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Latin America Test Review
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1
What is the loss or destruction of forests?
reforestation
deforestation
global warming
the greenhouse effect
2
What is a manufacturing plant owned by a foreign country but situated in Mexico?
Maquiladoras
Mestizos
Megaalopolis
Metis
3
The influence of which native people can be seen all over Cen. Amer. from Mexico to El Salvador
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Toltec
4
In which country are most of the dry zones found in Latin America?
Mexico
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
5
The Caribbean was mainly used for which trade?
Sugar
Cotton
Rice
Wheat
6
some places do not benefit as much as others from social and economic advancement
Social development
Uneven development
Under development
Spatial Interaction
7
Who helped to gain independence for South America?
Juan Peron
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Hernando Cortes
Simon Bolivar
8
technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources?
Economic Development
Sustainable Development
Technological Development
Underdevelopment
9
What is a large group or chain of islands?
Escarpment
Archipelago
Isthumus
Ecotourism
10
a household made up of several generations of a family living up one roof it is known as what?
Extended Family
Internal Family
External Family
Immediate Family
11
What is the term for people of mixed native and European descent?
Mestizos
Metis
Indigenous
Aztec
12
a hot, humid forest with an ecosystem of plants and animals found throughout Latin America
Highlands
Rainforest
Arid region
Plains
13
The Llanos, Cerrado, and Pampas are all which type of area of rich soil and livestock grazing?
Rainforest
Desert
Plains
Highlands
14
the production, for sale, of goods at home, as the making of handicrafts by rural families?
Ecotourism
Informal Economy
Post Industrial
Cottage Industry
15
the two groups of islands that make up the smaller and larger island system in the Caribbean?
Cuba and Puerto Rico
Hispaniola and Jamaica
Greater and Lesser Antilles
Hispaniola and Dominican Republic
16
What is the value of goods and services produced within a country in a year?
Supply and Demand
Globalization
International Trade
Gross Domestic Product
17
Tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment
Informal Economy
Ecotourism
Cottage Industry
Post Industrial
18
Hernando Cortes captured which tribe’s capital city in the early 1500s and claimed for Spain.
Aztec
Maya
Toltec
Inca
19
What method cuts down trees, brush, and grass and burns the field to clear it for planting?
Slash and Burn
Terraced Farming
Ecotourism
Plantation Farming
20
The planting and cultivating of new trees in an effort to restore a forest
Ecotourism
Globalization
Deforestation
Reforestation
21
What are the fertile plains of Venezuela and Colombia?
Llanos
Cerrados
Highlands
Pampas
22
What are farm products that are grown to be sold or traded rather than used by a farm family?
International trade
Supply and demand
Cash Crops
Gross Domestic Product
23
a Spanish soldier who participated in conquest of indigenous peoples of Latin America?
Metis
Explorers
Mestizos
Conquistadors
24
Which native tribe of Peru established the capital of Cuzco?
Toltecs
Maya
Aztecs
Incas
25
long, precipitous, cliff-like ridge of land, rock...
Escarpment
Isthmus
Cliff
Mountain Range
26
What are the fertile plains of Argentina?
Cerrados
Pampas
Llanos
Highlands
27
Which river system is 4,000 miles and carries more water to the ocean than any other river?
Orinoco
Rio Grande
Mackenzie
Amazon
28
What are the fertile plains of Brazil?
Pampas
Highlands
Cerrados
Llanos
29
Toltec’s, Aztecs, and the Maya were Native to which country in Latin America?
Brazil
Peru
Chile
Mexico
30
Spain, France, England, the Netherlands, and Denmark colonized in which region of Latin America
Caribbean
South America
Mexico
Central America
31
Which type of music and dance includes both Brazilian and African influences?
Calypso
Reggae
Samba
Salso
32
SA is a region of great resources due to its fertile plains and which other natural feature?
Pampas
Llanos
Amazon
Cerrado
33
What is yearly holiday is celebrated mainly in Brazil and includes parades and music?
Cinco de Mayo
Dia de los Muertos
Carnival
Independence Day
34
What is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas?
Bay Area
Inlet
Isthmus
Peninsula
35
the NAFTA trade agreement created a zone of economic cooperation between which three countries?
US, Mexico, Brazil
Brazil, Canada, Mexico
Mexico, Canada, US
US, Canada, Brazil
36
Which mountain range runs along the Pacific Coast of Central and South America?
Cascades
Sierra Madres
Sierra Nevada
Andes Mountains
37
Spain & Portugal establish the 2 separate settlements in South America in 1494 by which treaty?
Treaty of Spain
Treaty of Tordesilla
Treaty of Portugal
Treaty of Bolivar
38
What is it called when diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment?
Ecotourism
Escarpment
Isthmus
Biodiversity
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What is the term for parallel chains or ranges of mountains?
Cerrados
Pampas
Highlands
Cordilleras
