Latin America

What mountain range runs down the western coastline of South America?

• Urals

• Rockies

• Andes

Which of the following best describes the Greater Antilles?

• Leeward Islands

• larger islands that include Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico

• smaller islands southeast of Puerto Rico

Tourism is a growing industry, especially in

• Chile and Argentina

• Brazil and Peru

• Mexico and the Caribbean

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

• Mississippi

• Orinoco

• Amazon

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

Where is most of the South American rain forest located?

• Paraguay

• Brazil

• Columbia

What techniques cause the shrinking of the rain forest?

• slash-and-burn

• irrigation

• erosion

The Aztec Empire fell under the rule of Spain as a result of

• diffusion

• the Spanish Conquest

• manufacturing

The Aztec city that became the site of Mexico City was called

• Augustin

• Juarez

• Tenochtitlan

Factories along the U.S. border that manufacture goods for export are called

• finance development

• maquiladoras

• trade agreement factories