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Unit 3 Vocabulary: The Americas

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is deforestation?

a)

Eating too much vegetables

b)

Going to a forest and pulling weeds

c)

Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale

d)

Clearing the five trees in my backyard

2.

What is it called when one country takes control of another, establishing a settlement in order to control the area and gain riches?

a)

Settlement

b)

Colonization

c)

Rebellion

3.

Which Caribbean country is shown on the map?

Hint: This country had massive debt after it gained independence from France's colonization

a)

Jamaica

b)

Dominican Republic

c)

Haiti

d)

Belize

4.

The conservation of the Amazon Rainforest is very important for our climate.

What does the word conservation mean in this sentence?

a)

To remove

b)

To save or restore

c)

To bring down

d)

To access

5.

The economy was a big factor for the Venezuelan Refugee crisis.

Factor is another word for which of the following?

a)

answer

b)

process

c)

conflict

d)

reason

6.

People who lived in a land from the earliest times or before the arrival of colonists are called _____________ people.

a)

Post-apocalypses

b)

African

c)

Indigenous

d)

Settlers

7.

Debt is when you ____ money.

a)

make

b)

owe

c)

spend

d)

give

8.

The natural home or environment of an animal 

a)

Forest

b)

House

c)

Habitat

d)

Cage

9.

Having a strong effect on something or someone

a)

Impact

b)

Contact

c)

Contribute

d)

Objective

10.

A goal or an idea of the future or desired result

a)

Impact

b)

Contact

c)

Contribute

d)

Objective

11.

Another word for the production of gases

a)

environment

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

oxygen

d)

emissions

12.

a mix of different gases which trap heat in the Earth’s atmospheres

a)

fossil fuels

b)

greenhouse gases

c)

oxygen

d)

carbon dioxide

13.

A rise in overall prices which leads to a decrease in purchasing power by consumers. 

a)

hyper-economy

b)

fixed economy

c)

inflation

d)

economy

14.

To integrate Indigenous children into society, they were sent to boarding schools.

What does the word integrate mean in this sentence?

a)

To separate a group of people

b)

To bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole

c)

To break down a person or peoples

15.

To have equality means to be (a)  

16.

Person who has fled (left) their home country due to feared persecution, conflict, generalized violence, or other reasons that require them to seek protection in another country

a)

Immigrant

b)

Foreigner

c)

Refugee

d)

Indigenous

17.

To absorb, change or integrate into another culture, often resulting in the loss of one's own cultural identity.

a)

Colonization

b)

Revitalization

c)

Preservation

d)

Assimilation

18.

River in South American located in the country of Brazil

a)

Rio Grand River

b)

Nile River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Amazon River

19.

Deforestation is being done at a fast pace in order to build up a city or country's infrastructure.

What is the word infrastructure referring to in this sentence?

a)

all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.


b)

the variety of animals, plants, fungi, and even microorganisms like bacteria that make up our natural world

c)

physical structures such as roads, power lines, or buildings.

d)

an area of land that has common features such as culture, religion or language.

20.

A complete and smoothly functioning government or political system

a)

Political Stability

b)

Mixed Policies

c)

Territorial Disputes

d)

Natural disasters