Bolivia and Mexico - Evolve - Unit 8

Located 4.100 meters above the sea level, La Paz is the satellite city of El Alto.

• True

• False

The city of El Alto used to be a small village with more than 30,000 people.

• True

• False

Why did Mario Mamani decide to move to El Alto?

• He was tired of his old job.

• The Andes were not could enough for growing crops.

• Extremely bad weather conditions made it difficult for plantation.

• Because El Alto is the richest city in Bolivia.

According to the text, the countries from South America have more urbanized regions the the ones from North America.

• True

• False

"In 50 years' time, if it can get enough water, El Alto is likely to outgrow La Paz itself." The underlined words can be perfectly substituted by

• "is going to".

• "may".

• "should".

• "has to".

According to the text, the consequences of such urbanization process are yet to be studied.

• True

• False

Mexico City is one of the largest countries in the world.

• True

• False

Mexican people believed that having a high number of citizens in the City of Mexico was a good alternative.

• True

• False

Although the City of Mexico has many housing, poverty and pollution issues, it has gotten better conditions for the population.

• True

• False

Considering that the City of Mexico has around 21 million people, the approximate number of citizens with a car is:

• 4 million

• 6 million

• 8 million

• 10 million

Answer explanation

30% of Mexico City has a car, according to the text.