Unit 7: Latin America Test Review

The trade agreement that is expected to contribute to the economic prosperity of the United States, Mexico, and Canada is known as ___________.

• Mercosur

• NAFTA

• United Provinces of Central America

• capoeira

Two forms of music that started in the Caribbean and spread to other parts of the world are calypso and __________.

• reggae

• capoeira

• Mercosur

• maquiladoras

The people who built a great empire high in the Andes Mountains were the ____________.

• Brazil

• Spanish conquest

• Inca

• Mercosur

The Latin American country with the largest territory as well as the largest population is ______________.

• Inca

• maquiladoras

• Brazil

• Spanish conquest

What is the southernmost tip of Latin America?

• Mexico

• Trinidad

• Tierra del Fuego

• Brazil

Which of the following mountain ranges runs down the Pacific coast of South America?

• Rockies

• Andes

• Sierra Madre

• Appalachians

Which of the following rivers begins in the Andes Mountains and flows eastward across South America to the Atlantic Ocean?

• Mississippi

• Orinoco

• Parana

• Amazon

What name is given to the grassy, treeless plains of Colombia and Venezuela?

• terraces

• infrastructure

• Ilanos

• rain forest

Which of the following is a technique used by native peoples of Latin America to clear fields to grow crops?

• slash-and-burn

• push-and-pull

• cerrado

• terraced farming

Where is most of the South American rain forest located?

• Paraguay

• Brazil

• Uruguay

• Colombia