Unit 4 Assessment Quiz

Which mountain range runs down the western edge of South America and serves as the eastern border of Chile?

• Apalachia

• Zordos

• Andes

• Sierra Madres

Which industries are a major cause of deforestation in Latin America?

• Automobile Industry

• Cattle and Farming Agriculture

• Building Houses

• Making roads

What is Mexico City’s most pressing environmental issue?

• Air Pollution

• Sewage

• Trash

• Solar Power

Within a century of the conquests in Latin America by Spain and Portugal, the native population had declined considerably from battle and disease. To offset this loss of labor, Spain and Portugal did what?

• Imported Slaves from Latin America

• Began working themselves

• Imported Slaves from West Africa

• Imported Slaves from China

• a

• b

• c

• d

What river is represented on this map?

• Nile

• Mississippi

• Rio Grande

• Amazon

The ocean to the EAST of Latin America is called...

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Siberian

• Mediterranean

The ocean to the WEST of Latin America is known as the...

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Siberian

• Mediterranean

Historians generally agree that the first international slave trade in Africa was?

• Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

• Across the Sahara

• Across the Pacific Ocean

• To Europe

What is the best example of “cultural diffusion”?

• Spanish being spoken in Mexico

• Archetecture

• Clothing

• Spanish being spoken in Latin America AND Catholicism being practiced.