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WorksheetsLatin America Part 1 Review
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The emissions that pollute the air in Mexico City come from what two sources?
a)
cattle and donkeys
b)
cars and factories
c)
sugar and soybeans
d)
corn and sugarcane
2.
What physical feature traps the pollutants above Mexico City?
a)
Andes Mountains
b)
Lake MAracaibo
c)
Sierra Madre ountains
d)
Amazon River
3.
True or False. In Mexico city, there are limits to how often people can drive their cars to help cut down on air pollution.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Neither
4.
Which is a problem associated with deforestation?
a)
more oxygen is available on the
planet
b)
poor people earn money from selling
trees
c)
native people have too much forest
for their needs
d)
there is less forest to produce
goods that humans need
5.
The world gets about 20 percent of which resource from the Amazon Rainforest?
a)
medicine
b)
oxygen
c)
soybeans
d)
rubber
6.
Where in Latin America is most oil found that Mexico drills?
a)
Andes Mountains
b)
Caribbean Sea
c)
Amazon River
d)
Gulf of Mexico
7.
What are two of Mexico’s important natural resources?
a)
oil and silver
b)
schools and skyscrapers
c)
cars and factories
d)
donkeys and crocodiles
8.
True or False. In Latin American countries, most people live in urban areas.
a)
true
b)
false
9.
Which problem is associated with too much carbon dioxide in the air?
a)
algal bloom
b)
cooler air trapped in earth’s surface
c)
breathing problems
d)
none of these
10.
Which country has about three-fourths of the trade with Mexico(Mexico’s biggest trading partner)?
a)
Brazil
b)
Guyana
c)
United States
d)
Venezuela
11.
Which region of Mexico has the most people?
a)
Central Plateau
b)
northern deserts
c)
Sierra Madre Mnts.
d)
tropical beaches
12.
Which is a problem for farmers in Mexico?
a)
The soil is not very productive
b)
Many areas have too much rainfall
c)
There is not enough sunlight to grow crops
d)
There are few businesses to sell farm equipment
13.
Why do most Mexicans, Brazilians and Cubans live in urban areas?
a)
Rural areas do not have good climates
b)
There is mush arable land in these countries
c)
There are more jobs in the factories and businesses of the cities
d)
Rural areas have more opportunity for education and health care
14.
What did the U.S. do in response to Cuba’s new leadership under Castro and communism?
a)
had a party
b)
awarded Castro with a medal
c)
placed an embargo against Cuba
d)
ignored it
15.
Why did this embargo to pressure Cuba to change not work?
a)
cuba doesn't care about money
b)
Cuba didn't want to sell sugar to us anyway
c)
Cuba found another trading partner
d)
U.S. bought sugar from a different country
16.
The world gets about 20% of which resource from the Amazon Rainforest? Hint: Something people need to live throughout the day
a)
rain
b)
animals
c)
trees
d)
oxygen
17.
Which solution to Mexico’s air pollution problem would be most challenging (difficult) for businesses?
a)
Closing factories one day a week
b)
Using fuels that produce less
pollution
c)
Having employees ride trains or
buses to work
d)
Asking citizens to leave their cars
at home one day a week
18.
Where do most Brazilians live in their country?
a)
In
the interior
b)
.
in the rainforest
c)
Along
the Amazon River
d)
along
the coastal area
19.
The large amount of arable land is most helpful to what industry in Cuba?
a)
fishing
b)
tourism
c)
manufacturing
d)
farming
20.
Which country supported Cuba until 1991?
a)
Canada
b)
United States
c)
China
d)
Soviet Union
21.
Who is Brazil’s largest trading partner?.
a)
Cuba
b)
Venezuela
c)
United States
d)
Guyana
22.
A similarity between Brazil and Cuba is that most people tend to live in
a)
rural areas
b)
away from the ocean
c)
farming communities
d)
ubann areas
23.
Citizens of which country are considered to have the LEAST freedom?
a)
Brazil
b)
Cuba
c)
Mexico
d)
United States
24.
In Mexico the President serves
a)
one 6 year term
b)
one 12 year term
c)
until he's thrown out of office
d)
two 8 year terms
25.
Which statement about political parties is true about Cuba?
a)
There are many political parties
b)
There is only one legal political
party
c)
The leader of the party cannot be
president
d)
Those running for office may not be
in the Communist Party
26.
True or False. Most Latin American countries have a presidential democracy.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
LAtin American countries do not have government systems
d)
none of these
27.
True or False. It is mandatory (required) for citizens in Brazil age 18 and over to vote.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
elections are not held in Brazil
d)
none of these
28.
In a _______________ democracy the prime minister is the chief executive.
a)
parliamentary
b)
presidential
c)
both presidential and parliamentary
d)
none of these
29.
Most Latin American countries have __________________democracies like the United States.
a)
parliamentary
b)
presidential
c)
none of these
30.
A president is elected by the citizens but a prime minister is elected by the __________________
a)
citizens
b)
elderly
c)
legislature (parliament)
d)
House of Representatives
31.
In __________________economies, activities are usually hunting, farming, gathering, herding livestock.
a)
market
b)
command
c)
mixed market
d)
traditional
32.
In a __________________ economy, the government controls what is produced, at what prices, and to whom these products are distributed.
a)
market
b)
command
c)
mixed market
d)
traditional
33.
