Dr. P. Unit 4 Summative Assessment Practice

This mountain range serves as the eastern border of Chile and runs down the wester edge of South America

• the Andes

• the Zagros

• the Argentines

• the Sangre de Christos

Which best describes the location of the Andes Mountains?

• The Andes Mountains run east-west in northern South America

• The Andes Mountains run east-west in Southern America

• The Andes Mountains run north-south in westerns South America

• The Andes Mountains run north-south in eastern South America

Which describes the location of the Amazon River?

• The Amazon River generally flows form west to east in Northern South America

• The Amazon River generally flows from west to east in southern South America

• The Amazon River generally flows form north to south in western South America.

• The Amazon River generally flows from north to south in eastern South America.

What man made structure was a water way from Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean built in Central America in 1914

• Panama Canal

• The Great Bridge

• Underwater Tunnel

• Ferry Crossing Station

This physical feature keeps people from the eastern and western parts of Mexico away.

• deserts

• marches

• mountains

• rivers

Which is most likely the reason that in the 1990s Mexico City residents had higher levels of lead and cadmium in their blood?

• diet

• heredity

• air pollution

• water pollution

Which industry was deforestation in Latin America carried out by

• automotive

• cattle

• farming

• mining

This is Mexico's most pressing environmental issue...

• mountain erosion

• dangerous air pollution

• erosion along the coastline

• cutting down of the rainforest

Which is the main reason the Amazon Rain Forest had deforestation?

• the need for housing

• the need to drill for oil

• the need to clear land for gold mining

• the need for pasture land for livestock

In the late 1990s the Mexican government passed a number of laws concerning the manufacture and operation of automobiles. These included switching to cleaner-burning fuels, installing catalytic converters on new cars, requiring tougher vehicle inspections, and converting city buses to natural gas...what was the purpose of the laws?

• to break their dependence on foreign oil

• to improve the air quality in urban areas

• to prevent major corporations from becoming too rich

• to stop industrial unions from going on a national strike