Question 1

How much pollution in Mexico City is generated by vehicles?

Accepted Answer

A)  35%
B)  50%
C)  60%
D)  75%
E)  90%

Question 2

Which of these regions is mostly covered with grasslands?

Accepted Answer

A)  llanos of Venezuela
B)  cerrados of Brazil
C)  pampas of Argentina
D)  all of the above
E)  none of the above

Question 3

All of the following is true about biofuels,except:

Accepted Answer

A)  living matter is fermented for fuel
B)  Brazil is a major exporter of biodiesel
C)  ethanol is made from sugarcane
D)  biofuel drives deforestation
E)  wind power is more sustainable

Question 4

Half the world's silver in the 16th century was produced in mines at Potosi,now located in what country?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chile
B)  Argentina
C)  Uruguay
D)  Colombia
E)  none of the above

Question 5

In 2013,what country held trials for human rights violations under the dictator Rios Montt?

Accepted Answer

A)  Argentina
B)  Guatemala
C)  Brazil
D)  Chile
E)  Bolivia

Question 6

What society constructed terraces to reduce soil erosion and allow irrigation canals to flow?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mayan
B)  Incan
C)  Aztec
D)  Spanish
E)  Portuguese

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of a megacity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brasilia
B)  Mexico City
C)  Havana
D)  San Juan
E)  Quito

Question 8

What do structural adjustment programs do?

Accepted Answer

A)  cut public spending on government services
B)  remove trade barriers
C)  reduce power of unions
D)  all of the above
E)  none of above

Question 9

The Panama Canal joins what two water bodies?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
B)  the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean
C)  the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
D)  the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
E)  The Panama Canal does not join two water bodies.

Question 10

What Indigenous social movement organized land occupation and won titles for 350,000 people in Brazil?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rural Landless Workers Movement (MST) 
B)  Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) 
C)  Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (CONAI) 
D)  Conamaq
E)  Mapuche

Question 11

Which of the following is not true about the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

A)  rats and cats consumed ground-swelling birds
B)  beans,cacao,vanilla were brought to the Americas
C)  corn and cassava were brought to Africa
D)  potatoes were brought to Ireland
E)  Indigenous demographic collapse

Question 12

Which cartels now control most of the drug flow,including cocaine,meth and heroin,to the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Colombian cartels
B)  Cuban cartels
C)  Venezuelan cartels
D)  Nicaraguan cartels
E)  Mexican cartels

Question 13

What Latin American artist(s) painted works known around the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mario Vargas Llosa
B)  Derek Walcott
C)  Frida Kahlo
D)  Diego Rivera
E)  Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

Question 14

The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement made by Pope Alexander VI in 1494 to divide the world between ________ and ________ along a north-south line 1100 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands.

Accepted Answer

A)  Spain;France
B)  Spain;Portugal
C)  Portugal;Great Britain
D)  Portugal;France
E)  France;Great Britain

Question 15

Which Latin American or Caribbean country leads coffee production in the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Colombia
B)  Brazil
C)  Peru
D)  Honduras
E)  Costa Rica

Question 16

What are examples of push factors that have driven people from rural areas to urban?

Accepted Answer

A)  agricultural mechanization
B)  environmental disasters
C)  military repression
D)  agricultural mechanization and environmental disasters
E)  all of the above

Question 17

What is one of the features of Brazil's economic success?

Accepted Answer

A)  government support for science
B)  domestic consumption
C)  natural resources
D)  all of the above
E)  none of the above

Question 18

The most massive migration in Latin America during the 20th century has been a(n) ________ migration.

Accepted Answer

A)  rural to urban
B)  urban to rural
C)  rural to suburban
D)  Caribbean to Europe
E)  Latin America to Europe

Question 19

What term is used to define money that is sent back to Latin America and the Caribbean from people working temporarily or permanently in other countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  braceros
B)  caceros
C)  work fund
D)  remittances
E)  none of the above

Question 20

What is liberation theology?

Accepted Answer

A)  focus on the poor and social movements
B)  emphasis on sobriety,frugality and personal salvation
C)  pride in Argentinian Pope Francis's election in 2013
D)  syncretic religion between Catholicism and Indigenous beliefs
E)  all of the above

Exam 7: Latin America and the Caribbean

The Panama Canal joins what two water bodies?

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Half the world's silver in the 16th century was produced in mines at Potosi,now located in what country?

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Which Latin American or Caribbean country leads coffee production in the world?

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What is liberation theology?

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Which of these regions is mostly covered with grasslands?

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The most massive migration in Latin America during the 20th century has been a(n) ________ migration.

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Which of the following is an example of a megacity?

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How much pollution in Mexico City is generated by vehicles?

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Which of the following is not true about the Columbian Exchange?

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The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement made by Pope Alexander VI in 1494 to divide the world between ________ and ________ along a north-south line 1100 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands.

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What society constructed terraces to reduce soil erosion and allow irrigation canals to flow?

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Which cartels now control most of the drug flow,including cocaine,meth and heroin,to the United States?

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What Latin American artist(s) painted works known around the world?

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All of the following is true about biofuels,except:

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What term is used to define money that is sent back to Latin America and the Caribbean from people working temporarily or permanently in other countries?

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What do structural adjustment programs do?

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What are examples of push factors that have driven people from rural areas to urban?

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In 2013,what country held trials for human rights violations under the dictator Rios Montt?

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What is one of the features of Brazil's economic success?

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What Indigenous social movement organized land occupation and won titles for 350,000 people in Brazil?

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