Review Sheet for Latin America Post-Test

Review sheet for Latin America Post-Test

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1. / Map #1: Use the map below to answer questions1-5.

1. SS6G1a- On Map #1, which letter correctly labels the Amazon River?
A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
2. / SS6G1a- On Map #1, which letter correctly labels the Panama Canal?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
3. / SS6G1a- On Map #1, which letter correctly labels theCaribbean Sea?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
4. / SS6G1a- On Map #1, which letter correctlylabels the Gulf of Mexico?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
5. / SS6G1a- On Map #1, which letter correctly labels thePacific Ocean?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
6. / Map #2: Use the map below to answer questions 6-8.

6. SS6G1a- Using Map #2, which letter correctly labels the Atacama Desert?
A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
7. / SS6G1a- Using Map #2, which letter correctly labels the Andes Mountains?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
8. / SS6G1a- Using Map #2, which letter correctly labels the Sierra Madre Mountains?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
9. / Map #3: Use the map below to answer questions 9-12.

9.SS6G1b- Using Map #3, which letter correctly labels Bolivia?
A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
10. / SS6G1b- Using Map #3, which letter correctly labels Brazil?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
11. / SS6G1b- Using Map #3, which letter correctly labels Colombia?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
12. / SS6G1b- Using Map #3, which letter correctly labels Cuba?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
13. / Map #4: Use the map below to answer questions 13-16.

13. SS6G1b- Using Map #4, which letter correctly labels Haiti?
A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
14. / SS6G1b- Using Map #4, which letter correctly labels Mexico?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
15. / SS6G1b- Using Map #4, which letter correctly labels Panama?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
16. / SS6G1b- Using Map #5, which letter correctly labels Venezuela?

