Question 1

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Settlements of people in Latin America are concentrated in cities and on the coasts.

Accepted Answer

This statement is true as settlements in Latin America are indeed concentrated in cities and on the coasts.

Question 2

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -The deforestation of Brazil is a well-known issue internationally.

Accepted Answer

The deforestation of Brazil is a well-known issue internationally.

Question 3

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Mexico sends the largest number of legal immigrants to the United States from Latin America.

Accepted Answer

This statement is true.

Question 4

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -The Andes Mountains of South America run in an East-West direction.

Accepted Answer

North-South

Question 5

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -El Niño usually arrives along coastal Ecuador and Peru in December and often brings devastating blizzards.

Accepted Answer

floods

Question 6

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Llamas are found in the Altiplano of South America.

Accepted Answer

This statement is true as llamas are commonly found in the high-altitude regions of the Andes mountains, including the Altiplano region of South America.

Question 7

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Halting the pumping of water from its aquifer would most likely increase Mexico City's subsidence.

Accepted Answer

decrease or stop

Question 8

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Brazil and Uruguay are located on the Altiplano of South America.

Accepted Answer

Bolivia and Peru

Question 9

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -The Llanos is the steppe region of Argentina, described as "the end of the world."

Accepted Answer

The Llanos is not in Argentina, but in Colombia and Venezuela.

Question 10

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -The mountain chain that extends the length of South America's west coast is the Sierra Nevada range.

Accepted Answer

Andes

Question 11

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Historically in Latin America, areas along major rivers have been underused as areas of settlement, especially when compared to the most common pattern in other regions.

Accepted Answer

Historically in Latin America, areas along major rivers have been heavily used as areas of settlement, especially when compared to the most common pattern in other regions.

Question 12

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -The Amazon River is the world's largest river by volume.

Accepted Answer

The Amazon River is indeed the world's largest river by volume.

Question 13

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -The correct ordering of altitudinal zonation, going from the base of the mountain to the mountain peak is: tierra templada, tierra fria, tierra helada, tierra caliente.

Accepted Answer

tierra caliente, tierra templada, tierra fria, tierra helada

Question 14

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -A system wherein peasants farm small plots of land for their own subsistence is referred to as minifundia.

Accepted Answer

The statement is true.

Question 15

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Brazil has the highest population of any country in Latin America.

Accepted Answer

Brazil does indeed have the highest population of any country in Latin America.

Question 16

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Chile experienced an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in February 2010.

Accepted Answer

The statement is true. No need to rewrite anything.

Question 17

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -The Amazon Rainforest is located (mostly)in Argentina.

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 18

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -El Salvador is the most densely populated Latin American country.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Write True or False to the statements...

Question 19

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Throughout the Latin American region, in the last 40 years, the RATE of population growth has increased.

Accepted Answer

decreased

Question 20

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -About half of the world's known plant and animal species are found in Patagonia in South America.

Accepted Answer

the Amazon Rainforest

Quiz 4: Latin America