Latin America Review

The human geography of South America can be best summarized as:

• Most people tend have an ethnic background made up of European, African, and Chinese.
• Most people tend to live on the coasts or rim of the continent.
• 90 % European and 10% African.
• Large clusters of nomadic people living along the Amazon River.

Latin America is truly multi-cultural; it has a cultural blending of three main cultures

• European, African, and Chinese.
• European, Indonesian, and African.
• European, Native American, and Chinese.
• European, African, and Native American.

Which native civilization did not live in this region?

• Maya
• Inca
• Aztec
• Zulu

The term applied to persons of mixed white European and Native American ancestry is

• Mulatto
• Mestizo
• Hacienda
• Pampas

What caused the indigenous population to decrease?

• They moved to the Southwestern part of the United States.
• They died of European diseases that colonizers brought over.
• They disappeared into the tropical rainforests of Latin America.
• They did not decrease – they flourished.

The Pacific Ring of Fire causes:

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Both A and B
• Neither A or B

NAFTA was an agreement for trade among:

• U.S., Europe, Mexico
• U.S., Canada, Mexico
• U.S., Mexico, Africa
• U.S., Canada, Europe

One of NAFTA’s main goals was the:

• Elimination of wage cuts and job losses
• Elimination of dependency on other countries.
• Elimination of technology.
• Elimination of high tariffs/taxes.

NAFTA stands for:

• North Atlantic Forced Trade Agreement
• North America Free Trade Agreement
• North Africa Fair Trade Agreement
• North Aztec Fancy Trade Agreement

South American farmers sometimes grow drugs instead of subsistence farming

• True
• False