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HWG Latin America Test Review
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1
What country?
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
Panama
2
What country?
Panama
Peru
Chile
Ecuador
3
What physical feature?
Straits of Magellan
Sierra Madre
Amazon
Rio Grande
4
What are mid-latitude grasslands in Argentina called?
llanos
savannas
pampas
steppes
5
What is a high plain or plateau between mountain ranges called in Latin America?
a maquiladora
an altiplano
an encomienda
a hacineda
6
What physical feature? northern boundary of Latin America
the Rio Grande
the Sierra Madre
the Andes
the Amazon
7
What country?
Colombia
Panama
Brazil
Mexico
8
In Latin America, a person of mixed African & European ancestry is called a(an) _____.
indigenous
casta
mulatto
mestizo
9
The squatter settlements found around Rio de Janeiro in Brazil are called _____.
favelas
bustees
jhuggis
shantytowns
10
What physical feature?
Gulf of Mexico
Rio Grande
Caribbean Sea
Straits of Magellan
11
What are tropical grasslands in Venezuela called?
savannas
steppes
pampas
llanos
12
What is a U.S. factory in Mexico called?
encomienda
viceroyalty
hacienda
maquiladora
13
In Latin America, what is a hacienda?
a large scale, manufacturing center
a large-scale estate for farming
a factory in Mexico found near the border of the U.S.
an episodic weather event that affects South America
14
What country?
Colombia
Ecuador
Panama
Venezuela
15
What is happening when warm water from the west Pacific flows east to the west coast of S. America about every 10 years?
none of these
El Niño or ENSO
Gulf Stream or OPEC
hurricanes or ITCZ
16
What country?
Brazil
Panama
Mexico
Argentina
17
What physical feature?
Andes
Rio Grande
Yucatan peninsula
Baja peninsula
18
In Latin America, a person of mixed Amerindian & European ancestry is called a(an) _____.
mulatto
casta
mestizo
indigenous
19
What country?
Brazil
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Mexico
20
Which country?
Argentina
Mexico
Peru
Brazil
21
This river starts in the Andes and flows east across Peru and Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean.
the Ganges
the Amazon
the Danube
the Paraguay
22
What is the southernmost region of South America called?
the Rio Grande
Tierra del Fuego
the Cape of Good Hope
Patagonia
23
What country?
Panama
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Mexico
24
Where were most Spanish sugarcane plantations located?
Venezuela
Peru
Mexico
the islands of the Caribbean
25
Which country is NOT a member of the USMCA, formerly NAFTA?
the U.S.
Mexico
Brazil
Canada
26
What country?
Colombia
Venezuela
Ecuador
Panama
27
Why is the climate so varied in Latin America?
mountains that create the orographic effect
the region covers 90 degrees of latitude
cold ocean currents off the coasts
all of these
28
What physical feature? runs down the west coast of South America
the Rio Grande
the Amazon
the Andes
the Sierra Madre
29
What type of farming is used on steep terrain?
plantation
terraced
none of these
swidden
30
What physical feature?
Amazon
Orinoco
Andes
Rio Grande
31
What physical feature?
Andes
Rio Grande
Sierra Madre
Rockies
32
What drove the Spanish explorers to colonize Latin America?
political freedom
mineral wealth
religious freedom
better farmland
33
What mineral ore is mined the most in the Andes today?
platinum
gold
silver
copper
34
What country?
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Cuba
35
What physical feature?
Rio Grande
Caribbean Sea
Straits of Magellan
Gulf of Mexico
36
Which of following describes thermal or temperature inversions?
warm water from the western Pacific flows eastward to SA
super cold water wells up from the Humboldt Trench
cold dense air is trapped beanth warm air above it
none of these
