WorksheetsLatin America Post
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
If a person is hiking in the Sierra Madre Mountains, he/she is in
Mexico
Peru
Brazil
Cuba
The island of Cuba is in the
South Pacific
Pacific
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
One geographic feature that GREATLY affects Brazil is
Sierra Madres
Amazon Rainforest
St Lawrence River
Andes Mountains
Which of the following would a citizen of the Hispaniola Island fear?
Smog
Ice Storms
Acid Rain
Hurricanes
Ships carrying cargo from Vancouver Canada to the Caribbean would most likely sail through the
Great Lakes
Hudson Bay
Panama Canal
Amazon River
How do mountains around Mexico City affect its air quality?
They cause pollutants to linger in the air and cause health risks.
They make the air cooler and drier.
Mountains have no effect on the air quality.
They make better air quality by blocking pollutants.
The passage describes:
Exchange of ideas and beliefs
Exchange of animals and plants
Introduction of diseases
Loss of land and the culture
the creation of the major cities in Europe.
the introduction of new technology and tools into the Americas.
the natives' willingness to accept the Europeans' way of life.
the European colonization of the indigenous people of the Latin America.
Most countries in the Latin America speak the following language:
Portugese
Spanish
the indigenous languages
English
After learning about the wonders of the Atacama Desert, Denise, Tracy, and Chrissy decide to visit their friend Mark who lives in the outskirts of the desert. They book their tickets and flew into
Uruguay
Colombia
Peru
Argentina
The three continents involved in the “Triangular Trade” during the 18th and the 19th centuries were
Europe, Australia, and the Americas.
Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
The indigenous civilizations in Latin America which existed before the Europeans arrived can be BEST described as
nonreligious.
advanced empires.
uncivilized.
lacking culture.
When Chrissy, Tracy, and Denise make their trip to South America in February to see Mark, they should consider packing
rain gear.
snow boots.
sweaters and heavy jackets.
shorts and short sleeve shirts.
Two of the Latin American countries whose economies heavily depend on oil export are
Venezuela and Haiti.
Columbia and Panama.
Venezuela and Mexico.
Brazil and Argentina.
A lasting impact of the Cuban Revolution has been ____________.
less needs for trade with other countries
more economic choices for the people
more leaders chosen by the people
less political freedom for Cubans
One of the key impacts of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was
the loss of the US territories in Cuba.
enforcement of an embargo on Cuba by the US.
signing of a trade agreement between Cuba and the US.
the overthrow of the Castro government.
Vast majority of the Latin Americans practice Catholicism because
it is the ancient religion of this region.
it was brought to them by the Americans.
it was brought to this region by the Europeans during the Age of Exploration.
the Catholic Church conquered this regions.
The main cause of the negative environmental impact on the large/major cities of the Latin America is
their proximity to mountain ranges.
lack of government assistance to clean up these cities.
their geographical locations.
their population density.
It is estimated that 90% or close to 55 million of the Latin America’s indigenous population perished between the years of 1492 and 1600 due to the introduction of diseases by the Europeans. To offset this loss, the Europeans began to
halt their operations and move back to Europe.
do much of the farm labor themselves.
capture and import Africans as slaves into their Latin American and the Caribbean colonies.
move their people to other continents such as Asia and Africa.
GDP or the Gross Domestic Product is an indicator of
how large a country's population is.
the sum of all goods and services sold/trade in a country in a given time period.
how much freedom the citizens of a country enjoy.
on average, how well its citizens are doing financially.
A large percentage of the people of the Latin America grow the food that they need. This is the characteristics of a
free enterprise
command economy
traditional economy
entrepreneurship
Brazilians elect the head of their government who is independent of the legislative branch. Brazil has a
presidential form of government.
parliamentary form of government.
semi-presidential form of government.
monarchy.
In the past couple of decades, the Venezuelan government has limited the freedom of the press, the freedom of the assembly, and has imposed many restrictions on its citizens’ ability to move freely in and out of the country. This is an example of a country moving toward
a monarchy.
a republic.
a popular uprising.
an autocracy.
In 1993, NAFTA, the North America Free Trade Agreement was signed by the US, Canada, and Mexico. This treaty was renegotiated by the Trump administration and named
the NATO.
the USMCA.
the European Union.
the United States, Canada, and Mexico Agreement.
