with:

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extended family

Question 5

The economies of Central America and the Caribbean are primarily based on which two factors?

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agriculture and tourism

Question 6

In spite of Spanish domination, a lasting legacy of the Inca is Quechua, their

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language

Question 7

Foreign owned factories located in Mexico along the border with the United States are called:

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maquiladoras

Question 8

The Institutional Revolutionary Party was the first in Mexico to introduce:

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democracy

Question 9

Economic common market of South America.

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Mercosur

Question 10

Music that was developed in Jamaica that blends African, Caribbean, and America

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Reggae

Question 11

Which party introduced democracy + maintained political stability for much of the 20th century?

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Institutional Revolutionary Party

Question 12

Which of the following is expected to contributed to Mexico's prosperity?

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NAFTA

Question 13

Which people built a great empire high in the Andes Mountains?

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Inca

Question 14

One of Mexico's main economic challenges has been to develop a modern

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industrial economy.

Question 15

Why was Panama an excellent location to build a canal to connect Atlantic + Pacific Oceans?

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geography

Question 16

Central America is considered an _________, which connects North and South America.

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isthmus

Question 17

native people of the Caribbean Islands

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Taino

Question 18

Which two cultures blended to shape the development of Mexico?

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native people and Spanish

Question 19

dance developed in Brazil that incorporates martial arts

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capoeria

Question 20

The culture of Central America+Caribbean differ from Mexico because it was also influenced by

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other Europeans and Africans.

Question 21

The Andes Mountains of Brazil were the cultural hearth for the

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Inca

Question 22

Why can you infer that devastating hurricanes affect economies of Caribbean countries?

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they disrupt tourism, a major source of income

Question 23

music with blends of African, Spanish, and Caribbean that was

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calypso

Question 24

Which identifies the reason why the Portuguese brought Africans to the colony of Brazil?

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to work on sugar plantations

Question 25

Which are major groups of people that shaped the cultures of Central America and the Caribbean?

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native peoples, Europeans, African

Question 26

Food, language, religion, and art are all examples of how modern Mexico is a blend of

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native and Spanish influences.

Question 27

Diego Rivera was a Mexican artist who:

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painted murals

Question 28

Mexico is a ____________ country

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developing

Question 29

Which trade agreement is expected to contribute to prosperity of the US, Mexico and Canada?

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NAFTA

Question 30

The defeat of the Aztec Empire by Cortes and his army as part of the

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Spanish conquest

Question 31

the largest most colorful celebration in Brazil

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Carnival

Question 32

Unlike other countries in Latin America, Brazil was colonized by the

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Portuguese

Question 33

What treaty divided a majority of Brazil between Portugal and Spain?

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Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 34

Which country has the largest territory and population of any country in Latin America?

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Brazil

Question 35

Which of the following was the name of the capital of the Aztec Empire?

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Tetnochtitlan

Human Geography of Latin America: A Blending of Cultures

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Human Geography of Latin America: A Blending of Cultures

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