A. / A
B. / B
C. / C
D. / D
E. / E
17. / SS6G2a-How does geography play a role in Mexico City's air pollution problem?
A. / Factories and cars send pollution such as lead, sulfur dioxide, and carbon monoxide into the air.
B. / The city is built in a bowl-shaped crater of an extinct volcano and the air pollution gets trapped in the valley.
C. / It is one of the world's largest cities.
D. / The city has views of distant snowcapped mountains.
18. / SS6G2a-Why does deforestation in Brazil increase when the value of crops and cattle go up?
A. / 20% of the world’s oxygen is created in the rain forest of the Amazon region.
B. / The value of timber increases.
C. / Poor Brazilians think they can make more money selling cattle and crops.
D. / Laws to protect the rain forest are not enforced.
19. / SS6G2a-Why might the Venezuelan government NOT want to stop oil production in the country, even though it causes a lot of pollution?
A. / Oil spills along the Caribbean Sea damage the environment.
B. / The government gets about half of its money from the oil business.
C. / Production of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels causes breathing problems.
D. / The government does not care about the damage to the environment.
20. / SS6G3a-What is a problem for the farmers in Mexico and Venezuela?
A. / Many areas receive too much rainfall.
B. / There isn't much arable land.
C. / Venezuela is able to buy the food it needs from other countries.
D. / There are few businesses that sell farm equipment.
21. / SS6G3a-Why do most Mexicans and Venezuelans live in urban areas?
A. / There is more arable land in the urban areas.
B. / Venezuela lies north of the equator, meaning it has a hot, tropical climate all year.
C. / Rural areas do not have good climates.
D. / There are more jobs in the factories and businesses of the cities.
22. / SS6G3a-What is one problem with depending on oil exports for most of a country’s income?
A. / Most countries produce the oil they need.
B. / Most countries do not need to purchase oil.
C. / When the price of oil goes up, the country cannot afford to sell oil.
D. / When the price of oil goes down, the country begins to run low on money.
23. / SS6G3b-How does Brazil’s location help it trade with other countries?
A. / Brazil is able to purchase from other countries goods that it cannot make on its own.
B. / The Amazon River allows ships to travel inland to the Andes.
C. / Brazil shares a border with nearly every other South American country.
D. / There are 7 major seaports along the Atlantic coast.
24. / SS6G3b-What has been the major export for Cuba for the past 200 years?
A. / Sugar
B. / Tobacco
C. / Coffee
D. / Fruits
25. / SS6G3b-Which country supported Cuba until 1991?
A. / United States
B. / Canada
C. / Soviet Union
D. / Brazil
26. / SS6G3b-Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. / People in Brazil and Cuba live in urban areas.
B. / Brazil has a much larger population than Cuba.
C. / Cuba is over 700 miles long.
D. / Brazil is about twice the size of Cuba.
27. / SS6G4a- What are the 3 main sources of the cultural groups of Latin America and the Caribbean?
A. / Africans, Mulattoes, Catholics
B. / Africans, Europeans, Native Americans
C. / Mestizoes, Mulattoes, Africans
D. / Native Americans, Portuguese, Europeans
28. / SS6G4b- What are the 2 primary languages of Latin America?
A. / English and French
B. / Spanish and Portuguese
C. / French and Spanish
D. / African and English
29. / SS6G4b- Why does the term Latin America fit as a description for the regions of Central and South America and the Caribbean?
A. / The people in these countries speak Latin.
B. / The countries share similar histories and culture.
C. / The people in these countries speak languages that come from Latin.
D. / The countries share simlar histories and culture, and they mostly speak languages based on Latin.
30. / SS6G4c- Which is often an effect of a high literacy rate?
A. / a lower standard of living
B. / a higher standard of living
C. / a lower illiteracy rate
D. / a higher mortality rate
31. / SS6CG1a-In which form of government does the central government hold the MOST power?
A. / Confederation
B. / Federal
C. / Democracy
D. / Unitary
32. / SS6CG1a- In a confederation, government power lies with___.
A. / a central government
B. / a written constitution
C. / the citizens
D. / the governments of the member countries
33. / SS6CG1a- Which type of government divides power between the central government and smaller units such as staes?
A. / Confederate
B. / Unitary
C. / Federal
D. / Anti-Federal
34. / SS6CG1b- Which form of government puts the power in a single person?
A. / Autocracy
B. / Oligarchy
C. / Monarchy
D. / Democracy
35. / SS6CG1c- How is the president in a presidential democracy like the prime minister in a parliamentary democracy?
A. / They are both in charge of the military and the day-to-day operations of the country.
B. / They are both in charge of the legislature.
C. / Each leader is elected directly by the citizens of the country.
D. / They are nothing alike.
36. / SS6CG2a- What type of government exists in Brazil?
A. / parliamentary democracy
B. / presidential democracy
C. / Totalitarian
D. / communist
37. / SS6CG2a- Which term describes how politcal power is distributed in Brazil?
A. / aristocratic
B. / confederation
C. / unitary
D. / federal
38. / SS6CG2a- What type of government exists in Mexico?
A. / parliamentary democracy
B. / presidential democarcy
C. / monarchy
D. / communist
39. / SS6CG2a- Which term describes how political power is distributed in Mexico?
A. / aristocratic
B. / confederation
C. / unitary
D. / federal
40. / SS6CG2a- What type of government exists in Cuba?
A. / presidential democracy
B. / parliamentary democracy
C. / monarchy
D. / dictatorship
41. / SS6CG2a- Which term describes how power is distributed in Cuba?
A. / aristocratic
B. / confederation
C. / unitary
D. / federal
42. / SS6E1a- In which type of economic system do the consumers help determine what is to be produced by buying or not buying certain goods and services?
A. / market economy
B. / tradition-based economy
C. / free enterprise
D. / command economy
43. / SS6E1b- Because most economies have characteristics of the command economy and the market economy, we say they are ___.
A. / communist
B. / free
C. / hybrid
D. / mixed
44. / SS6E1b- Which statement describes the economy of Cuba?
A. / Cuba has a pure market economy.
B. / Cuba has a pure command economy.
C. / Cuba is mostly a market economy, but the government does control some businesses.
D. / Cuba is mostly a command economy, but the government allows some farmers to sell extra goods after they have met their quota.
45. / SS6E1c- Who decides what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce in Brazil?
A. / government planners
B. / private citizens and corporations
C. / laws and the court system
D. / government planners with input from some private citizens
46. / SS6E2a- Why would a business owner want to use "specialization"?
A. / Factories cannot produce goods as quickly.
B. / Workers do not become experts in their jobs.
C. / A factory can produce more goods in less time forless money.
D. / Businesses cannot sell as many types of goods when they specialize.
47. / SS6E2b- When the government places a limit on the number of goods that can enter a country,it is called a/an ___.
