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

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Mexico City

Question 2

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

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colonies

Question 3

Free trade agreement between the US, Mexico, & Canada

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USMCA

Question 4

The St. Lawrence Seaway connects the Atlantic Ocean to

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the Great Lakes

Question 5

Indigenous people who live in Nunavut

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Inuit

Question 6

Quebec has a separatist movement because its people want

Accepted Answer

to protect their French cultural traits

Question 7

What is a problem currently facing the Mexican government?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

maquiladora

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

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

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

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United States

Question 12

What is the capital of Canada?

Accepted Answer

Ottawa

Question 13

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

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the Greater Antilles

Question 14

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

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ecotourists

Question 15

What is the land of the Canadian Shield used for?

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mining fossil fuels

Question 16

Mexico's form of government

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federal republic

Question 17

What industry is the primary way Caribbean nations make money?

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tourism

Question 18

Who built the Panama Canal?

Accepted Answer

the United States

Question 19

What country colonized Mexico from the 1500s until 1821?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 20

Largest island in the Caribbean

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Cuba

Question 21

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

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on the Central Plateau

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

Carnival

Question 23

Mountain ranges in Mexico

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Sierra Madres

Question 24

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

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reggae

Question 25

Developed in Trinidad from recycled oil barrels

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steel drums

Question 26

Where did the first settlers in North America migrate from?

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Asia

Question 27

frozen treeless plains are called

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tundra

Question 28

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

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plantations

Question 29

First Europeans to visit present-day Canada

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Vikings

Question 30

Why do many Caribbean nations have fertile soil?

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volcanic ash from volcanoes is nutrient rich

Question 31

Which of these is a Maritime Province?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 32

The most common religion in Mexico today is

Accepted Answer

Roman Catholicism

Question 33

Mexican cowboys that influenced the style & skill of American cowboys

Accepted Answer

vaqueros

Question 34

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

Accepted Answer

Claudia Sheinbaum; Justin Trudeau

Question 35

Mexican peninsula that sticks out into the Gulf of Mexico

Accepted Answer

Yucatan Peninsula

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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