HHS World Geography Latin America Test

The Columbian Exchange occurred among Africa, the Americas, and Europe. What is a lasting effect from this exchange?

• Asia never colonized the area

• Slavery continued on Plantations

• New products came from Africa and are still used today.

• resulted in the redistribution of people, plants, animals, and diseases.

The Incas modified their environment by ____________________

• using the Quipu

• using Llamas

• terrace farming

Which set of four smaller regions most appropriately group the nations of Latin America?

• Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and South America

• North America, Central America, South America, and Brazil

• Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and French colonial areas

• Mexico, Central America, South America west of the Andes, and South America east of the Andes

All of the following are ways that humans have modified the environment of Latin America EXCEPT —

• building of the Panama Railroad

• burning of the rainforest for farmland

• building winding roads through the Andes

• dressing in layers in a cold climate

Which of the following is a significant environmental challenge to developing nations in South America?

• toxic emissions

• sedimentation

• deforestation

• droughts

A group of people has __________ cultural perceptions when they believe that their cultural values are more important than others.

• ethnorelative

• stereotypical

• dominant

• ethnocentric

What cultural aspects do Latin America have in common contributing to the identification of this area as a cultural region?

• a general area where a number of pre- Columbian societies flourished

• remnants of Spanish colonization in the 16th and 17th centuries

• common language

• all of these

What do we call the ability of a sport like soccer to start in one area and then spread all over the world.

• distance decay

• cultural hearth

• sphere of influence

• cultural diffusion

Which of the following is a traditional method many people of Latin America have preserved and documented their culture and history?

• building modern transportation routes throughout South America to share their cultural heritage

• joining NAFTA and opening trade routes with North America to enable people in the United States to see their culture

• creating paintings and murals on buildings about Mayan and Aztec heritage, as well as, revolution inspired artwork

• practicing the Catholic religion brought to the area through Spanish colonialism

Haiti is particularly susceptible to which of the following hazards?

• earthquakes

• flooding

• monsoons

• tornadoes