Western Hemisphere Test Review

a physical feature that is a nature border between Mexico and the United States

• The Great Lakes

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Sierra Madras Mountains

• The Rio Grande River

A chain of islands, ex. Caribbean Islands

• archipelago

• isthmus

• rainforests

• llanos

a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas together, ex. Central America

• archipelago

• isthmus

• rainforests

• llanos

What physical feature attracts tourists to Central America and provides jobs for locals living in rural areas?

• rainforests

• Caribbean Plate

• Amazon River

• Great Lakes

The United States is what type of government?

• communism

• democracy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

Which of the following is a citizen right that is guaranteed in both the United States and Canada?

• right to bear arms

• right to be educated in the French language

• right to vote

• right to free health care

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

the government controls what people can make

• command

• free market

• traditional

• mixed

cultures or ideas are adopted by other cultures (ex. food, styles, customs, etc.)

• cultural borrowing

• cultural diffusion

• free market

• communism

a Mexican holiday that celebrates their dead ancestors by spending time with family, making altars with pictures, decorating with marigold flowers, and visiting the cemetery

• Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

• NAFTA

• right to vote

• Christianity

an ancient city that the Inca lived in located in the Andes mountains of Peru

• Christ the Redeemer statue

• Machu Picchu

• Greece

• Austin