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Latin America Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a tariff?

a)

a number limit on imported goods

b)

a tax on imported goods

c)

a ban on imported goods

d)

a subsidy on imported goods

2.

1. The ability to read and write.

a)

Poverty

b)

Literacy

c)

Numeracy

d)

Standard of Living

3.

What has helped stimulate trade between Mexico, Canada, and the United States?.

a)

European Union

b)

NAFTA

c)

NATO

d)

AFL-CIO

4.

Mexico’s location makes trade _______.

a)

easy because it is bordered by Brazil, Venezuela, and Argentina

b)

easy because it is bordered by the US, Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico

c)

difficult because is landlocked

d)

difficult because it does not have easy access to seaports in the Pacific Ocean

5.

As with any small island country, Cuba has fewer natural resources than countries such as Brazil. This affects their trade in that Cuba _____.

a)

Exports a wide variety of products

b)

Should import fewer products

c)

Needs to import more products

d)

Does not import or export

6.

---------------------------------------------Puerto Rico------- Haiti


Literacy Rate------------------------------ 93.3%---------- 60.7%


GDP Per Capita------------------------- $39, 400--------$1,800


Life Expectancy at birth------------------ 81--------------64.6


Unemployment Rate------------------- 10.8%-----------40.6%


Looking at the information in the chart, what can you infer about the relationship between literacy rate and GDP per capita? Read carefully!

a)

There is no relationship

b)

When the literacy rate is high the GDP is low

c)

When the literacy rate is low the GDP is high

d)

When the literacy rate is high the GDP is high

7.

---------------------------------------------Puerto Rico------- Haiti


Literacy Rate------------------------------ 93.3%---------- 60.7%


GDP Per Capita------------------------- $39, 400--------$1,800


Life Expectancy at birth------------------ 81--------------64.6


Unemployment Rate------------------- 10.8%-----------40.6%


According to the data in the chart, which country invests more in education? Cite evidence from the chart to support your answer.

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

Haiti

8.

What is the major environmental concern facing Mexico?

a)

Deforestation in the Atacama Desert

b)

Over extraction of mineral in the Amazon

c)

Oil drilling in the canal zone

d)

Air pollution in Mexico City

9.

The Sierra Madre Mountains are located in which Latin American country?

a)

Panama

b)

Mexico

c)

Chile

d)

South America

10.
What Central American country is circled on the map?
a)
Cuba
b)
Haiti
c)
Panama
d)
Bolivia
11.
What Central American country is circled on the map?
a)
Cuba
b)
Haiti
c)
Panama
d)
Bolivia
12.
What physical feature is located in the country highlighted on the map?
a)
Sierra Madre Mountains
b)
Andes Mountains
c)
Caribbean Sea
d)
Gulf of Mexico
13.
What physical feature is located in the country highlighted on the map?
a)
Amazon River
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Caribbean Sea
14.
What physical feature is highlighted on the map?
a)
Sierra Madre Mountains
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Amazon River
d)
Panama Canal
15.
What physical feature is located in the country highlighted on the map?
a)
Amazon River
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Caribbean Sea
16.
Air pollution is a major environmental concern in which of the following places in Latin America?
a)
Mexico City
b)
Brazil
c)
Venezuela
d)
Bolivia
17.
Coal burning factories and vehicle emissions is the primary cause of _____________________ in Latin America.
a)
air pollution
b)
oil pollution
c)
cutting down trees
d)
people migrating to urban areas
18.
Deforestation, or cutting down trees, is a major environmental issue in which of the following Latin American countries?
a)
Brazil
b)
Mexico
c)
Venezuela
d)
Germany
19.
What country is highlighted on the map?
a)
Venezuela
b)
Colombia
c)
Bolivia
d)
Cuba
20.
Which of the following regions make up Latin America?
a)
Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean
b)
Canada, United States, and Mexico
c)
South America
d)
Portugal and Spain
21.

A major resource of both Mexico and Cuba is:

a)

coffee

b)

oil

c)

cotton

d)

sugarcane

22.

What is the name of the major mountain range in Mexico?

a)

Sierra Madre Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Andes Mountains

d)

Ural Mountains

23.

Located in Brazil, this physical feature is home to an incredible variety of plant and animal life and receives over 65 inches of rain a year.

a)

Amazon Rainforest

b)

Chilean Rainforest

c)

Panamanian Rainforest

d)

Peruvian Rainforest

24.

This structure was built by the United States so ships could travel back and forth between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans without having to go around the coast of South America.

a)

Erie Canal

b)

St. Lawrence Seaway

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Suez Canal

25.

Most people in Mexico, Cuba, and Brazil live:

a)

in the mountains.

b)

on farms

c)

in urban areas

d)

in rural areas

26.

A major problem in the Amazon Rainforest. Occurs when almost all the trees are removed from the environment.

a)

clear cutting

b)

over extraction

c)

desalinization

d)

deforestation

27.

The major cause of air pollution in Mexico City is:

a)

acid rain

b)

emissions from factories

c)

emissions from cars

d)

both b and c

28.

Which best describes how the North American Free Trade Agreement encourages trade between member countries?

a)

It sets quotation items member countries can trade.

b)

It puts tariffs in place to slow trade with nonmember countries.

c)

It reduces trade barriers and increases trade between member countries.

d)

It allows member countries to decide what other countries can trade.

29.

What is one goal of the North American Free Trade Agreement?

a)

to remove tariffs

b)

to create a military

c)

to adapt a language

d)

to make a new currency

30.

The limit on how many items can be imported into a country is the ___.

a)

demand

b)

quota

c)

supply

d)

tariff

31.

The relationship between literacy rate and standard of living in Latin America is _____.

a)

literacy rate has not effect on the standard of living

b)

the higher the literacy rate the higher the standard of living

c)

the standard of living is independent of literacy rate

d)

low literacy rate creates a higher standard of living