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Latin America Final Review

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What Central American country is circled on the map?
a)
Cuba
b)
Haiti
c)
Panama
d)
Bolivia
2.
What physical feature is highlighted on the map?
a)
Sierra Madre Mountains
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Amazon River
d)
Panama Canal
3.
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
4.
What physical feature is located in the country highlighted on the map?
a)
Amazon River
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Caribbean Sea
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
__________________ is Cuba's number 1 natural resource.
a)
gold
b)
oil
c)
diamonds
d)
sugar cane
9.
Which two European nations have had the biggest impact on the language and culture of Latin America?
a)
Portugal and France
b)
Spain and Portugal
c)
France and Spain
d)
England and France
10.
Most, over 90%, of the population of Latin America belong to which of the following religions?
a)
Catholic
b)
Judaism
c)
Islam
d)
Shintoism
11.
What is the one country in Latin America whose language was influence by Portuguese?
a)
Brazil
b)
Mexico
c)
Haiti
d)
Cuba
12.
How does literacy rate affect the standard of living in Latin America?
a)
Literacy rate does not affect the standard of living.
b)
High literacy rates lead to a low standard of living.
c)
A literacy rate helps the people to become bilingual.
d)
An increase in literacy rates can lead to a higher standard of living.
13.
Which of these is the BEST definition of "literacy rate"?
a)
the percentage of people who are able to read and write as compared to those who cannot
b)
the measure of a country's reading level compared to that of other countries
c)
Frenchthe ability to speak one or more languages fluently
d)
the ability to read and write at an appropriate and functional level
14.
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
15.

What country is pictured here?

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Chile

d)

Bolivia

16.

What physical feature is pictured here?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Caribbean Sea

d)

Panama Canal

17.

What physical feature is pictured here?

a)

Amazon Rainforest

b)

Amazon River

c)

Atacama Desert

d)

Andes Mountains

18.

What physical feature is pictured here?

a)

Amazon Rainforest

b)

Amazon River

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Caribbean Sea

19.

What country is pictured here?

a)

Cuba

b)

Mexico

c)

Panama

d)

Colombia

20.

What country is pictured here?

a)

Cuba

b)

Haiti

c)

Colombia

d)

Venezuela

21.

What country is pictured here?

a)

Cuba

b)

Venezuela

c)

Brazil

d)

Colombia

22.

What country is pictured here?

a)

Argentina

b)

Chile

c)

Bolivia

d)

Brazi

23.

What physical feature is being pictured here?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Caribbean Sea

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Pacific Ocean

24.

What physical feature is pictured here?

a)

Caribbean Sea

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Panama Canal

25.

What physical feature is pictured here?

a)

Caribbean Sea

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Amazon River

26.
Which of the following is NOT a long term effect of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
New crops introduced
b)
Majority of Latin Americans are Catholic
c)
Majority of people in Europe speak Spanish
d)
New animals introduced
27.
This animal changed the way people in America lived more than any other animal. 
a)
The pig
b)
The chicken
c)
The guinea pig
d)
The horse
28.
What is the exchange of goods, plants, ideas and animals from, the New World to the Old World known as?
a)
The Middle passage
b)
Triangular trade
c)
The Colombian exchange
d)
The Independence fight
29.
Why did the population of Native Americans decrease after Europeans came to the New World?  
a)
They survived the diseases
b)
They moved to Europe
c)
The population grew
d)
They died from diseases
30.

The natives in Latin America died from warfare and diseases, so the Europeans had to go to ___________________ to find a cheap labor source.

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

31.

Which of the following would make the BEST title for the list?

Limiting Free Speech

Education for all Citizens

Nationalizing private commerce and industry

Seizing American businesses and agricultural

land within Cuba

a)

Communist Goals of the Cold War

b)

Economic Strategies of Batista

c)

Early Laws Under Fidel Castro

d)

Legacy of Fulgencio Batista

32.

