Deck 11: Latin America

Question 1

The subregion of Latin America with the lowest population growth rates is

A) Middle America
B) Caribbean Basin
C) Northern South America
D) Southern South America

Answer 1

Southern South America

Question 2

The Inca empire was centered in

A) southern Peru
B) southern Argentina
C) northern Brazil
D) northern Venezuela

Answer 2

southern Peru

Question 3

The large divisions of the Spanish empire were called

A) states
B) provinces
C) countries
D) viceroyalties

Answer 3

viceroyalties

Question 4

English speakers, descendants of Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans, live on the east coast of

A) Costa Rica
B) Panama
C) Nicaragua
D) Mexico

Question 5

Which of the following was the highest class in Spanish colonial society?

A) criollos
B) mestizos
C) mulattoes
D) peninsulares

Question 6

The first capital of Brazil was

A) Rio de Janeiro
B) Sao Paulo
C) Salvador
D) Recife

Question 7

The plantations in colonial Northeastern Brazil produced

A) coffee
B) sugar
C) coconuts
D) rubber

Question 8

Which of the following was not a legacy of Spanish rule in Latin America?

A) democratic governments
B) a geographic system based on mineral exploitation and transportation to a few ports
C) large estates engaged in raising livestock
D) a rigid class structure

Question 9

The heaviest precipitation on Caribbean islands tends to be

A) on the southwest coast
B) on the northeast-facing hills
C) on the west coast
D) on the capital city

Question 10

The Andes Mountains mark the line of collision between the South American Plate and The

A) North American Plate
B) Pacific Ocean Plate
C) Caribbean Plate
D) Nazca Plate

Question 11

The Orinoco River drains lowlands primarily in

A) Brazil and Argentina
B) Peru and Ecuador
C) Colombia and Venezuela
D) Argentina and Chile

Question 12

In the altitudinal zonation of the equatorial mountain areas of Latin America, the zone between 3,000 to 6,500 feet (1,000 to 2,000 m) with warm temperate conditions and deciduous forest is the

A) tierra fria
B) tierra caliente
C) tierra helada
D) tierra templada

Question 13

Which of the following is not one of Latin America's best farming areas?

A) alluvial soils along the Amazon River
B) pampas of Uruguay and Argentina
C) lava-based soils in southern Brazil
D) eastern plateaus

Question 14

In a temperature inversion

A) warm air overlies cold air
B) cold air overlies warm air
C) clouds cover the ground
D) fog forms

Question 15

Under the Monroe Doctrine, the United States

A) agreed to rule Mexico
B) took over Cuba
C) warned European countries not to interfere in Latin America
D) made Puerto Rico a "commonwealth"

Question 16

The city of the United States with strong links to Latin America based on population, regional air and sea transportation lines, and growing banking and financial services, is

A) New Orleans
B) Miami
C) New York
D) Chicago

Question 17

The Latin American cities with the closest links to globally connected world systems are

A) Mexico City and Sao Paulo
B) Mexico City and Cancun
C) Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
D) Rio de Janeiro and Caracas

Question 18

The focus of Mexican industrial development and government functions, and its indigenous cultural hearth, is

A) the east coast
B) Yucatan
C) The central plateau
D) Acapulco

Question 19

The rural cooperatives that Mexico created in 1917 are called

A) Porfirios
B) Campos
C) Ejidos
D) Salidas

Question 20

The party that dominated Mexico from 1920 to 1990 is the

A) PRI
B) PAN
C) Republicans
D) Democrats

Question 21

The base of the Zapatistas is

A) Mexico City
B) Baja California
C) Chiapas
D) Yucatan

Question 22

Mexico's region of oil and gas production is in the

A) northwest
B) central plateau
C) south
D) east coast

Question 23

The city with the worst air pollution problems in Mexico is

A) Guadalajara
B) Mexico City
C) Acapulco
D) Cancun

Question 24

The program that makes it possible to build manufacturing assembly plants in northern Mexico is called

A) maquiladora
B) ejido
C) fabrica
D) economica

Question 25

Because of their dependence on one or a few export crops, the Central American countries are sometimes called

A) tourist havens
B) dictatorships
C) backward
D) banana republics

Question 26

The central American country that was carved out of Colombia in order to build a canal is

A) Nicaragua
B) Costa Rica
C) Panama
D) Honduras

Question 27

In former British, French, and Dutch Caribbean islands, the dominant ancestry is

A) Spanish
B) English
C) African
D) East Asian

Question 28

Economic leakage results from

A) the flow of profits from tourist facilities to foreign owners
B) underground water channels
C) poorly repaired irrigation ditches
D) bad plumbing