A. / embargo
B. / tariff
C. / quota
D. / capital
48. / SS6E2b- A tax placed on imports isa/an ___.
A. / embargo
B. / quota
C. / tariff
D. / capital
49. / SS6E2c- A main purpose of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) was to ___.
A. / increase trade by creating a large free-trade zone.
B. / create tariffs between Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
C. / decrease the standard of living for some people while raising it for others.
D. / keep people in one country from buying goods from the other two countries.
50. / SS6E2d- What is a problem with exchanging currencies among countries who trade with one another?
A. / Businesses make more money by trading currencies.
B. / Most businesses want to use the American Dollar when trading.
C. / Banks do not like to exchange their money with other currencies.
D. / Its costs businesses more money because banks charge fees for exchanging currencies.
51. / SS6E3a- A country that does not invest in human capital will have problems because ___.
A. / there will be no money to pay its workers
B. / workers will learn on their own the skills they need
C. / businesses will not pay the taxes to pay for good schools
D. / workers who are not educated, skilled, and healthy are less productive
52. / SS6E3b- How does investment in capital by companies help a country increase its GDP?
A. / The GDP of a country goes down when companies make more money.
B. / Companies that invest in capital are able to provide a better place for their workers to work.
C. / Highly trained workers help the company be more profitable by finding ways to help the company work better.
D. / When a company invests in capital, it can produce more goods at a better price and increase the profit that it makes.
53. / SS6E3c- How does having natural resources help the economy of a country?
A. / The country is able to produce all the goods and services that it needs.
B. / Companies can export natural resources without having to create goods to sell.
C. / The country saves money because it does not have to import natural resources needed by the people.
D. / Companies spend more money because they must buy the natural resources needed to create more goods.
54. / SS6E3d- What are entrepreneurs?
A. / businesses owned by the government
B. / businesses that are organized to be successful
C. / people who start their own businesses
D. / people who own farms and businesses that do not want to make a profit
55. / SS6H1a- Which of the following statements is true?
A. / The Aztec civilization ended in 1708 when it was conquered by the Spanish.
B. / The Spanish preserved the Aztec buildings and artwork.
C. / The Spanish destroyed the Aztec's capital city of Tenochtitlan and built Mexico City in its place.
D. / The Spanishcontinued makinghuman sacrifices to the Aztec gods.
56. / SS6H1a- Which of the following statements does NOT describe Cortes?
A. / Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.
B. / Cortes was a mayor in Cuba.
C. / Cortes killed the Incan leader, Montezuma, in order to gain control of the Incan Empire.
D. / When Cortes went into battle, he burned all of his ships so that his men had no choice but to fight or die.
57. / SS6H1a- What did Montezuma do that made him a great leader in the eyes of his people?
A. / started irrigation for farms
B. / expanded the territory of the Aztec
C. / built new pyramids in Tenochtitlan
D. / offered sacrifices to the Aztec gods
58. / SS6H1a- In the late 1500s, the Incan civilization was conquered by Spanish soldiers led by __.
A. / Ferdinand Magellan
B. / Francisco Pizarro
C. / Hernan Cortes
D. / Vasco de Gama
59. / SS6H1a- Who were Pizarro and Atahualpa?
A. / Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who killed Atahualpa, the last Incan ruler.
B. / Atahualpa was a Spanish conquistador who killed Pizarro, the last Incan ruler.
C. / Pizarro led the indigenous people in a revolt against the Spanish.
D. / Atahualpa was a descendant of the sun god and led his people in a revolt against the Spanish.
60. / SS6H1b- What was the Columbian Exchange?
A. / sending food and people from the Old World to the New World
B. / sending animals and plants from the Old World to the New World
C. / the moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases from Central and South America to North America
D. / the moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases from the Old World to the New World and from the New World to the Old World
61. / SS6H1b-Which items identify results of the Columbian Exchange?
1. Coffee and sugar were introduced.
2. Diseases from Europe killed a large part of the population.
3. The horse changed the life and culture of many indigenous people.
4. Indigenious people began plantations to grow sugar cane and coffee.
A. / 1, 2, 4
B. / 1, 2, 3
C. / 1, 3, 4
D. / 2, 3, 4
62. / SS6H2a- What is one effect of slavery that influences Latin America today?
A. / Slavery exists in few Latin American countries.
B. / Many Latin Americans have ancestors from Africa.
C. / Latin America has no people with ancestors from Africa.
D. / The people of Latin America accept slavery as part of their lives.
63. / SS6H2b- Spanish and Portuguese are important in Latin America because ____.
A. / they were official languages
B. / they were the languages of government, business, and power
C. / you had to know these languages to be successful
D. / all of the above
64. / SS6H2b- What is the most common religion of Latin America?
A. / Judaism
B. / Buddhism
C. / Roman Catholic
D. / Muslim
65. / SS6H2c- What event gave the people in Latin America the idea of independence?
A. / Russian Revolution
B. / French and Indian War
C. / American Revolution
D. / World War I
66. / SS6H2c- After a 10-year struggle, Haiti was the first nation in Latin America to gain independence in 1804. How did Haiti win its independence from France?
A. / in a revolution started by Simon Bolivar
B. / when the British defeated Napoleon at Waterloo
C. / in a revolt led by former slave, Toussaint L'Ouverture
D. / as part of the treaty at the end of the French and Indian War
67. / SS6H2c- "The Liberator" who led Venezuela, Columbia, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador in their successful fight for independence from Span was __.
A. / Simon Bolivar
B. / Miguel Hidalgo
C. / Jose de San Martin
D. / Toussaint L'Ouverture
68. / SS6H2c- In the 1800s, __ helped to inspire the people of Mexico to rise up against Spain and eventually gain independence.
A. / Simon Bolivar
B. / Miguel Hidalgo
C. / Jose de San Martin
D. / Toussaint L'Ouverture
69. / SS6H3a- Which statements describe results of the Cuban Revolution?
1. Fidel Castro became dictator of Cuba.
2. Cuba operated as a communist government and took ownership of all farms, factories, and businesses.
3. Cuban newspapers, radio, and TV were shut down.
4. Churches were closed and all church property was taken by the government.
5. The US placed an embargo on Cuban goods.
A. / 1, 2, 4, 5
B. / 2, 3, 4
C. / 1, 2, 3, 5
D. / 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
70. / SS6H3b- The Zapatistas did not like NAFTA because they believed it would ___.
A. / force US factories to move to Mexico
B. / force Mexicans to move to the US
C. / hurt businesses in Canada and the US
D. / cause poor Mexican farmers to go out of business