What almost caused a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union?

a)

Kennedy did not like the leader of the Soviet Union.

b)

The Soviet Union wanted to prove their alliance to Cuba.

c)

Castro allowed the Soviet Union to build a nuclear missile launch complex in Cuba.

d)

The United States wanted the sugar cane crop that the Soviet Union was buying from Cuba.

33.

What is the BEST reason why the Hispanic or Latino population is greater in certain areas of the United States?

a)

It is safer to live in these regions of the U.S.

b)

It is easier to cross the border in these regions.

c)

The climate of these regions are closer to those in Latin America.

d)

The economics of these regions are closer to those in Latin America.

34.

Based on the chart, which statement BEST describes the high migration level from Central America to the United States?

a)

Many Central Americans are migrating to the U.S. for better jobs and economic opportunity.

b)

Many Central Americans are migrating to the U.S. to train with local law enforcement.

c)

Many Central Americans are migrating to the U.S. to help support family already living in the U.S.

d)

Many Central Americans are migrating to escape the violence that exists in their home countries.

35.

Cuba is a ______________ country.

a)

Communist

b)

Republican

c)

Monarchy

36.

A BICAMERAL legisture has ____ houses or chambers.

a)

3

b)

1

c)

2

d)

0

37.

How might the form of government affect the role of the citizen in Cuba?

a)

Cuba has a dictatorship, which limits the voting rights of the citizens.

b)

Cuba has a dictatorship, which allows for greater voting rights of the citizens.

c)

Cuba has a federal-republican system, which limits the voting rights of the citizens.

d)

Cuba has a federal-republican system, which allows for greater voting rights of the citizens.

38.

-- Federal system

-- President is elected to a 6 year term

-- Senate and Chamber of Deputies is bicameral legislature

-- Presidential democracy

a)

Cuba

b)

Mexico

c)

Colombia

d)

Haiti

39.

Which country allows citizens to vote but only allows one political party (Communist Pary) to run for office?

a)

Mexico

b)

Cuba

c)

Brazil

d)

Turkey

40.

-- Federal system

-- Voting is REQUIRED by citizens aged 18-70

-- Presidential democracy

-- National Congress and Chamber deputies is bicameral legislature

-- President is elected to a single 4-year term (two term limit)

What Latin American country is being described here?

a)

Brazil

b)

Cuba

c)

India

d)

Germany

41.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Cuba's government structure?

a)

autocracy

b)

dictatorship

c)

presidential democracy

d)

citizens have very little personal freedoms

42.

-- Unitary style of government with one central government

-- Autocratic Dictatorship

-- 16 and over may vote but may only choose Communist

-- National Assembly of People's Power is unicameral legislature


What country is being described here?

a)

India

b)

Mexico

c)

Brazil

d)

Cuba

43.

Which number on the map above shows where land was modified in 1914 to shorten the ships' journey from one continent to another?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

44.

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

a)

It sets quota on the number of items member countries can trade.

b)

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

c)

It reduces trade barriers and increases trade between member countries.

d)

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

45.

One way that Mexico's government is different from the United States' government is that ______.

a)

the president is the chief executive

b)

the legislature is called the Congress

c)

citizens 18 years old and over may vote

d)

president can only serve one six-year term

46.

Which statement about political parties is true about Cuba?

a)

There are many political parties

b)

There is only one legal political party

c)

The leader of a political party cannot be president

d)

Those running for office may not be in the Communist

47.

Which pair of countries has governments that are most similar?

a)

Brazil and Cuba

b)

Mexico and Cuba

c)

Brazil and Mexico

d)

Cuba and the United States

48.

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 because they have so few resources.

b)

should import fewer products because they have so few resources

c)

needs to import more products because they do not have all the resources they need

d)

does not import or export

49.

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

a)

demand

b)

quota

c)

supply

d)

tariff

50.

The economic system of communist countries is most closely related to which of the following:

a)

command economy

b)

market economy

c)

traditional economy

d)

mixed economy

51.

