WorksheetsLatin America Unit Assessment
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 3600secs
A person of blended or mixed heritage, including native, European, and sometimes African
maquiladora
Mestizo
Indigenous
The most common religion in modern-day Latin America
Christianity (Protestant)
Polytheism
Christianity (Roman Catholic)
Latin America is a ______________ region.
Cultural
Physical
Political
Economic
Which of the following is an effect of colonization of Latin America?
European languages are spoken
Roman Catholicism
Mestizos
All of the above
The Inca are known for which of the following:
Pyramids
Machu Picchu
Suspension bridges
Terracing
An unequal distribution of wealth and resources
Maquiladora
Income gap
Favela
Which of the following are challenges faced by Central American countries, pushing people to try to migrate to Mexico and the United States?
Economic challenges/lack of jobs
Food insecurity
Crime
Natural disasters
Which are strategies being used to reduce deforestation of rainforests in Latin America?
Identifying conservation areas
Ecotourism
Encouraging logging
According to scientists, what are the environmental effects of deforestation of the Amazon?
Contributor to climate change
Increased drought
Increased carbon dioxide
Removal of natural habitats
Cattle ranching is a major industry in South America. The majority takes place on the:
Llanos and Patagonia
Llanos and Pampas
Pampas and Mato Grosso Plateau
Which are indigenous groups in Latin America?
Maya
Aztecs
Incas
Spanish
Which are major economic industries in the Caribbean?
Tourism
Agriculture
Mining
Although it was the first Caribbean nation to achieve independence, Haiti has major economic difficulties, which were made worse by this event in 2010.
New government
Earthquake
Revolution
The colonists brought this group to the Caribbean to provide labor on the plantations.
Mayans
Italians
African slaves
What was the leading cause of the decrease of indigenous people in Latin America after European colonization?
Battle/war
Slavery
Disease
Based on the graph, which region of Latin America has the lowest literacy rates?
South America
Central America
Caribbean
Mexico
Due to the varied elevation of the Andes Mountains, farmers must adjust what crops they grow to the soil type and temperatures. This is called:
Vertical zonation
Crop rotation
Agricultural planning
The physical geography of Latin America led to which of the following:
Vertical zonation
Regionalism
Desertification
What is a megacity?
A chain of large cities
A city with over 1 million people
A city with over 10 million people
Which of the following cities are megacities?
Mexico City
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paolo
Brasilia
What challenges do mega-cities face?
Not enough affordable housing
Strained resources (water, food)
Building and maintaining extensive infrastructure (water treatment, roads, etc.)
Rapid population growth
Latin America is vulnerable to earthquakes due to its location on the:
Ring of Fire
Equator
Southern Hemisphere
Which of the following best describes northern South America?
A mostly tropical area with the world's largest rainforest, grasslands, low highlands and a tall mountain range to the west.
A mostly tropical area with the world's largest rainforest, grasslands, low highlands and a tall mountain range to the east.
A mostly cold area, with grasslands, steppe climate, and an archipelago and a tall mountain range to the west.
Which of the following best describes southern South America?
A mostly tropical area, with grasslands, steppe climate, and an archipelago and a tall mountain range to the west.
A mostly cold area, with grasslands, steppe climate, and an archipelago and a tall mountain range to the east.
A mostly cold area, with grasslands, steppe climate, and an archipelago and a tall mountain range to the west.
Due to rapid population growth and a significant income gap, many poorer urban residents live in high-density, makeshift housing called:
Maquiladoras
Favelas
Outskirts
With no natural waterway to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Latin America, the United States was one of the countries to aid in construction of the:
Isthmus of Panama
Strait of Panama
Panama Canal
Which of the following are tropical crops commonly grown in the Caribbean, Central America, and Brazil?
Coffee beans
Bananas
Corn
Sugarcane
Which of the following challenges have caused many Latin American countries to struggle politically and/or economically in modern times?
Dictatorships and political persecution
Corrupt elected officials
Natural disasters
Which two countries colonized the majority of South America?
Portugal
The Netherlands
Spain
Britain
What US territory, located in the Caribbean, suffered devastating consequences from a hurricane in 2017?
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
