Latin America Review
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- Q1What is the main religion in Mexico today?JewishProtestantMuslimRoman Catholic30sEditDelete
- Q2In which type of economy do individuals have the most freedom?MarketMixedCommandTraditional30sEditDelete
- Q3What term describes the exchange of plants, ideas, disease and culture between European countries and their colonies in Latin America?Triangular TradeColombian ExchangeEuropean TradeFrench Connection30sEditDelete
- Q4What characteristic of Brazil's geography makes the logging industry possible?Abundant materialsNumerous forestsHarsh climateExpansive territory30sEditDelete
- Q5What is the largest river system in South America?Orinoco RiverSao Francisco RiverRio de la Plata RiverAmazon River30sEditDelete
- Q6What type of thematic map would you used to determine the area of Latin America that has the densest amount of people per square mile?politicalphysicalpopulationvegetation30sEditDelete
- Q7In a communist country like Cuba, laborers work primarily tosupport the national governmentbuild houses for relativessave money for retirementinvest in overseas businesses30sEditDelete
- Q8Which of these is more typical of a limited government than of an unlimited government?public educationabsolute rulertravel restrictionseconomic freedom30sEditDelete
- Q9What was the main reason the United States wanted to build the Panama Canal?protect U.S. citizens living in Latin Americaimprove U.S. relations with Latin Americato shorten the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean coastsincrease trade with England30sEditDelete
- Q10Which of the following is the term used for the spread of ideas, inventions or patterns of behavior?domesticationculture diffusioninnovationcultural health30sEditDelete
- Q11How are the governments of communist Cuba and the democracy of the United States different?Cuba has a public education system and the U.S. does notCuba has a monarch and the U.S. has a presidentCuba has a constitution and the U.S. does notCuba has a dictator and the U.S. has elected leaders30sEditDelete
- Q12How did trade routes improve life for the Mayan people?spread diseasedecreased their variety of goodsgave them a greater variety of goodshad no effect on their life30sEditDelete
- Q13Where did the Maya live?Yucatan Peninsula and surrounding areasAndes MountainsAmazon RiverMexico City30sEditDelete
- Q14Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo?Father of American IndependenceFather of European IndependenceFather of Spanish IndependenceFather of Mexican Independence30sEditDelete
- Q15Both Cuba and Mexico were once under the control of which country?Great BritainUnited StatesSpainColombia30sEditDelete
- Q16Which of the following is NOT an economic indicator?Literacy RateVoter TurnoutInfant Mortality RateGross Domestic Product30sEditDelete
- Q17How did the Inca modify their environment to connect regions of their empire?they conquered other cultural groupsthey burned forests and dammed riversthey built roads, tunnels and bridgesthey located their capital where four provinces met30sEditDelete
- Q18Slash-and-burn agricultural techniques are typically practiced bynomads who use pastures for their livestockpeople who live along rivers that deposit rich soil during floodssubsistence farmers who plant an area until the soil loses its fertilityfarmers who rely on chemical fertilizers and pesticides30sEditDelete
- Q19They Mayan civilizations use of slash-and-burn agriculture, glyphs and their religious rituals are examples ofthe adoption of characteristics of another groupa system of modifying of changing their physical environmenta group's shared beliefs and behaviorspeople moving from one place to another30sEditDelete
- Q20When the U.S. began construction of the Panama Canal, who was president?William McKinleyFranklin RooseveltHoward TaftTheodore Roosevelt30sEditDelete