WG Ch. 8-10 Test review

Question 1

When did most Latin American countries gain their independence

Accepted Answer

1800s

Question 2

cowhands who work in Argentina

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gauchos

Question 3

indigenous Latin American empires

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Maya, Aztec, Inca

Question 4

mountains on the western edge of South America

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Andes

Question 5

product of latifundia

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cash crop

Question 6

grasslands in Columbia and Venezuela

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llanos

Question 7

artwork that is painted directly on a wall

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mural

Question 8

where a tide meets a river current

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estuary

Question 9

ranchers plan grass on burned rain forest lands, the grass

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dries up within four years

Question 10

What is quipu?

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knotted cords Incas used to keep accounts

Question 11

migration of people form rural areas to cities

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urbanization

Question 12

Latin America includes Middle America,the Caribbean, and

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South America

Question 13

Europeans who claimed parts of the Americas for Spain

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conquistators

Question 14

city with more than 10 million people

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megacity

Question 15

What is reforestation?

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planting new trees where lands have been stripped/cleared

Question 16

Jai alai is very popular in Latin America as a

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sport

Question 17

where rural migrants are forced to live when they reach the city

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shantytowns

Question 18

Latin American governments use satellite imaging to help

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forecast hurricanes

Question 19

continuous high layer of leaves covering the rain forest

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canopy

Question 20

Some Latin American countries need debt relief

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from other countries

Question 21

people descended from first inhabitants

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indigenous

Question 22

the pampas consist primarily of

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grasslands

Question 23

personal computers in Latin America are

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too expensive for most people

Question 24

area surrounding Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela contains rich deposits of

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oil

Question 25

type of power generated by flowing water

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hydroelectric

Question 26

part of South America where the Mato Grosso Plateau is located

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highlands

Question 27

What in Brazil's interior has led to the clearing of rain forests?

Accepted Answer

all the above

Question 28

growth that does not deplete resources

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sustainable development

Question 29

parallel mountain ranges

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cordilleras

Question 30

Mosaics are designs made by

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small colored stones or tiles into mortar

Question 31

Maquiladoras benefit foreign corporations by allowing them to

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hire low-cost labor

Question 32

What was the official religion of the Spanish colonists?

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Catholicism

Question 33

working toward greater manufacturing and technology

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developing country

Question 34

destruction of forest lands

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deforestation

Question 35

blending of beliefs and practices from different religions

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syncretism

Question 36

best-known festival in all of Latin America

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Carnival

Question 37

dialects that blend elements of different languages

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patois

Question 38

the highest and coldest climate zone in Latin America

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tierra fria

Question 39

factories owned by foreign corporations

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maquiladoras

Question 40

tropical climate of the Amazon Basin results from location and

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prevailing wind patterns

Question 41

a form of a language unique to a particular group

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dialect

Question 42

Minifundia are farms

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small plots of land feed rural families

Question 43

three highlands climate zones are determined by

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elevation

Question 44

the Atacama desert is

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driest place on earth

Question 45

limited industrial growth in Latin America

Accepted Answer

all the above

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