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WorksheetsLatin America
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 35mins
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Class
Date
1.
Immigrant communities often organize along linguistic, religious, and especially regional lines. In San Antonio, Juana Gallegos and Adolfo Valadez (both with roots in Matehuala) met, married, and had three children—Christina, Ninfa, and Adolfo. Around 1928, they brought Juana’s mother Matiana to the United States. What would this type of immigration be called?
a)
Forced Migration
b)
Circular Migration
c)
Internal Migration
d)
Chain Migration
2.
Which is a push factor
a)
Escape oppressive government
b)
Avoid religious persecution
c)
Poverty
d)
All of these
3.
Which word does NOT describe immigrant living conditions?
a)
Crowded
b)
Dirty
c)
Elegant
d)
Shared Space
4.
Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.
a)
Promise of a better life
b)
War or religious persecution
c)
Religious Freedom
d)
Better education
5.
Give example of immigrant "pull factors?"
a)
Overpopulation
b)
Political Persecution
c)
Abundance of Land & job opportunities
d)
War
6.
Immigration push factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
7.
Immigration pull factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
8.
Someone who illegally enters a country and doesn't have permission to be there
a)
Alien
b)
Undocumented Immigrant
c)
Permanent Resident
d)
Citizen
9.
Which is NOT an example of a pull factor?
a)
access to better schools
b)
better health care
c)
natural disaster
d)
better life
10.
DACA postponed deportation and gave work permits to who?
a)
immigrants who entered as minors before June 2007
b)
immigrants with minor children
c)
immigrants who lost parents as minors
d)
immigrants willing to join the military for 5 years
11.
I am a manmade waterway that allows boats to travel a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific
a)
Amazon River
b)
Sierra Madre Mountains
c)
Lake Maracaibo
d)
Panama Canal
12.
I am the largest Caribbean island located 90 miles below Florida
a)
Haiti
b)
Barbados
c)
Cuba
d)
St. Thomas
13.
I share my island with another country, the Dominican Republic
a)
Cuba
b)
Haiti
c)
St. Thomas
d)
Colombia
14.
I am the southernmost country in Central America that has a man made canal built through it.
a)
Colombia
b)
Venezuela
c)
Mexico
d)
Panama
15.
I am a country in Central America that has a large gulf next to it.
a)
Venezuela
b)
Panama
c)
Bolivia
d)
Mexico
16.
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Push Factors
c)
Jump Factors
d)
Falling Factors
17.
Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...
a)
Push Factors
b)
Pull Factors
c)
Falling Factors
d)
Jump Factors
18.
Name the country?
a)
Honduras
b)
Costa Rica
c)
Panama
d)
Nicaragua
19.
Name the country?
a)
Belize
b)
Panama
c)
Ecuador
d)
El Salvador
20.
Name the country?
a)
Mexico
b)
Panama
c)
Bolivia
d)
Nicaragua
21.
Name the country?
a)
Honduras
b)
Costa Rica
c)
Bolivia
d)
Panama
22.
What is the name of country #7
a)
Honduras
b)
Nicaragua
c)
Panama
d)
Costa Rica
23.
What island is south of Cuba?
a)
Bahamas
b)
Jamaica
c)
Haiti
d)
Dominican Republic
24.
Which country is labeled #1?
a)
Mexico
b)
Cuba
c)
Panama
d)
Costa Rica
25.
What direction is Belize from Honduras?
a)
Northwest
b)
North
c)
Southwest
d)
East
26.
Which country is just north of Costa Rica?
a)
#7
b)
#8
c)
#4
d)
#6
27.
Name this body of water.
a)
Gulf of California
b)
Gulf of Mexico
c)
Caribbean Sea
d)
Bay of Campeche
28.
This red country is one of two countries that make up the island of?
a)
Hispaniolia
b)
Cuba
c)
Lesser Antilies
d)
Bahamas
29.
Which country is shown in red on the map?
a)
Brazil
b)
Cuba
c)
Colombia
d)
Mexico
30.
Capital of Nicaragua:
a)
Managua
b)
Montevideo
c)
Asunción
d)
Tegucigalpa
31.
Capital of the Dominican Republic:
a)
San José
b)
Buenos Aires
c)
Santo Domingo
d)
Bogotá
32.
Capital of Puerto Rico:
a)
San Juan
b)
San José
c)
Lima
d)
Bogotá
33.
This country, located in Central America, is bordered by the US to the North, Pacific Ocean to the West, and Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea to the East.
a)
Brazil
b)
Cuba
c)
Venezuela
d)
Mexico
34.
Once Castro was in power, what kind of government did he establish?
a)
Democratic
b)
Socialist
c)
Oligarchic
d)
Communist
35.
Capital of the Bahamas
a)
Managua
b)
Tegucigalpa
c)
Kingston
d)
Nassau
36.
