Latin American Vocabulary Quiz

What is the term for the mix of ethnicities in Latin American countries?

• Mechanization

• Diversity

• Dictatorship

• Agriculture

What is another way to describe the native people of Latin America?

• Agriculture

• Compulsory

• Traditions

• Indigenous

Some Latin American countries require citizens to vote. What term describes this?

• Traditions

• Indigenous

• Diversity

• Compulsory

What is the ethnicity that is a combination of native people and Europeans?

• Mestizo

• Mechanization

• Traditions

• Population distribution

The process and science of farming is known as?

• Mechanization

• Mestizo

• Agriculture

• Traditions

The type of government where one person seizes and holds all the power.

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Indigenous

Mechanization helped agriculture become more profitable, although it caused many workers to lose their jobs and move to cities to find work. What is the meaning of mechanization?

• Using machinery or automated devices to perform tasks

• Replacing workers with robots
• Performing tasks manually without any technology

• Using animals to perform tasks

In Central America, the majority of people live in the highlands due to climate. Which term best describes this?

• Mechanization

• Traditions

• Climate Avoidance

• Population Distribution

Which of the following is the best definition for traditions?

• Personal preferences that change over time
• Cultural practices that are no longer relevant
• Superstitions that have no basis in reality
• Customs or beliefs passed down from generation to generation

​ (a)   refers to the specific members of one's family tree whereas ​ (b)   refers to the people group(s) from which a person descends.

• Ancestry
• ethnicity
• Indigenous
• diversity
• Mestizo
• traditions