World Geography Midterm 2020-2021

What historic event is responsible for changing population patterns across Europe?

• The First World War

• The Second World War

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• The Industrial Revolution

What is the most significant pull factor for migration to the United States from Latin America?

• Economic Opportunity

• Religious Freedom

• Milder Climate

• To Change Immigration laws

Quebec is a French speaking Provence found in what country?

• The United States

• Europe

• Africa

• Canada

What level of economic development is typical of nations with high infant mortality rates, low literacy rates, and low life expectancy rates?

• Tertiary

• Less Developed

• More Developed

• Developing

What historical event led to Catholicism being the predominant religion in Latin America?

• The Aztecs and Incas had no religions as apart of their culture until Europeans came to the new world.

• The Catholic Church was founding in Latin America

• Spanish missionaries who came with the conquerors converted the indigenous people.

• Traditional religions blended together to create Catholicism in the Americas.

What did the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) lead to?

• All U.S. manufacturing plants moved out of the country

• It eliminated economic barriers in North America

• They discovered oil deposits in Mexico

• All North American countries starting running deficits

What was an economic impact of the forced migration of enslaved Africans to Latin America?

• Cotton became the primary export from South America

• Diseases were introduced to the tribes of Latin America

• Latin America established cattle ranches across its land

• Cash crop plantations were created throughout Latin America

The abundance of navigable rivers in Western Europe led to what?

• It facilitated the movement of goods and people

• Prevented Western Europe from being conquered because land armies could not get across the rivers.

• The land was able to be irrigated

• The rivers blocked epidemic diseases from spreading across Europe.

Which letter represents the Gulf of Mexico

• A

• B

• G

• E

Which letter represents the Andes Mountains?

• A

• E

• D

• B