Which of the following is false about vertical climate zones?

Mostly affect secondary level economic activities

Which of the following is false about NAFTA?

Directly affected OPEC memberships

Why is the Panama Canal important?

Shortened shipping times between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Which Latin American political figure is NOT matched to the correct position?

Nicolas Maduro - President of Cuba

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Latin America Test Review 2022-2023

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1
Which of the following is the term for dangerous slums in major Brazilian cities?
OPEC
Maquiladoras
Favelas
Ecotourism
2
All of the following have been problems created by the rapid urbanization and urban sprawl of Mexico City except:
Increased traffic
Lack of access to health care
Lack of necessary infrastructure
People moving to rural areas
3
Which of the following is not matched to the correct location?
Atacama Desert: West of the Andes Mountains
Sierra Madre: Colombia
Andes Mountains: Western South America
Patagonia: Argentina and Chile
4
Which of the following is false about vertical climate zones?
Found in the Sierra Madre and Andes Mountains
Exist because of different temperates at different elevations
Have a major impact on agricultural practices
Mostly affect secondary level economic activities
5
The Columbian Exchange involved what going between the Old World and the New World?
Food
Diseases
Animals
All of the above
6
Many Cubans have fled to which American city that has the largest Cuban-American population?
New York
Miami
Los Angeles
Tampa
7
Which of the following is false about NAFTA?
Directly affected OPEC memberships
Stands for North American Free Trade Agreement
Reduced taxes and tariffs on goods traded between members
Canada, Mexico, and the United States were members
8
What are the two main languages in Latin America?
Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish and French
Spanish and Dutch
Portuguese and French
9
Which of the following Latin American countries is not matched to the correct colonizing country?
Mexico: Spain
Jamaica: Spain
Haiti: France
Brazil: Portugal
10
The Inca lived in which physical feature of Latin America?
Sierra Madre
Amazon Rainforest
Atacama Desert
Andes Mountains
11
Which is true about the Atacama Desert?
All of the above
Located on the leeward side of the Andes Mountains
Created by the rain shadow effect
Created by orographic precipitation from the Andes Mountains
12
Low life expectancy, high infant mortality rate, low GDP per capita, most work in agriculture
Long industrialized country
Newly industrialized country
More developed country
Less developed country
13
Which of the following applies to maquiladoras?
Foreign-owned factories or assembly plants
All of the above
Exist because of cheaper labor costs and lower tariffs
Typically found in Northern Mexico near the US/Mexico border
14
Why is the Panama Canal important?
Made shipping more expensive
Shortened shipping times between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Forced boats to go all the way around South America
Extended shipping times between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
15
Latin America covers 85 degrees of what?
Longitude
Latitude
Neither
Both
16
Which Latin American political figure is NOT matched to the correct position?
Miguel Diaz-Canel - President of Cuba
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva - President of Brazil
Nicolas Maduro - President of Cuba
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) - President of Mexico
17
Which group lived in Central Mexico, where Mexico City is today?
Mayans
Aztecs
Apache
Inca
18
Which of the following countries has a communist economic system and a totalitarian government?
Brazil
Argentina
Cuba
Peru
19
Which group lived in the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America and had an accurate calendar?
Inca
Aztecs
Olmecs
Mayans
20
Slash-and-burn agriculture is most associated with which of the following?
Market agriculture
Subsistence agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Plantations
21
Which aspect of Latin American culture is NOT matched with the correct country?
Dia de Los Muertos - Mexico
Reggae - Bahamas
Tango - Argentina
Baseball - Dominican Republic
22
What is the majority religion in Latin America?
Methodism (Methodists)
Catholicism (Roman Catholics)
Hinduism (Hindus)
Islam (Muslims)

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