3rd six wks Quiz #2

The Amazon River Basin holds how much of the world's freshwater?

• 10%

• 20%

• 35%

• 67%

The formation of Patagonia is a result of

• Its location near the Ring of Fire

• Its access to the Panama Canal

• Its proximity to Antarctica

Which 2 factors are the most important factors influencing climate in South America?

• Elevation

• Ocean Currents

• Air Masses

• Longitude

• Latitude

What is the official language and the major religion of Mexico?

• English; Roman Catholicism

• Spanish; Roman Catholicism

• Portuguese; Christianity

• Spanish; Christianity

Someone of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry is called a(n)*

• Amerindian

• Indigenous

• Mestizo

• Metis

Remittances are*

• money sent home to family members from migrants working in another country to support their family

• a way to reduce or eliminate the punishment for sins in the Catholic Church

• tariffs on goods and services from another country with a market economy

Which of the following statements does NOT describe Central America?*

• Between Mexico and South America

• Very few active volcanoes

• isthmus that separates the Pacific Ocean from the Caribbean Sea

• Has humid swamps and lowlands along the coastlines

The term for someone of mixed European and African ancestry is *

• Mestizos

• Ladinos

• Mayans

• Mulattoes

Which of the following countries does NOT have a free enterprise economy?

• Mexico

• United States

• Cuba

• Panama

What is the world's driest desert?

• Atacama Desert

• Sahara Desert

• Gobi Desert

• Antarctica