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Chapters 8-13
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1
How do Mayan children learn traditional skills
From friends
From parents
At church
At school
2
What aspect of a hurricane creates the most damage
Thunder
Winds
Storm surge
Rain
3
What causes the Coriolis effect
Rotation of the Earth
Warm ocean temperatures
Bad weather
The tilt of Earth on its axis
4
Rainforests are called the “lungs of the Earth” because
Of the wind
Of the carbon-oxygen cycle
Of the El Niño
Of the Coriolis effect
5
Which is a major pull factor to the US
All of these
Freedom
Family
Schools
6
Payments sent by immigrants to family members in their home country
Checks and balances
Remittances
Barter
Economic activity
7
Which of these elevation zones lies mostly above the tree line
Tierra Caliente
Tierra helada
Tierra Templada
Tierra fria
8
As México city has grown, it has seen increases in all except
Air pollution
Crime
Average family size
Slums
9
People from other countries who enter the US to start new lives
Emigrants
Immigrants
Refugees
Family
10
Movement of large numbers of people to cities
Lower class
Immigration
Upper class
Urbanization
11
Mayan markets have adapted to modern world by
Replacing money with barter
Replacing barter with money
Closing the market
Having markets on Sunday
12
Which of these is not a push factor to leave their home
War
Hunger
Economic activity
Poverty
13
Mayan judges often require a person who does something wrong to another person to
Leave the community
Go to jail
Pay restitution
Seek help
14
Trading goods between lowlands and highlands is
Barter
Longitudal trade
Horizontal trade
Vertical trade
15
A group that has lived in an area before it was taken by outsiders
Visitors
Foreign immigrants
Indigenous people
Plural society
16
Unequal distribution of wealth and resources in an area
Absolute location
The haves
Population density
Spatial inequality
17
Scientific study of climate and weather
Physical geography
Climate zone
Meteorology
Weatherology
18
A method farmers use that makes it possible to raise crops on the steep hillsides
Terracing
None of these
Slash and burn
Crop sharing
19
A group most likely to use slash and burn method for clearing land
Migrant workers
Subsistence farmers
Commercial growers
None of these
20
The people in Mexico City that enjoys the highest standard of living
Poor
The haves
The have nots
Middle class
21
Main crop grown in the Tierra Templada
Corn
Wheat
Coffee
Cucumbers
22
Which of these is a natural disaster
Typhoon
Tropical cyclone
All of these
Hurricane
23
The Andes Mountains line the west coast of
Africa
South America
Europe
North America
24
A warm ocean current
El Niño
Tropical cyclone
Tornado
Hurricane