In a __________________ economy, shortages of products may occur if government cannot predict what the people need.
a)
market
b)
command
c)
mixed market
d)
traditional
34.
In a __________________economy, consumers choose the prices they will pay and what products they will buy (supply and demand).
a)
market
b)
command
c)
mixed market
d)
traditional
35.
In order to help U.S. car companies sell more cars, some people want to put a limit on the number of cars that can be imported from other countries. This is an example of a(n)
a)
tariff
b)
quota
c)
embargo
d)
tax
36.
What is the acronym for North American Free Trade Agreement?
a)
NAFTA
b)
NASSAU
c)
ATFNA
d)
there's not one
37.
The main purpose of NAFTA was to increase____________among North American countries of Mexico, U.S. and Canada.
a)
cars
b)
people
c)
trade
d)
cats
38.
Many Americans in the U.S. feared that American factory workers would lose their ____________ if American factories moved to Mexico for cheaper labor.
a)
hair
b)
jobs
c)
temper
d)
mind
39.
Another issue many Americans feared as a result of NAFTA was an increase in air and water ________________ in Southwest U.S. and Mexico.
a)
supply
b)
animals
c)
plants
d)
pollution
40.
Which is an example of investment in HUMAN capital (human resources)?
a)
education
b)
factories
c)
highways
d)
trucks
41.
Which is an example of a natural resource?
a)
education
b)
highways
c)
factories
d)
iron ore
42.
Which is an example of investment in capital resources?
a)
factories
b)
highways
c)
trucks
d)
all of these
43.
What is the money people use in a country called?
a)
shells
b)
pesos
c)
currency
d)
dollars
44.
What is the currency of Mexico?
a)
shells
b)
pesos
c)
dollars
d)
euros
45.
People _______________ currency because different countries have different currencies.
a)
recycle
b)
reuse
c)
renew
d)
exchange
46.
Which type of trade barrier involves adding a special tax onto goods brought into a country?
a)
Quota
b)
Embargo
c)
Tariff
d)
blockade
47.
In order to help U.S. car companies sell more cars, some people want to put a limit on the number of cars that can be imported from other countries. This is an example of a(n)
a)
tariff
b)
quota
c)
embargo
d)
tax
48.
Which situation might keep an embargo against a country from being successful?
a)
the country does not need to trade with other countries
b)
people in the other country suffer because trading has stopped
c)
people in the other country don’t care if trading stops
d)
the country is able to find other trading partners
49.
How does Brazil’s location help it trade with other countries?
a)
There are 7 major seaports along the Atlantic
b)
The Amazon River allows ships to travel inland to the Andes
c)
Brazil shares a border with nearly every other S. American country
d)
Brazil is able to purchase from other countries goods that cannot make on its own
50.
Country at the northernmost part of the Latin America regions.
a)
Brazil
b)
Colombia
c)
Cuba
d)
Mexico
51.
Largest country in Latin America
a)
Mexico
b)
Colombia
c)
Venezuela
d)
Brazil
52.
The country with an isthmus where a canal is built.
a)
Brazil
b)
Bolivia
c)
Colombia
d)
Panama
53.
Northernmost country in South America that connects to North America
a)
Venezuela
b)
Cuba
c)
Colombia
d)
Mexico
54.
South American country with no coastline.
a)
Brazil
b)
Colombia
c)
Bolivia
d)
Panama
55.
Mountain chains in Mexico that are on the eastern and western sides of Mexico
a)
Andes Mountains
b)
Amazon River
c)
Sierra Madres Mountains
d)
Atacama Desert
56.
What is Brazil’s main environmental problem?
a)
deforestation
b)
air pollution
c)
oil pollution
d)
none of these
57.
True or False. Most of Venezuela’s wealth comes from selling oil (petroleum).
a)
true
b)
false
c)
neither
58.
Which metal is mined more in Mexico than anywhere else?
a)
copper
b)
iron
c)
lead
d)
silver
59.
What is the major source of income for both Mexico and Venezuela?
a)
alpaca fur
b)
soybeans
c)
silver
d)
oil
60.
The warm climates of both Mexico and Venezuela are most helpful to which of its industries?
a)
Fishing
b)
healthcare
c)
oil
d)
tourism
61.
Which of the following would be most helpful to improving a country’s standard of living?
a)
decreasing the literacy rate
b)
increasing the literacy rate
c)
reducing the number of factories
d)
creating more low-paying jobs on farms
62.
What is the major source of income for both Mexico and Venezuela?
a)
corn
b)
hydropower
c)
oil
d)
lumber
63.
What has been the major export for Cuba for the past 200 years?
a)
wheat
b)
corn
c)
sugar
d)
avocados
64.
What type of government exists in Mexico?
a)
unitary autocracy
b)
confederate oligarchy
c)
federal democracy
d)
federal autocracy
65.
What type of government exists in Cuba?
a)
unitary autocracy
b)
federal democracy
c)
unitary democracy
d)
confederate oligarchy
66.
What is Mexico’s biggest environmental problem?
a)
Oil related pollution
b)
deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest
c)
air pollution
d)
none of these
67.
The climate in Brazil allows farmers to export all of these crops EXCEPT
a)
Coffee
b)
sugar
c)
oranges
d)
wheat
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