Capital of Jamaica
a)
San Jose
b)
Belmopan
c)
Kingston
d)
Managua
37.
Capital of Cuba
a)
Havana
b)
Kingston
c)
San Juan
d)
San Jose
38.
Capital of Haiti
a)
San Salvador
b)
Lima
c)
Bogota
d)
Port-au-Prince
39.
Capital of Mexico
a)
Tegucigalpa
b)
Managua
c)
Mexico City
d)
Santiago
40.
The trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada
a)
NAFTA
b)
NATO
c)
TTP
d)
NATA
41.
Name the country?
a)
Haiti
b)
Barbados
c)
Costa Rica
d)
The Bahamas
42.
What Caribbean island is circled? This is not an independent country- it is a self-governing territory, or commonwealth, or the United States.
a)
Jamaica
b)
Bahamas
c)
Puerto Rico
d)
Panama
43.
What does NAFTA stand for?
a)
North American Free Trade Agreement
b)
North Atlantic Forced Tariff Agreement
c)
National Association of Free Trade Alliance
d)
National Alliance For Tariffs Amendments
44.
Which of the following did NAFTA get rid of between member nations?
a)
Tariffs
b)
Incentive pay
c)
National Bonds
d)
Trade deficits
45.
Which countries is NAFTA with?
a)
US, Germany, Mexico
b)
US, Germany, Canada
c)
US, Germany, Canada, Mexico
d)
US, Canada, Mexico
46.
The United States has often been called a nation of immigrants and most families have stories about immigration and migration in their immediate or distant past. What is an "immigrant?"
a)
A person who leaves a country
b)
A person who enters a new country
c)
A person who leaves behind family members
d)
A person who moves within a country
47.
According to the 2000 United State census, about 12.5 percent of the entire population is Latino, the largest ethnic minority group in the nation. 51 percent of the foreign-born in the U.S. are Latino and of that number, over one-fourth are Mexican. What concept is this statement referring to?
a)
Chain migration
b)
Net migration
c)
Semi-migration
d)
Absolute migration
48.
Like many other Mexicans, industrialization and the Mexican Revolution significantly altered Juana Gallegos's life. The spread of railroads into the Mexican countryside, and the breakup of the near-feudal hacienda system of farming during the revolution, led many people to move to cities. Around 1918, Juana Gallegos moved with her parents from the hacienda her father managed in Miquihuana to Mexico City where the family had political connections. After President Carranza was deposed, Juana and her mother returned to Matehuala (near Miquihuana) and, in 1923, emigrated to the United States to escape the ongoing turbulence of the revolution. What type of migration is this story referring to?
a)
Chain Migration
b)
Circular Migration
c)
Forced Migration
d)
Mass Migration
49.
Factory that assembles parts made in other countries?
a)
Maquiladora
b)
Vaquero
c)
Motrollea
d)
Factory replacement
50.
Majority of workers in Mexican border factories are?
a)
Men
b)
Skilled laborers
c)
Women
d)
Undocumented work
51.
Those applying are vetted for any criminal history or threat to national security and must be students student of have completed school or military service. If they pass vetting, action to deport them is deferred for two years, with a chance to renew, and they become eligible for basics like a driving licence, college enrollment or a work permit. What does this relate to?
a)
NAFTA
b)
DACA
c)
Deferred enlistment for the military
d)
NAACP
52.
What do you call a city in the United States that follows certain procedures that shelters illegal immigrants?
a)
Refugee City
b)
A "relief city"
c)
"A city of hope"
d)
Sanctuary city
53.
This is the name for an immigration benefit that allows certain foreign nationals who fear persecution to remain lawfully in the U.S. indefinitely?
a)
Relocation forgiveness
b)
Sanctuary
c)
Asylum
d)
DACA
54.
The wetfoot, dryfoot policy dealt with?
a)
Mexico
b)
Guatemalla
c)
Cuba
d)
Belize
55.
This is placed in a traveler's passport allowing the individual to enter the United States. What is it called?
a)
Amnesty
b)
Visa
c)
Master Card
d)
Null and void
56.
A person who travels from place to place in search of work is referred to as a(n)?
a)
Refugee
b)
Disoriented
c)
Migrant
d)
Exporter
57.
DACA is very specific with respect to?
a)
Criminal activity
b)
Violation of freedom of speech laws
c)
Having children
d)
Housing
58.
What is the term for when an individual leaves his or her country?
a)
Immigrate
b)
Exaporate
c)
Congegate
d)
Migrate
59.
What is president Trump's stance on DACA?
a)
He wants to get rid of DACA
b)
He was a DACA child
c)
He wants to support DACA
d)
He wants to change the name
60.
Who began DACA with a presidential order?
a)
George Bush
b)
Donald Trump
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Barack Obama
61.
Another name for DACA recipients is?
a)
Dacksters
b)
DACA men
c)
Dreamers
d)
Timbers
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