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WorksheetsMiddle America- Test Review
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 5hrs 30mins
Regional Atlas- page 146 and 147
What is the largest country in this region?
Mexico
Costa Rica
Panama
Cuba
Regional Atlas- page 148 and 149
Which is one of the famous mountain ranges Middle America?
Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Madre Occidental
Alps
Sierra Madre Del Sur
Regional Atlas- page 150 and 151
Cuba has an (a) type of climate.
Lesson Three
A (a) is a Spanish explorer who conquered territory.
Lesson Three
What were Spanish in search of?
Famous people
Gold and riches
Lesson Three
Who helped Cortes recruit thousands of native warriors?
Christopher Columbus
Moctezuma
Malinche
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Lesson Three
Why did Spanish conquistadors go to war with the native peoples of Middle America?
Lesson Three
Many American Indians died due to diseases from Europe. What fraction?
6/10
7/10
8/10
9/10
Lesson Three
Describe the encomienda system.
Lesson Three
Draw out the social classes (hint: American Indians and people of African descent were at the very bottom)
Lesson Three
What cultural changes did the Spanish bring to Mexico and Central America?
Lesson Three
The Colombian Exchange carried (a) , plants, animals, diseases and ideas between the Western and Eastern Hemisphere.
Lesson Three
How did the Colombian Exchange change the lives of people in both hemispheres?
Lesson Five
Who were the first Caribbean people?
The Spanish
The Arawak and Carib
The Americans
The European
Lesson Five
How did the Arawak and the Carib adapt to the environment of the Caribbean islands?
Lesson Five
Which was a rival of Spain?
England
France
Russia
Netherlands and Denmark
Lesson Five
What did they call the trade, which had three legs?
Square Trade
Circle Trade
It had no name
Triangular Trade
Lesson Five
What was the name of the enslaved man who led a revolt in Haiti?
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Christopher Columbus
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre
Lesson Five
What do you call "governments controlled by a single leader"?
(a)
Lesson Five
How did the government of Cuba change after Fidel Castro took power?
Lesson Six
What is the most densely settled area in Mexico?
Northern Section
Sierra Madre mountain ranges
Central Plateua
Southern Section
Lesson Six
What percentage of Mexicans live in cities?
50%
60%
75%
90%
Lesson Six
Where do most people live at in Central America?
The lower, hotter altitudes
Higher altitudes that are lower
Tropical coasts
Lesson Six
What is a diaspora?
The movement of people from their homelands to other places.
having a large population
spread of cultural traits
the arrival of a large number of people.
Lesson Six
Which is a reason that some people leave Mexico and Central America?
poverty
violence
unhappiness with the government
nice weather
Lesson Six
What is the most common language in Mexico?
English
American Indian
Spanish
French
Lesson Six
What is the most popular religion in Mexico and Central America?
Judiasm
Buddhism
Roman Catholic
Christianity
Lesson Six
How does the food of Mexico and Central America show cultural diffusion?
Lesson Seven
Which country, in Central America, has a parliamentary democracy?
Cuba
Mexico
Belize
Costa Rica
Lesson Seven
How is Mexico's government LIKE the United States?
Lesson Seven
Which country, in Central America, has the most stable democracy?
Costa Rica
Honduras
Cuba
El Salvador
Lesson Seven
Where are Mexico's oil and gas deposits located?
south-west
south-east
north-west
north-east
Lesson Seven
Mexico ranks in the top _ largest economies.
(a)
Lesson Seven
What is Mexico's top most important export?
Oil
Tourism
Manufactured goods
Lesson Seven
What fraction of workers in Mexico, work in service industries?
1/3
2/3
3/3
Lesson Seven
What does Panama's economy rely on?
Lesson Seven
What does NAFTA stand for?
North American Free Trade Agreement
North American Fair Trade Agreement
Central America- Dominican Republic- United States Free Trade
Lesson Seven
Which one is a word that describes a challenge to trading?
Tariff- fees charged by a country on imports
Quotas- limits on goods that can come into a country
Embargo- total ban on imports
Lesson Nine
How many active volcanoes does Middle America have?
60
70
80
100
Lesson Nine
What are some of the issues of urban sprawl?
Lack of housing
Lack of water
Sewage issues
Public transportation cannot meet the demands
Lesson Nine
Which country is the poorest?
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Belize
Lesson Nine
What are some of the ways that poverty hurts an economy?
Lesson Nine
Why have countries increased spending on education?
