World Cultures 2nd 9 Weeks Review

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What type of climate is most of Latin America?

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Tropical

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What is cultural diffusion?

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A social process resulting in the combining & spreading of beliefs, values, and social activities.

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What is terrace farming?

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method of growing crops on sides of hills or mountains by planting on graduated terraces built into the slope

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What type of climate is closest to the Equator? Options: Polar, Tropical, Dry, Temperate

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Tropical

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What is deforestation?

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the purposeful clearing of forested land to make room for farming

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What was the Columbian Exchange?

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the transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, culture, people, diseases, tools, and ideas between the Americas & Africa & Europe

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What created a migration pattern where large numbers of enslaved Africans were brought to the Caribbean? Options: deforestation, militarism, Introduction of sugarcane, Native Americans moving to Latin America

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Introduction of sugarcane

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What is economic interdependence?

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A reliance of one on another to produce goods & services because they cannot produce efficiently by themselves

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What is an example of economic interdependence? Options: Purchasing a traditional Aymara dress from Bolivia, obtaining cocoa from Ecuador to make chocolate bars in the US, An individual growing bananas in Columbia for his or her family, deforestation of the Amazon rainforest

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obtaining cocoa from Ecuador to make chocolate bars in the US

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Which country introduced the symbol you see here into Latin America?

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Spain