Chapter 9 Pretest: Latin America Today: Geography 7

Which expression of Mexican culture is rooted in Latin American cultures?

• public squares

• wood carving

• bullfighting

• soccer

What helped change the Mexican economy in recent years?

• resort cities along the coast

• large sugarcane farms

• foreign-built factories

• farmers' small plots

Which island makes more money in tourism than any other in the Caribbean?

• Cuba

• El Salvador

• Haiti

• Puerto Rico

Why is deforestation in Brazil felt worldwide?

• The rain forest helps maintain climate patterns.

• Farmers grow crops in the rain forest.

• The rain forest has large deposits of oil.

• Native Americans live in the rain forest.

Main government buildings in Mexican cities are located around central squares called

• murals.

• plazas.

• selvas.

• favelas.

____________ are small plots where farmers grow only enough food for their families.

• Plantations

• Maquiladoras

• Subsistence farming

• Commonwealths

An important source of income in Haiti is ____________.

• canal-uses fees

• remittances

• the literacy rate

• the command economy

_____________ take care of the livestock on ranches in Argentina.

• Gauchos

• Vaqueros

• Farmers

• Migrant workers

More than two-thirds of Argentina's people live in _____________.

• Buenos Aires

• the Llanos

• the Pampas

• Patagonia

About half of Guatemala's people descend from the

• ancient Maya.

• Inca.

• ancient Aztecs.

• Portuguese.