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WorksheetsLatin America Geo. Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which region of Latin America is made up of many islands, was homeland to the Taino people, and was known as the "front door" of the Americas.
Mexico
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Which region of Latin America borders the United States, is the homeland of the Aztec people, and has large reserves of oil offshore?
Mexico
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Which region of Latin America is made up of many small nations that were once part of the Mexican empire, contains the Panama canal, and was homeland to many Maya peoples?
Mexico
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Which region of Latin America contains the Amazon river, is the homeland of the Inca peoples, and has both Spanish and Portuguese as major languages.
Mexico
Caribbean
Central America
South America
In the past century, have rainforests grown or shrunk in Central and South America?
Grown
Shrunk
The Panama Canal was constructed by the United States and connects which two oceans?
The Pacific and Atlantic
The Caribbean and Arctic
The Indian and Atlantic
The Pacific and Southern
The Llanos of South America is best described as:
Tropical Rainforest
Alpine Mountains
Grassy Plains
Arid Desert
Which river flows 4,000 miles to the Atlantic and carries more water than any other river in the world?
Amazon
Orinoco
Mississippi
Parana
TRUE OR FALSE: Many parts of Latin America are rich with minerals and energy resources like oil and natural gas
True
False
A rain shadow is related to which type of precipitation
Convectional
Frontal
Orographic
Which country gained its independence after the US and French revolutions and was founded by enslaved people that freed themselves?
Haiti
Cuba
Mexico
Brazil
Which of the following is TRUE?
Puerto Rico is a US state
All of Latin America has a tropical climate
All Latin American countries follow capitalism
Some Latin American countries don't speak Spanish
Where were the Inca located?
A
B
C
not here
Which body of water is highlighted on the map?
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of California
Pacific Ocean
Which European power conquered the Aztec, Maya, and Incan peoples of the Americas?
Spain
Portugal
England/Britain
France
Urbanization describes the phenomena by which many people do what?
Farm for their needs
Engage in economic activity
Define and understand culture
Move to cities
Which political party controlled Mexico for much of the 20th century?
The Institutional Revolutionary Party
The New Democratic Coalition
The Party of Real Independence
The Catholic Republican Party
Which of the following are two major problems faced by Mexico today?
A wage gap between rich and poor
A high literacy rate
A lack of political violence
A lack of an industrial economy
An absence of cartels
The Europeans instituted a system of slavery in the Caribbean that spread to North and South America. Which of the following was likely the Europeans' primary motivation?
Profit
Religion
Aggression
Benevolence
What name is given to a military oligarchy that has, at different times, popped up and seized control in some Latin American states?
Junta
Braceros
Oligarchy
Marxism
What religion is the predominant religion of Latin America
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Judaism
What do we call a situation in a country where the wealthy have MOST of the money and the poor live on very little?
An income inefficieny
A wage gap
A junta
A communist system
Which three of the following factors fueled American Imperialism?
Economic competition
Benevolence
Military competition
Isolationism
Belief in cultural superiority
What American doctrine, issued in 1823, told European powers to keep out of the Western Hemisphere?
The Monroe Doctrine
The Square Deal
Dollar Diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy
What idea suggests that states mind their own business and NOT get involved in world affairs?
Interventionism
Imperialism
Communism
Isolationism
