WorksheetsLatin America Geography
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
class of race in Latin America that were considered direct descendants of original conquistadors
a)
Peninsular
b)
Mulatto
c)
Creole
d)
Mestizo
2.
This theme of geography is related to the sharing of ideas, or when countries send items to other parts of the world by ship, plane, etc..
a)
Location
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Place
3.
This physical feature is the largest in the world with tropical climate and makes up most of Brazil's landscape
a)
Pampas
b)
Atacama desert
c)
Andes Mts
d)
Amazon Rainforest
4.
System were a Spanish soldier was granted land with the Indians as being slaves
a)
Transatlantic Slave Trade
b)
Chattel Slavery
c)
Encomienda
d)
Colonization
5.
Looking at the thematic map, which physical feature dominates the western coast of the continent
a)
Amazon River
b)
Pampas
c)
Llanos
d)
Andes Mts
6.
The clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land
a)
Canal system
b)
Forestation
c)
deforestation
d)
slash and burn
7.
This theme of geography is best related to an area that is unique with different accents, foods, weather in one country
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
HEI
d)
Location
8.
Floods, earthquakes or hurricanes that cause great damage or loss of life
a)
Greenhouse effects
b)
Global warming
c)
Natural Disasters
9.
Most of the population in South America live in ________
a)
Rural
b)
Urban
10.
Short statement, usually one sentence that summarized the main idea or claim to essay
a)
primary source
b)
secondary source
c)
Thesis
11.
This theme of geography refers to both human and physical characteristics of an area
a)
Location
b)
Region
c)
Place
d)
HEI
12.
This are shanty towns or slums that exist in Brazil
a)
Favelas
b)
suburb
c)
Swelos
d)
gentification
13.
If I was living in Rio what climate exists
a)
Tropical
b)
Semi Arid
c)
Atlantic tropical
d)
Equatorial
14.
Artificial waterway constructed to allow passage of boats and ships inland
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
River Basin
c)
Canal
15.
This theme of geography is related to when a natural disaster strikes a country and the citizens have to rebuild
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
HEI
d)
Location
16.
This person is a mix of European and Native American
a)
Mulatto
b)
Mestizo
c)
Peninsular
d)
Creole
17.
This theme of geography refers to when a the population creates more and more pollution causing the environment to change
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
HEI
18.
What year did the population decline to 2 million
a)
1500
b)
1540
c)
1580
d)
160
19.
competition for the same objective of for superiority in the same field
a)
NAFTA
b)
Missionary
c)
Maquiladora
d)
Rivalry
20.
This theme of geography refers to an exact spot on earth's surface or in a round about area
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
HEI
21.
This is the second largest river in the world today
a)
Nile
b)
Mississippi
c)
Thames
d)
Amazon
22.
This group are Spanish born from the mainland of Spain
a)
Creole
b)
Peninsular
c)
Mestizo
d)
Mulatto
23.
This is an agreement among the U.S./Mexico/Canada to remove taxed and barriers
a)
NATO
b)
NAFTA
c)
CAFTA
d)
Customs
24.
This is a rapid or radical change that takes place in a country
a)
Maquiladora
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Revolution
d)
Democracy
25.
Which source would I be if I lived during the time the event took place and I wrote a diary about what happened
a)
Secondary Source
b)
Thesis
c)
Primary Source
26.
This is considered the driest place in the world today
a)
Sahara
b)
Gobi
c)
Atacama
27.
A conqueror that took over lands in Mexico and Peru for Spain
a)
Mulatto
b)
Peninsular
c)
Conquistador
d)
Mestizo
28.
A factory that exists in Mexico but owned by the United States and they export products back to U.S. are called
a)
Canal
b)
NAFTA
c)
Sweat Shops
d)
Maquiladora
29.
If Mr. Egnot wrote a research paper on the Holocaust that took place back in 1939 would be considered...
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
c)
Thesis
30.
This person or a group of people go to far away lands on a religious exercise to promote Christianity in a foreign country
a)
Missionary
b)
Creoles
c)
Mulattos
d)
Islamic Priests
31.
This is a person of mixed European and African in Latin-America
a)
Creole
b)
Mulatto
c)
Peninsular
d)
Mestizo
32.
This process is where farmers set fire to their land to rich the soil for a new harvest
a)
Deforestation
b)
Canals
c)
Slash and Burn
d)
aerate land
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