Latin America Quick Check

World's largest mountain chain, stretching across the west coast of South America-

• Himalayan Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

Latin America is made up of which regions?

• Canada, United States, Mexico, South America

• Mexico, Central America/Caribbean Islands, South America

• United States, Mexico, Central America/Caribbean Islands

• Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America

Irrigation can best be described as the process of-

• supplying water to areas of land for crop growing

• rotating crops each season to sustain farmland

• moving raw materials to factories for processing

• surveying land to collect geographic data

Major river located in South America that carries 20% of the world's freshwater supply-

• Nile River

• Mississippi River

• Ganges River

• Amazon River

Land, Labor, Capital and Entrepreneur can be identified as...

• Factors of Supply

• Factors of Multiplication

• Factors of Literacy

• Factors of Production

The process of making a raw material into a finished product

• Manufacturing

• Retail

• Processing

• Service

The practice of cutting out flat areas of land into near vertical slopes to create agricultural land is called-

• adaptive farming

• terrace farming

• adaptive farming

• hydroponic farming

Any economic activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it

• Service

• Good

• Retail

• Product