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Latin America Test Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of pollution does Mexico face?

a)

Water

b)

Soil

c)

Air

2.

In Mexico, you might not be allowed to drive your car everyday

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Emissions in Mexico City come from:

a)

Schools

b)

Cars

c)

Factories

4.

What mountain range in Mexico traps pollutants in the air?

a)

Sierra Madre Mountains

b)

The Andes Mountains

c)

The Rockies

5.

Rainforests are home to:

a)

the largest shoe factory in the world

b)

the largest plant and animal species on the planet

c)

the worlds longest river

6.

How is Brazils governments trying to protect the rainforests?

a)

Setting aside protected areas

b)

Trees are never replanted

c)

Everyone is kicked out of the forest

d)

More trees are cut down

7.

Where is Latin America located?

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Both Hemispheres

8.

Where is Latin America located?

a)

Easten Hemisphere

b)

Western Hemisphere

c)

Both Hemispheres

9.

What is deforestation?

a)

The destrustion or loss of forests

b)

The rebuilding of the forests

c)

The destruction of schools and roads

10.

Which one is NOT a way the Amazon Rainforest is being destroyed?

a)

Cattle Ranching

b)

Slash & Burn Farming

c)

Mining

d)

Smog

11.

What is the Amazon Rainforest sometimes referred to as?

a)

Lungs of the Sun

b)

Lungs of the Earth

c)

The Happiest Place on Earth

12.

What is an environmental threat for Cuba?

a)

Smog

b)

Volcanoes

c)

Hurricanes

13.

Where does 1/3 of the world's coffee come from?

a)

Brazil

b)

United States of America

c)

Canada

d)

France

14.

What is the difference between a Parlimentary and Presidental Democracy?

a)

In a Parlimentary, the leader is a dictatorship. In a Presidental, the Prime Minister is the ruler.

b)

In a Parlimentary the Prime Minister is the leader. In a Presidental, the President is the leader.

c)

In a Parlimentary, the leader is the President. In a Presidental, the Prime Minister is the leader.

15.

Match the government type:

a)

1 person posses unlimited power and citizens have limited role in  government     

1.

Autocracy

b)

Government by the people

2.

Democracy

c)

The leader is the Prime Minister and the citizen do not directly elect their leader

3.

Parlimentary Democracy

16.

Match the following

a)

the power is divided and shared

1.

Federal

b)

the national (central) government holds all the power.

2.

Unitary

c)

The President is the leader and the citizens directly elect their leader.

3.

Presidental Democracy

17.

______ has a presidental democracy where the citizens vote every 4 years.

a)
Brazil
b)

Paris

c)

London

d)

Jamaica

18.

A ________________is when the national (central) government holds all the power. Cuba is an example of this.

a)

Presidental Democracy

b)

Parlimentary

c)

Unitary

d)

Federal

19.

________________ has a federal system where the president only holds the most political power. He or She is elected every 6 years.

a)

Mexico

b)

North Korea

c)

China

d)

Cuba

20.

What is Cuba's Communist Party?

a)

The only legal party in Cuba where candidates run against each other.

b)

The birthday party for the President in Cuba

c)

One of the two political parties in Brazil

21.

Locate Cuba

22.

Locate Mexico

23.

Locate Panama

24.

Locate Colombia

25.

Locate Chile

26.

Locate Brazil

27.

Locate the Sierra Madre Mountain range

28.

Locate the Andes Mountain range

29.

Locate the Panama Canal

30.

Locate the Amazon River

31.

Locate the Amazon Rainforest

32.

Locate the Gulf of Mexico

33.

Locate the Atlantic Ocean

34.

Locate the Pacific Ocean

35.

Locate the Caribbean Sea

36.

North America is in the __________ hemisphere

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

37.

Australia is in the _________ hemisphere

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

38.

Asia is in which 2 hemispheres?

a)

Northern and Eastern

b)

Southern and Western

c)

Northern and Western

39.

North America is in which 2 hemispheres?

a)

Northern and Eastern

b)

Northern and Western

c)

Southern and Eastern