Ch.9 and 10 Physical and Cultural Geography

the movement of people from rural to urban

areas, resulting in the growth of urban areas

• standard of Living

• HDI

• GDP

• urbanization

Which of these is a not a cause for a higher standard of living?

• lots of jobs

• plentiful food

• good schools

• lots of crime

What dos this describe:

lots of buildings, pollution, lots of cars, businesses....

• rural

• urban

What ancient civilization settled in the area where Mexico city is today?

• Maya

• Inca

• Aztec

• Sumerians

the symbols on the Mexican flag are from a legend of which ancient Mesoamerican civilization?

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

What Mesoamerican civilization lived in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico?

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

In Mexico city, and in Major cities throughout the world, there are places where people live in slums where their house is made of cardboard and recycled trash while in other parts of the same city people in fancy houses in beautiful neighborhoods...this is an example of...

• Spatial Inequality

• urbanization

• rural decline

• cultural appropriation

the ancient Maya used their understanding of astronomy to create calendars which helped with knowing when to plant their crops

• true

• false

Which are an example of indigenous people in latin America?

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

• all of these

What main crop of the Maya also shaped their society and religion

• Apples

• wheat

• corn

• pizza