PalladinoGeography 8 - Practice TestChapter 4
Chapter 4: Middle America
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Most Mexicans today are:
a. Mulattosb. Europeansc. Amerindiansd. Ejidose. Mestizos
2. Which of the following is located in the Greater Antilles?
a. Cubab. Nicaraguac. Arubad. Virgin Islandse. Belize
3. The core area of the Aztec state was located in:
a. the lowlands of Guatemala
b. the same place as the core area of the earlier Mayan state
c. the Valley of Mexico
d. the interior of the Yucatan Peninsula
e. the Andean Plateau
4. Transculturation is most closely associated with the shaping of cultural traits in:
a. Panamab. Cubac. Mexicod. Spaine. United States
5. Which of the following islands exhibits a British colonial heritage?
a. Puerto Rico
b. Hispaniola
c. Haiti
d. Jamaica
e. Belize
6. Which of the following Caribbean republics was strongly affected by French culture?
a. Puerto Ricob. Jamaicac. Dominican Republicd. Malvinase. Haiti
7. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. Haiti's population is predominantly black with a small mulatto minority.
b. In the nineteenth century approximately 100,000 Chinese immigrated to Cuba as indentured laborers.
c. Trinidad has a large South Asian minority.
d. In Cuba, Castro made efforts to bring Afro-Cubans into the mainstream.
e. The nativeArawak Indians still dominate the population of the Greater Antilles island of Hispaniola.
8. A person of mixed white-black ancestry is a (an):
a. Mulattob. Mestizoc. Africand. Caribe. Arawak
9. The approximate doubling-time of the population of Mexico has recently been around ______years.
a. 15b. 30c. 50d. 75e. 115
10. Which of the following is not included in the realm defined as Middle America?
a. Panamab. Mexicoc. Jamaicad. Trinidade. Brazil
11. Middle America's largest country today in terms of both areal and population size is:
a. Mexicob. Hispaniolac. Cubad. Trinidade. Panama
12. Which of the following is likeliest to be observed in Middle America's rimland?
a. large haciendas
b. banana plantations
c. Euro-Amerindian cultural milieu
d. a uniformly strong Spanish heritage
e. the major influence of Islam
13. A maquiladora is:
a. the owner of an ejido
b. a foreign owned industrial plant in Mexico that assembles goods for export
c. a person of mixed white-Amerindian ancestry
d. the owner of a hacienda
e. a new miracle crop being introduced in northern Mexico.
14. The most stable, Democratic republic in Central American is:
a. Cubab. Guatemalac. Mexicod. Costa Ricae. Yucatan
15. As one travels north leaving South America, the first country on the Central American isthmus is ______.
a. Costa Ricab. Panamac. El Salvadord. Nicaraguae. Cuba
TRUE or FALSE
16. The large island of Trinidad is located in the Greater Antilles.
a.Trueb.False
17. The Mayan civilization developed in the Lowland area of Mexico and Guatemala.
a.Trueb.False
18. The Spanish, and their extensive use of wood for building and charcoal, began the rapid deforestation of huge areas of Middle America.
a.Trueb.False
19. During their period of colonial domination, the Spanish forced much of Mexico's Amerindian population to relocate to urban settlements (towns and cities).
a.Trueb.False
20. Hispaniola includes Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
a.Trueb.False
21. Most of the islands of Middle America have such abundant mineral and agricultural resources that poverty is just about unknown.
a.Trueb.False
22. Puerto Rico is not an independent country but rather is a commonwealth property of the United States.
a.Trueb.False
23. The Yucatan Peninsula protrudes into the Pacific Ocean.
a.Trueb.False
24. English is replacing Spanish as the primary language of Belize.
a.Trueb.False
25. The Tierra Templada environmental zone is situated at a higher elevation than the Tierra Fria zone.
a.Trueb.False