Deck 4: Latin America

Question 1

What is dollarization and how has it recently affected the economy of specific Latin American countries? Also,what are preventive measures that some of these countries are taking to avoid problems associated with this phenomenon?

Answer 1

Because of previous experiences with hyperinflation,several countries of Latin America have pegged the value of their currency to the dollar.This helps to reduce inflation,eliminate fears of currency devaluation,and reduce the cost of trade by eliminating currency conversion costs.This policy is often unpopular with voters and does not allow a country full control over its monetary policy.

Question 2

What factor has been most crucial to the survival of the remaining indigenous people of Latin America?

A) land
B) water
C) energy
D) education
E) jobs

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Assembly plants located in Mexico City are known as maquiladoras.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Label the "altitudinal zonation" and discuss how the environmental lapse rate affects the economic activities that can be pursued at different elevations.

Question 5

How are trade blocs reshaping the region's geopolitics and development?

Question 6

Which of the following products made its way to Europe as part of the Columbian Exchange?

A) potatoes
B) wheat
C) horses
D) grapes
E) barley

Question 7

Discuss and analyze the patterns of immigration to Latin America as well as patterns of emigration from Latin America after independence in the 19ᵗʰ Century.

Question 8

Discuss and analyze the reasons for the demographic collapse of the indigenous population of Latin America.Using the map of languages of Latin America as a guide,explain the geography of Amerindian survival.

Question 9

Describe and discuss the environmental problems of Mexico City.

Question 10

Which of the following modern countries of South America was NOT part of Gran Colombia?

A) Panama
B) Bolivia
C) Ecuador
D) Venezuela
E) Guiana

Question 11

Geographer William Denevan's "pristine myth" argument does not support which of the following statements?

A) Latin America was sparsely populated
B) Native populations in the Americas cleared forests
C) Latin America had urban centers upon the arrival of the Europeans
D) Native populations dramatically altered Latin American ecosystems
E) All of the above

Question 12

Brazil has the highest population of any country in Latin America.

Question 13

Which of the following products made its way to the New World as part of the Columbian Exchange?

A) corn
B) wheat
C) potatoes
D) tomatoes
E) avocados

Question 14

The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has increased since 2000.Why?

A) Because of growth of corporate farms and development of new roads and dams
B) Because of growth in corporate farms
C) From the development of new roads and dams
D) From increased global demand for tropical wood
E) From the clearing of land for farming by local villagers