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Pretest Voc. Unit 10 A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin America

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the study of human population in terms of numbers, especially birth rates, death rates, ethnic composition, age and gender distributions

a)

demography

b)

geography

c)

geology

d)

demolition

2.

the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another

a)

cultural diffusion

b)

cultural dillusion

c)

cultural diversity

d)

cultural traits

3.

an interchange of plants, animals, disease, people, and culture between the Western and Eastern hemispheres following the voyages of Columbus

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Ocean Exchange

c)

Country Exchange

d)

Commodity Exchange

4.

clearing forests to use the area for other purposes

a)

deforestation

b)

clear cutting

c)

forestation

d)

detreeing

5.

1. – refers to a natural resource that can be replenished naturally

a)

renewable resource

b)

non renewable resource

c)

easy to make resource

d)

difficult to make resource

6.

refers to natural resources that cannot be remade or replenished

a)

non-renewable resource

b)

renewable resource

c)

unuseable resource

d)

useable resource

7.

produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment

a)

indigenous

b)

autochthonous

c)

local

d)

original

8.

a painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall.

a)

mural

b)

poster

c)

panorama

d)

prospect

9.

materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

a)

natural resources

b)

unnatural resources

c)

mineral deposits

d)

natural deposits

10.

the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

a)

colonization

b)

transplanting

c)

expanding

d)

pioneering

11.

a person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent.

a)

mulattos

b)

cross bred

c)

hybrid

d)

quintroon

12.

are a mix of mestizo or Hispanicized peoples in Latin America, principally in Central America.

a)

ladinos

b)

metizo

c)

liberator

d)

mortal