Chp 6-7 - Canada, Mexico, Central America, & Caribbean Test Review

Question 1

factory along the US-Mexico border where goods can be assembled cheaply for export to the US

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maquiladora

Question 2

What is the land of the Canadian Shield used for?

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mining fossil fuels

Question 3

In most Latin American countries, the population is concentrated along coasts, but in Mexico...

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on the Central Plateau

Question 4

Why do many Caribbean nations have fertile soil?

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volcanic ash from volcanoes is nutrient rich

Question 5

frozen treeless plains are called

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tundra

Question 6

Mexican cowboys that influenced the style & skill of American cowboys

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vaqueros

Question 7

Mountain ranges in Mexico

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Sierra Madres

Question 8

Who built the Panama Canal?

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the United States

Question 9

Which of these did NOT play a role in the Spanish takeover of Mexico?

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The god Quezatcoatl sided with the Mayans fighters instead

Question 10

The St. Lawrence Seaway connects the Atlantic Ocean to

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the Great Lakes

Question 11

Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti & the Dom. Republic), & Puerto Rico

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the Greater Antilles

Question 12

Music that is a mix of traditional African music and American pop music

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reggae

Question 13

Many of the islands in the Caribbean are still ruled by other countries as

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colonies

Question 14

True or False: The Mayans were a peaceful civilization of mathematicians and sun worshipers.

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False

Question 15

Puerto Rico was a Spanish territory in the 1800s, but today, it is owned by

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United States

Question 16

What is a problem currently facing the Mexican government?

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all of these

Question 17

Developed in Trinidad from recycled oil barrels

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steel drums

Question 18

The most common religion in Mexico today is

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Roman Catholicism

Question 19

Large farms that raise a single cash crop such as coffee or sugarcane are called

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plantations

Question 20

Costa Rica has tried to boost its economy by using their natural resources to attract

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ecotourists

Question 21

What is the capital of Canada?

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Ottawa

Question 22

Where did the first settlers in North America migrate from?

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Asia

Question 23

Free trade agreement between the US, Mexico, & Canada

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USMCA

Question 24

one of the 10 largest cities in the world that is in "Middle America"

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Mexico City

Question 25

Indigenous people who live in Nunavut

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Inuit

Question 26

Mexico's form of government

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federal republic

Question 27

What industry is the primary way Caribbean nations make money?

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tourism

Question 28

Largest island in the Caribbean

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Cuba

Question 29

Mexican peninsula that sticks out into the Gulf of Mexico

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Yucatan Peninsula

Question 30

Which of these is a Maritime Province?

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all of these

Question 31

Quebec has a separatist movement because its people want

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to protect their French cultural traits

Question 32

The President of Mexico is _____; the Prime Minister of Canada is _____

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Claudia Sheinbaum; Justin Trudeau

Question 33

First Europeans to visit present-day Canada

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Vikings

Question 34

Similar to the Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans, a pre-Lent celebration in Latin America

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Carnival

Question 35

What country colonized Mexico from the 1500s until 1821?

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Spain

Chp 6-7 - Canada, Mexico, Central America, & Caribbean Test Review

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Chp 6-7 - Canada, Mexico, Central America, & Caribbean Test Review

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