Latin America Final

The transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases that began when Europeans arrived in the Western Hemisphere is called___________.

• the Great Division

• The Columbian Exchange

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Annexation of Puerto Rico

During the colonial period, a blending of indigenous beliefs and Catholicism occurred in Mexico in a process called________.

• Symbiosis

• Gerrymander

• Syncretism

• Colonization

The growing populations in Central American and Caribbean cities adds to the problem of deforestation because_______.

• most residents rely on wood to heat their homes

• suburbs are being caved out of the rainforest.

• more land is cleared for agricultural fields to feed more people in urban areas.

• railways and highways require large quantities of lumber.

This is the lowest vertical climate zone, where bananas can be grown.

• Tierra Caliente

• Tierra Fria

• Tierra Helada

• Tierra Templada

Why is Argentina considered to be a role model for global environmental policies, creating global economic partnerships?

• It has converted all transportation systems to hydroelectric power.

• It has banned rainforest logging.

• It has a mostly European ancestry

• Voluntarily regulating industry

The darker areas represent areas of denser population in South America. Which two factors could contribute to this distribution of more densely populated areas?

(PICK 2)

• The world largest rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest, dominates the central part of the continent.

• The Andes Mountains create intense tornadoes throughout midwestern South America

• The Brazilian Coast was colonized early and has modern urban cities

• Residual nuclear radiation

Fidel Castro's communist dictatorship in Cuba created hostilities with the pro-capitalist and pro-democratic United States. What effect did Cuban communism have on Latin American politics in the Late 20th Century?

• The United States went to great lengths to prevent more communist governments.

• The United States stayed out of Latin American development.

• Cuba flourished economically and socially.

• The United States tried to make more socialist governments.

Much like cowboys in the North American Great Plains, gauchos run cattle and bust broncs in the rolling hills of Latin American region.

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Atacama Desert

• Caribbean Islands

• The Pampas

This countries' population is most dense around and in it's primate city. What is the name of that city?

• San Salvador

• Rio De Janiero

• Mexico City

• Chile

Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of commercial agriculture?