What three economic questions are asked when studying the similarities of traditional, command, market and mixed economies among nations of the world?

a)

What to produce, why to produce, when to produce?

b)

What is your opportunity cost, what economic resources are needed, why should these resources be used?

c)

What to produce, how to produce, for whom to produce?

d)

What is your opportunity cost, why are economic resources needed, when should these resources be used?

52.

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

53.

Economic decisions based customs and beliefs are found in a ______.

a)

market economy

b)

free enterprise system

c)

traditional economy

d)

command economy

54.

In a command economy, economic decisions are made by the ____.

a)

consumers

b)

market

c)

government

d)

producers

55.

Investing in new technology or tools

a)

Human Capital

b)

Capital Goods

c)

Entrepreneur

d)

Natural Resource

56.

Investing in training your workers or citizens

a)

Human Capital

b)

Capital Goods

c)

natural resource

d)

entreprenuers

57.

Which country is more economically free?

a)

Cuba

b)

Mexico

58.

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jay-z

a)

Natural Resource

b)

Human Capital

c)

Capital Goods

d)

Entrepreneur

59.

Investing in human capital and capital goods will lower a country's GDP

a)

True

b)

False

60.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three questions asked when determining a country's economic system?

a)

What goods/service are produced?

b)

Where are goods/services produced?

c)

How are goods/services produced?

d)

For whom are goods/services produced?

61.

How do people in a traditional economy usually exchange goods?

a)

By selling them for money

b)

By using credit/debit cards

c)

By bartering

d)

By writing checks

62.

When a country focuses on being really good at producing one thing, it's an example of __________

a)

scarcity

b)

specialization

c)

interdependence

63.

What is the purpose of a tariff?

a)

to decrease price of imported goods

b)

to increase the price of imported goods

c)

to increase the price of exported goods

d)

to decrease the price of exported goods

64.

What is a quota?

a)

limit placed on the quantity of imported goods

b)

tax on imported goods

c)

refusal to trade with another country

65.

What is an embargo?

a)

limit placed on the quantity of imported goods

b)

tax on imported goods

c)

refusal to trade with another country

66.

Why is it important for countries to have a system for exchanging currencies from different countries?

a)

Makes the dollar more valuable

b)

Allows banks to deal in different currencies

c)

Makes products costs less

d)

Makes it possible to buy and sell goods in different countries

67.

What problems can arise if a country doesn't invest in human capital?

a)

No money to pay workers

b)

Workers learn the skills their need on their own

c)

Businesses will not pay taxes to get good schools

d)

Uneducated, unskilled, and unhealthy workers are less productive

68.

What is GDP?

a)

a portion of the goods/services produced in a country for a year

b)

total number of imports/exports in a country for a year

c)

total value of goods/services produced in a country for a year

69.

What's the correlation between a country's literacy rate and their GDP?

a)

The higher a country's literacy rate, the lower its GDP.

b)

The higher a country's literacy rate, the higher its GDP.

c)

A country's literacy rate and GDP have no effect on one another.

70.

Factors that influence economic growth that can help raise the GDP are human capital, capital goods, natural resources, and entrepreneurship.

a)

True

b)

False

71.

Because country's currency is worth different amounts than others, countries must rely on

a)

Trade Barriers

b)

NAFTA

c)

Exchange Rates

d)

Embargos

72.

The U.S refuses to trade with Cuba because they are communist. This is an example of which trade barrier?

a)

Tariff

b)

Quota

c)

Embargo

d)

Free Trade

73.

Japanese fisherman limit the amount of fish imported from China, to encourage domestic purchasing of Japanese fish. This is an example of which trade barrier?

a)

Tariff

b)

Embargo

c)

Quota

d)

Free Trade

74.

When a country only produces those items that it can make the fastest, best, and most cost effective this is known as

a)

Trade Barriers

b)

Quotas

c)

Specialization

d)

Opportunity