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Latin America

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What mountain range runs north to south along the Pacific side of South America?

a)

Ural Mountains

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

The Alps

2.

In what way did the Inca Empire adjust the land to suit their needs?

a)

Cutting steps and platforms into the mountainside for growing.

b)

Creating floating islands of land for growing.

c)

Digging canals for irrigation for growing.

d)

Burning and deforesting the area for growing.

3.

In what way did the Aztecs modify the land for agriculture?

a)

Cutting steps and platforms into the mountainside for growing.

b)

Creating floating islands of land for growing.

c)

Digging deep canals for an irrigation system.

d)

Mounding dirt so high they created a mountain.

4.

How did the Mayans bring water to their crops?

a)

By carrying buckets

b)

By allowing water to flow down from the mountain

c)

Through a detailed, complex irrigation system

d)

By praying to the rain god

5.

What is the time period from 1400 - 1500 CE Referred to as?

a)

The Age of Reform

b)

The Age of Relativism

c)

The Age of Exploration

d)

The Age of Consideration

6.

What is a 'Presidential Democracy'?

a)

A democracy where voters select a leader of an executive branch, and voters also select leaders for their legislative branch.

b)

A democracy where voters select a leader of an executive branch and that leader selects the legislative branch.

c)

A democracy where voters do not select a leader.

d)

A democracy in which voters select their legislative leaders and legislature selects a commander in chief.

7.

What is a 'Parliamentary Democracy'?

a)

A democracy where voters select a leader of an executive branch, and voters also select leaders for their legislative branch.

b)

A democracy where voters do not select a leader.

c)

A democracy in which voters select their legislative leaders and legislature then selects a leader from among themselves.

d)

A democracy where voters do not have any say in government.

8.

What is an 'Authoritarian Government'?

a)

A democratic form of government where the power rests in the hands of a few elites

b)

A form of government that gives a strong voice to the People.

c)

A form of government accepted in the United States.

d)

A non-democratic form of government where power rests in the hands of a few elites.

9.

Communism is an example of:

a)

Presidential Democracy

b)

Parliamentary Democracy

c)

Monarchical Democracy

d)

Authoritarian Government

10.

In Communism, all economic decisions are made by:

a)

The People.

b)

The Banks.

c)

The Economists.

d)

The Government.

11.

Fidel Castro was the Communist leader of what country?

a)

Cuba

b)

Haiti

c)

Belize

d)

Jamaica

12.

An official ban on trade and other commercial activity with a particular country is called a(n)

a)

Tariff

b)

Embargo

c)

Estoppment

d)

Tax

13.

The Manufacturing Sector of the economy is the:

a)

Primary Sector

b)

Secondary Sector

c)

Tertiary Sector

14.

The sector of the economy that directly harvests and handles raw materials is called the:

a)

Primary Sector

b)

Secondary Sector

c)

Tertiary Sector

15.

The service sector of the economy is called the

a)

Primary Sector

b)

Secondary Sector

c)

Tertiary Sector