Latin America Test

Traveling west from Belize, you will be in what country?

• Nicaragua

• El Salvador

• Guatemala

• Honduras

A large flat area of land that is higher than other areas of land that surround it.

• Highlands

• Plateau

• Llanos

• Pampas

Traveling east from Paraguay, where would you be?

• Pacific Ocean

• Brazil

• Atlantic Ocean

• Argentina

What is the one country in Latin America whose language was influenced by Portuguese?

• Cuba

• Brazil

• Bolivia

• Argentina

What country is highlighted?

• Venezuela

• Suriname

• Brazil

• Argentina

Air pollution is a major environmental concern in which of the following places in Latin America?

• Mexico City

• Venezuela

• Brazil

• Bolivia

Which of the following regions make up Latin America?

• South America, Central America, Mexico

• Central America, Mexico, Caribbean

• South America, Caribbean, Central America, Mexico

• Caribbean, Mexico, South America

What South American country is highlighted?

• Bolivia

• Argentina

• Brazil

• Ecuador

How did the opening of the Panama Canal stimulate long-term economic activity in the United States?

• The Panama Canal allowed for increased trade by reducing the physical barriers between the US and countries with Pacific Ocean ports.

• The US hired numerous construction workers to undertake the construction and maintenance of the Panama Canal.

• Trading ships from the US were unable to access Panamanian ports before the opening of the Panama Canal.

What borders Central America to the north?

• The United States

• Mexico

• California

• South America