Question 29

The main region of economic development in Brazil, including manufacturing and financial services, is the

A) Amazon Basin
B) Northeastern coast
C) Southeast
D) Far south

Question 30

The main coffee-producing area of Brazil is

A) The Northeast
B) The South
C) The Sertao around Brasilia
D) The Amazon basin

Question 31

A new area of farming in Brazil, especially for soybeans, is

A) the Amazon
B) the Northeast
C) Campo Cerrado
D) The Sertao

Question 32

Shantytowns in Brazil are called

A) ranchos
B) colonias
C) sertao
D) favelas

Question 33

Concerns about development in the Amazon include

A) destruction of the rain forest
B) the welfare of the Indians
C) failure of settlers to grow crops on their land
D) all of the choices are correct

Question 34

The landlocked country in Southern South America is

A) Argentina
B) Uruguay
C) Paraguay
D) Chile

Question 35

The arid, sparsely populated western part of Paraguay, known most for its quebracho timber resources, is called the

A) Gran Chaco
B) Pampas
C) Patagonia
D) Prairie

Question 36

The most important mineral product of northern Chile is

A) sand
B) gold
C) copper
D) oil

Question 37

Which of the following did not have colonial influence in the Caribbean

A) The British
B) The Dutch
C) The Germans
D) The French

Question 38

The country in Central America that gained its independence in 1981 from the British is

A) Costa Rica
B) El Salvador
C) Belize
D) Panama

Question 39

Which of the following dominated the Bolivian economy for decades

A) Sugar
B) Tin
C) Bananas
D) Wheat

Question 40

Which of the following is not part of Southern South America.

A) Peru
B) Chile
C) Uruguay
D) Argentina

Question 41

When Mexico first became independent, it included what is now Central America.

Question 42

Brazil received many immigrants from Germany, Italy, and Japan in the early 1900s.

Question 43

World War II encouraged Latin American countries to produce manufactured goods for export.

Question 44

The Yucatan Peninsula is formed by a limestone platform.

Question 45

The pampas are composed of river deposits overlain by loess.

Question 46

Most of the soils in the Amazon Basin are fertile.

Question 47

Latin American popular culture began to exert a strong influence on the popular culture of the United States in the late 1900s.

Question 48

In general, most population in South America lives in the center of the continent.

Question 49

Haciendas in Mexico produce mostly corn.

Question 50

Most of the people of the Caribbean islands think of themselves as residents of the region rather than individual islands.

Question 51

Almost all the Caribbean islands belonged to Spain throughout the colonial period.

Question 52

The current South American trade in coca and cocaine is driven by the need to find a high-value product with continuing demand in wealthy countries.

Question 53

The Andes Mountains are the second highest mountain range in the world.

Question 54

Latin America refers to Spanish and Portuguese colonial impact for the most part.

Question 55

All Northern Andean countries lie within the tropics.

Question 56

English as a second language is mandatory in the Puerto Rican public school system.

Question 57

Most plantation development in the Caribbean region has occurred since the 1940's.

Question 58

Brazil was 90% dependent on foreign energy sources in the mid-1970's and continues to be.

Question 59

In the ____________ Islands, authorities fear that the growth of tourism will destroy the wildlife, especially birds, that the tourists come to see.

Question 60

The Treaty of ________________ divided the world into Spanish and Portuguese realms.

Question 61

The feudal or tribute system by which Spanish landowners had jurisdiction over the Native Americans was called ______________________.

Question 62

Large production estates in Latin American were called _________________.

Question 63

The phenomenon in which warm waters move across the Pacific Ocean toward South America is called ___________________.

Question 64

Northern Chile is occupied by the _________________ Desert.

Question 65

The dry region of southern Argentina is called _____________________.

Question 66

The high plateau between the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes is the _______________.

Question 67

The condition when rising prices and wages feed on themselves and spiral out of control is called ________________.

Question 68

____________________ was the Aztec Capital settled in the area of modern Mexico City.

Question 69

_____________________ is the name of the island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Question 70

This country in northern South America was settled by the French and was a famous penal colony _____________________.

Question 71

The Somoza family dictatorship took place in _________________.

Question 72

The former Netherlands colonies of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao lie off the northern coast of _________________.

Question 73

The _______________ took control over Haiti.