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Latin America Review

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which physical feature is NOT located in the region of Latin America?

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Amazon River

c)

Amazon Basin

d)

Lake Superior

2.

What physical feature extends along the western edge of South America?

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Amazon River

c)

Amazon Basin

d)

Appalachian Mountains

3.
Which best summarizes the Haitian Revolution?
a)
Creole flip sides and declare independence
b)
Leader declares independence without a fight
c)
Slave Revolt
d)
Two leaders join forces to drive out the colonial power
4.
Which leader was considered the "George Washington of South America"?
a)
Toussaint Louverture
b)
Miguel Hidalgo
c)
Simon Bolivar
d)
Jose de San Martin
5.

What is this?

a)

Atacama Desert

b)

Cuba

c)

Cape

d)

Amazon Rainforest

6.

What is this?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Parana River

c)

Nile River

d)

Mississippi River

7.

What is this?

a)

Andes Mtns.

b)

Rocky Mtns.

c)

Sierra Madre Mtns.

d)

Ecuador

8.

What is this?

a)

Amazon Rainforest

b)

Atacama Desert

c)

Angel Falls

d)

Cape Horn

9.

What does the blue line represent?

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Amazon Rainforest

c)

Andes Mtns.

d)

Gulf of Mexico

10.

What is this?

a)

Sierra Madre Mtns.

b)

Your Madre Mtns.

c)

Amazon River

d)

Andes Mtns.

11.

Which body of water is shown here?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Gulf of Guadalupe

12.

Brazilians speak what language?

a)

German

b)

Spanish

c)

English

d)

Portuguese

13.

What language is the most popular in most Latin American countries?

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

English

d)

Creole

14.

Which two countries colonized most of South America?

a)

Spanish and French

b)

Italian and English

c)

Spanish and Portuguese

d)

French and Irish

15.

Mestizos are descendants of what two groups?

a)

European and Natives

b)

African and European

c)

African and Native

d)

Asian and Native

16.

Mulattoes are descendants of what two groups?

a)

Asian and Native

b)

European and Native

c)

African and Native

d)

African and European

17.

Indigenous means what?

a)

Native or original

b)

Foreigner

c)

Immigrants

d)

Descendants of natives

18.

What sport is the most popular in Latin America?

a)

Tennis

b)

Basketball

c)

Football

d)

Soccer

19.

Day of the Dead is mainly celebrated in what country?

a)

Mexico

b)

Haiti

c)

Jamaica

d)

Brazil

20.

The movement of people from rural areas into cities.

a)

urbanization

b)

movement

c)

urban sprawl

d)

tsunami

21.

Deforestation

a)

part of the earth where life exists.

b)

process in which arable land is turned into desert.

c)

the mixing of cultures

d)

loss or destruction of forest: ex. logging & farming

22.

traditional farming method in which all trees and plants in a n area are cut and burned to add nutrients to the soil.

a)

slash and burn farming

b)

step farming

c)

terrace farming

d)

farm cooperative

23.

The major Native American empires in Latin Amerca were...

a)

Cherokee, Maya and Jumano

b)

Maya, Tigua and Cherokee

c)

Inca, Maya and Aztec

d)

Aztec, Comanche and Apache

24.

The exchange of animals, plants, disease and people from the Old World to the New World is called...

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Great Migration

c)

World War I

d)

Manifest Destiny

25.

Which country is landlocked?

a)

Brazil

b)

Peru

c)

Bolivia

d)

Chile

26.

What country has a the physical features of a isthmus and a canal?

a)

Panama

b)

Colombia

c)

Paraguay

d)

Uruguay

27.

What country is marked in orange?

a)

Mexico

b)

Guatemala

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Chile

28.

Definition: The overall level of comfort and well-being of a group of people.

a)

Rural Decline

b)

Spatial Inequality

c)

Standard of Living

d)

Urbanization

29.

Which ancient civilization was in modern day Mexico?

a)

Aztec

b)

Egypt

c)

Greece

d)

Rome

30.

Rome modeled its society and culture after what civilization?

a)

Aztec

b)

Egypt

c)

China

d)

Greece

31.

Cutting into a hillside to make levels for planting/farming is called a what?

a)

Dig

b)

Terrace

c)

Wall

d)

Harvest

32.

Which civilization built these stone heads?

a)

The Aztec

b)

The Mayans

c)

The Inca

d)

The Olmec

33.

What was the name of the capital city of the Aztec Empire?

a)

Quetzacoatl

b)

Tenochtitlan

c)

Oaxaca

d)

El Mirador

34.

What are chinampas?

a)

The main crop that Aztec farmers grew

b)

Deadly Aztec weapons

c)

A title given to Aztec emperors

d)

Artificial fields created by the Aztec

35.

What was the name of the Spanish Conquistador that defeated the Aztecs?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Charles V

d)

Ferdinand Ayala

36.

What did the Incas use to link the various tribes?

a)

the internet

b)

money

c)

roads

d)

cellular phone technology

37.

What city was known as the city of the clouds?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Bolivia

c)

North America

d)

Machu Picchu

38.

Many historians believe that people first came to the Americas by crossing the ________.

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Bering Strait

d)

Rocky Mountains

39.

Which kingdom was the biggest in the Americas, based in the Andes Mountains of Peru?

a)

the Olmec

b)

the Inca

c)

the Maya

d)

the Aztec

40.

The Maya were well known for their -

a)

knowledge of mathematics and astronomy.

b)

many conquests and warlike culture.

c)

part in the Atlantic slave trade.

d)

inability to keep written records.

41.

This principle divides power among different branches of the Gov't.

a)

Republicanism

b)

Popular Soverneignty

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Bill Of Rights

42.

This form of gov't gives the power to the people.

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Socialism

c)

Fascism

d)

Democracy

43.

This form of gov't is run by elected representatives.

a)

Dictatoship

b)

Republic

c)

Judicial

d)

Legislative

44.

form of government where one person has unlimited power

a)

Democracy

b)

Autocracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Oligarchy

45.

Power is held by a single person whose rule is based on birth (born into a royal family of king and queens)

a)

Democracy

b)

Autocracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Oligarchy

46.

Means the rule of few and generally means the people in charge  are rich and powerful

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Socialism

47.

Leaders in this government may be elected, born into their positions or may have a certain amount of money or land which allows them to be part of the ruling group.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Socialism

48.
Which government's source of power rests in a religious text or ruler?
a)
Theocracy 
b)
Democracy
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Anarchy
49.

Cuba has an _____________ government controlled by the ___________party.

a)

autocratic, republican

b)

democratic, communist

c)

autocratic, communist

d)

autocratic, monarchy

50.

In the 1960s most Latin American countries were governed by their military or dictators.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

Which of the following describe the governments of Mexico and Brazil? (Select 3)

a)

Citizens are not allowed to criticize the government

b)

Voting is an important

c)

Citizens can express their opinions freely.

d)

A written constitution protects the rights of citizens.

e)

One leader or political party controls the government

52.

The government system found in Mexico and Brazil?

a)

Presidential Democracy

b)

Autocracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Parliamentary Democracy