Latin America Vocabulary Test

What is the term for an invisible line that marks the extent of a state's or nation's territory?

• transportation

• boundary

• colonization

• irrigation

What does "per capita" mean?

• per country

• per city

• per person

• per continent

What is the national sport in most Latin American countries?

• baseball

• basketball

• futbol (soccer)

• cricket

Which style of music developed in Jamaica in the 1960s and is rooted in African, Caribbean, and American music?

• jazz

• reggae

• blues

• salsa

What is the purpose of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?

• To celebrate the harvest

• To honor and remember those who have died

• To mark the beginning of spring

• To celebrate independence

What is the process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops?

• transportation

• colonization

• irrigation

• cultural diffusion

What is terrace farming?

• A method of fishing

• A farming system in the form of steps going up a mountain

• A type of animal husbandry

• A form of urban gardening

What is a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership?

• capitalism

• communism

• feudalism

• imperialism

What is left after a building, wall, etc., has fallen to pieces?

• ruins

• debris

• foundation

• structure

What is the Panama Canal?

• A river in South America

• A ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama

• A mountain range in Central America

• A desert in North America