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WorksheetsLatin America Final Review
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 12mins
What country is pictured here?
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Bolivia
What physical feature is pictured here?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
What physical feature is pictured here?
Amazon Rainforest
Amazon River
Atacama Desert
Andes Mountains
What physical feature is pictured here?
Amazon Rainforest
Amazon River
Panama Canal
Caribbean Sea
What country is pictured here?
Cuba
Mexico
Panama
Colombia
What country is pictured here?
Cuba
Haiti
Colombia
Venezuela
What country is pictured here?
Cuba
Venezuela
Brazil
Colombia
What country is pictured here?
Argentina
Chile
Bolivia
Brazi
What physical feature is being pictured here?
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
Pacific Ocean
What physical feature is pictured here?
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
What physical feature is pictured here?
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River
The natives in Latin America died from warfare and diseases, so the Europeans had to go to ___________________ to find a cheap labor source.
Europe
Asia
Australia
Africa
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
Communist Goals of the Cold War
Economic Strategies of Batista
Early Laws Under Fidel Castro
Legacy of Fulgencio Batista
What almost caused a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Kennedy did not like the leader of the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union wanted to prove their alliance to Cuba.
Castro allowed the Soviet Union to build a nuclear missile launch complex in Cuba.
The United States wanted the sugar cane crop that the Soviet Union was buying from Cuba.
What is the BEST reason why the Hispanic or Latino population is greater in certain areas of the United States?
It is safer to live in these regions of the U.S.
It is easier to cross the border in these regions.
The climate of these regions are closer to those in Latin America.
The economics of these regions are closer to those in Latin America.
Based on the chart, which statement BEST describes the high migration level from Central America to the United States?
Many Central Americans are migrating to the U.S. for better jobs and economic opportunity.
Many Central Americans are migrating to the U.S. to train with local law enforcement.
Many Central Americans are migrating to the U.S. to help support family already living in the U.S.
Many Central Americans are migrating to escape the violence that exists in their home countries.
Cuba is a ______________ country.
Communist
Republican
Monarchy
A BICAMERAL legisture has ____ houses or chambers.
3
1
2
0
How might the form of government affect the role of the citizen in Cuba?
Cuba has a dictatorship, which limits the voting rights of the citizens.
Cuba has a dictatorship, which allows for greater voting rights of the citizens.
Cuba has a federal-republican system, which limits the voting rights of the citizens.
Cuba has a federal-republican system, which allows for greater voting rights of the citizens.
-- Federal system
-- President is elected to a 6 year term
-- Senate and Chamber of Deputies is bicameral legislature
-- Presidential democracy
Cuba
Mexico
Colombia
Haiti
Which country allows citizens to vote but only allows one political party (Communist Pary) to run for office?
Mexico
Cuba
Brazil
Turkey
-- 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?
Brazil
Cuba
India
Germany
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Cuba's government structure?
autocracy
dictatorship
presidential democracy
citizens have very little personal freedoms
-- 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?
India
Mexico
Brazil
Cuba
Which number on the map above shows where land was modified in 1914 to shorten the ships' journey from one continent to another?
1
2
3
4
Which best describes how the North American Free Trade Agreement (Now USMCA) encourages trade between member countries?
It sets quota on the number of items member countries can trade.
It puts tariffs in place to slow trade with member countries.
It reduces trade barriers and increases trade between member countries.
It allows member countries to decide what other countries can trade.
One way that Mexico's government is different from the United States' government is that ______.
the president is the chief executive
the legislature is called the Congress
citizens 18 years old and over may vote
president can only serve one six-year term
Which statement about political parties is true about Cuba?
There are many political parties
There is only one legal political party
The leader of a political party cannot be president
Those running for office may not be in the Communist
Which pair of countries has governments that are most similar?
Brazil and Cuba
Mexico and Cuba
Brazil and Mexico
Cuba and the United States
As with any small island country, Cuba has fewer natural resources than countries such as Brazil. This affects their trade in that Cuba ____.
exports a wide variety of products because they have so few resources.
should import fewer products because they have so few resources
needs to import more products because they do not have all the resources they need
does not import or export
The limit on how many items can be imported into a country is the ___.
demand
quota
supply
tariff
The economic system of communist countries is most closely related to which of the following:
command economy
market economy
traditional economy
mixed economy
What three economic questions are asked when studying the similarities of traditional, command, market and mixed economies among nations of the world?
What to produce, why to produce, when to produce?
What is your opportunity cost, what economic resources are needed, why should these resources be used?
What to produce, how to produce, for whom to produce?
What is your opportunity cost, why are economic resources needed, when should these resources be used?
The relationship between literacy rate and standard of living in Latin America is _____.
literacy rate has not effect on the standard of living
the higher the literacy rate the higher the standard of living
the standard of living is independent of literacy rate
low literacy rate creates a higher standard of living
Economic decisions based customs and beliefs are found in a ______.
market economy
free enterprise system
traditional economy
command economy
In a command economy, economic decisions are made by the ____.
consumers
market
government
producers
Investing in new technology or tools
Human Capital
Capital Goods
Entrepreneur
Natural Resource
Investing in training your workers or citizens
Human Capital
Capital Goods
natural resource
entreprenuers
Which country is more economically free?
Cuba
Mexico
Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jay-z
Natural Resource
Human Capital
Capital Goods
Entrepreneur
Investing in human capital and capital goods will lower a country's GDP
True
False
Which of the following is NOT one of the three questions asked when determining a country's economic system?
What goods/service are produced?
Where are goods/services produced?
How are goods/services produced?
For whom are goods/services produced?
How do people in a traditional economy usually exchange goods?
By selling them for money
By using credit/debit cards
By bartering
By writing checks
When a country focuses on being really good at producing one thing, it's an example of __________
scarcity
specialization
interdependence
What is the purpose of a tariff?
to decrease price of imported goods
to increase the price of imported goods
to increase the price of exported goods
to decrease the price of exported goods
What is a quota?
limit placed on the quantity of imported goods
tax on imported goods
refusal to trade with another country
What is an embargo?
limit placed on the quantity of imported goods
tax on imported goods
refusal to trade with another country
Why is it important for countries to have a system for exchanging currencies from different countries?
Makes the dollar more valuable
Allows banks to deal in different currencies
Makes products costs less
Makes it possible to buy and sell goods in different countries
What problems can arise if a country doesn't invest in human capital?
No money to pay workers
Workers learn the skills their need on their own
Businesses will not pay taxes to get good schools
Uneducated, unskilled, and unhealthy workers are less productive
What is GDP?
a portion of the goods/services produced in a country for a year
total number of imports/exports in a country for a year
total value of goods/services produced in a country for a year
What's the correlation between a country's literacy rate and their GDP?
The higher a country's literacy rate, the lower its GDP.
The higher a country's literacy rate, the higher its GDP.
A country's literacy rate and GDP have no effect on one another.
Factors that influence economic growth that can help raise the GDP are human capital, capital goods, natural resources, and entrepreneurship.
True
False
Because country's currency is worth different amounts than others, countries must rely on
Trade Barriers
NAFTA
Exchange Rates
Embargos
The U.S refuses to trade with Cuba because they are communist. This is an example of which trade barrier?
Tariff
Quota
Embargo
Free Trade
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?
Tariff
Embargo
Quota
Free Trade
When a country only produces those items that it can make the fastest, best, and most cost effective this is known as
Trade Barriers
Quotas
Specialization
Opportunity
