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Latin America Vocabulary Test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for an invisible line that marks the extent of a state's or nation's territory?

a)

transportation

b)

boundary

c)

colonization

d)

irrigation

2.

What does "per capita" mean?

a)

per country

b)

per city

c)

per person

d)

per continent

3.

What is the national sport in most Latin American countries?

a)

baseball

b)

basketball

c)

futbol (soccer)

d)

cricket

4.

Which style of music developed in Jamaica in the 1960s and is rooted in African, Caribbean, and American music?

a)

jazz

b)

reggae

c)

blues

d)

salsa

5.

What is the purpose of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?

a)

To celebrate the harvest

b)

To honor and remember those who have died

c)

To mark the beginning of spring

d)

To celebrate independence

6.

What is the process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops?

a)

transportation

b)

colonization

c)

irrigation

d)

cultural diffusion

7.

What is terrace farming?

a)

A method of fishing

b)

A farming system in the form of steps going up a mountain

c)

A type of animal husbandry

d)

A form of urban gardening

8.

What is a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership?

a)

capitalism

b)

communism

c)

feudalism

d)

imperialism

9.

What is left after a building, wall, etc., has fallen to pieces?

a)

ruins

b)

debris

c)

foundation

d)

structure

10.

What is the Panama Canal?

a)

A river in South America

b)

A ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama

c)

A mountain range in Central America

d)

A desert in North America

11.

What is cultural diffusion?

a)

The spread of cultural elements from one society to another

b)

The isolation of cultural practices

c)

The destruction of cultural heritage

d)

The creation of new languages

12.

What is a cathedral?

a)

A small chapel

b)

A large and important church

c)

A type of mosque

d)

A religious school

13.

What is Carnival?

a)

A religious fast

b)

A festivity that takes place in many Roman Catholic countries before Lent

c)

A type of dance

d)

A form of meditation

14.

What is the perceived relationship between effort and performance?

a)

expectancy

b)

boundary

c)

transportation

d)

ruins

15.

What is colonization?

a)

The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people

b)

The process of building new cities

c)

The development of new technologies

d)

The creation of new languages