America's Benchmark Review

What are factories that assemble parts made in other countries?

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

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

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

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

Which type of government is in Mexico?

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

What is the purpose for the Bill of Rights?

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

Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

The word that means "two houses" is?

Which two countries signed the Treaty of Tordesillas?

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

The predominant religion in Brazil is?

A formal written change to the Constitution is called?

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

Which term best describes the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a given year?

Which term describes the destruction of large areas of forest by burning timber?

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

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

What agreement divided up Latin America?

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

The president is given which executive power?

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

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

What is a benefit of logging in the Amazon Rainforest?

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

Cortes and Pizarro represented which European nation?

Which of the following is NOT a continent?

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

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

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

Which of the following best describes a ban on trade usually involving two or more countries?

The person who led the Communist Revolution in Cuba was?

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

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

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

Which factor(s) contribute to the high GDP of the United States?

Which European conquered the Incas in Peru?

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

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

The ability of the Supreme Court to declare acts of the Prez or Congress unconstitutional is...

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

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

Which of the following is NOT a type of government?

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