World Geography Semester Review

What Portuguese speaking country in South America is made up of about 12% of the world's Catholics?

• Colombia

• Brazil

• Portugal

• Ecuador

Who was the founder or father of modern day economics AND wrote the book Wealth of Nations that helped influence the idea of modern day capitalism?

• George Washington

• Adam Smith

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

From the 1400s to the 1700s a large number of enslaved persons were transferred to the Americas from the coast of Africa. Today, many people who live in the Caribbean and in Brazil are descendants of African people due to slavery being brought over to the New World by Europeans. What was the official name of enslaved persons being brought to the Americas?

• The Middle Passage or Triangular Trade

• The Columbian Exchange

• The Declaration of Independence

• None of the above. Slavery did not occur in the New World.

Below is a world map. Select which continent the American British colonization took place.

• South America

• Africa

• North America

• Asia

• Europe

By looking at the pyramid, which of the following would most likely describe the rights that mestizos would have in the Spanish colonies?

• Mestizos would be treated better than Creoles and Peninsulares in the Spanish Colonies and Mestizos are most likely to be high government officials.

• Mestizos would be treated the same as Native American Indians and enslaved people. Creoles and Peninsulares would own Mestizos which means Mestizos would have to work on plantations.

• Mestizos would have more rights than Native Americans and enslaved persons such as owning land and holding government positions, but would still be considered as less than compared to the Creoles as well as Peninsulares.

• Each part of the triangle is equal to each other.

Who was the Latin American revolutionary that helped many Latin American countries in South America gain independence from Spain?

• General Santa Ana

• George Washington

• Samuel Adams

• Simon Bolivar

GDP is best defined as…

• Gross Domestic Product is the total value of goods and services exported from one country to another.

• Gross Domestic Product is the total value of all goods and services produced by a country within a given year.

• Gross Domestic Product is the comparative advantage that a country has.

• Gross Domestic Product is the total value of all goods and services imported into another country.

By analyzing this image, what early American belief is being depicted here?

• Columbian Exchange: The exchange of crops, animals, people, diseases, and ideas.

• Triangular Trade: The exchange of people between Africa, Europe and the Americas.

• Manifest Destiny: The idea that the United States was destined to reach coast to coast from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

• Republicanism: The idea that all Americans have certain rights written in the U.S Constitution.

When people are more educated, people tend to earn more money. What is this because of?

• People with more education earn more money because they come from wealthy backgrounds.

• People with more education such as a college degree do not earn more money than those with only a high school diploma.

• People that are more educated can only find jobs in large corporations which pay huge sums of money.

• High Literacy Rates which means the ability to read and write is a significant factor in a person's income.

Which of the following would be the best way to prevent erosion of the coastline?

• Using sandbags to create a sandbag fence

• Planting vegetation

• Building a sea wall

• All the Above