World Geography Test 3

"Littoral States" are countries that have major population concentrations near the _____

Coast

Until the 1980's dictators, sometimes called _____ ruled much of Latin America

Communists

T or F: The largest island in the Greater Antilles is Cuba.

TRUE

High Andean plateau

Altiplano

Which physical region of South America has the world's largest concentration of tropical rain forest?

Amazon Lowland

The Nauhuatel, Quechua, Aymara, and Mayan languages are all members of _____ language family.

Amerind

The _____ is a high plateau, populated by Quechua and Aymara Indians.

Andes Altiplano

Africans and African Mestizos are a significant ethnic group in Brazil, Northern South America and _____

Argentina

An example of a "mono crop" would be ____ in Central America

Bananas

Sao Paulo is the largest city in _____

Brazil

Volta Redonda

Brazilian Manufacturing Area

The popular drink of Paraguay, now used in U.S. energy drinks, is called _____

Caffeine

Copper is a particularly important natural resource in this South American country.

Chile

Chile

Copper, wine, and high living standards

_____ is the only communist country in Middle America

Cuba

Lesser Antilles

Eco Tourism

The "Andean West" countries of South America consist of Bolivia, ____, and _____.

Ecuador and Peru

Many immigrants to Argentina and other "Southern Cone" countries came from ____

Europe

Mestizos are usually people of mixed ____ or African and _____ ethnicity.

European and Native Indians

T or F: Brazil's primary language is Spanish

FALSE

T or F: Latifundia were large estates worked by sharecroppers

FALSE

T or F: Native Indian are generally the most prosperous people in most Latin American societies.

FALSE

The city of Brasilia is a good example of a ____

Forward Capital

Brasilia

Forward Capital, with outstanding architecture

_____ Guiana is the last European colony left in South America, from where the ESA launches its rockets.

French

Creole is a mixture of ____ & ____.

French and African

Paraguay is the only officially bi-lingual country in South American, speaking Spanish and ____ a native Indian language

Guarani

______ is the wealthiest region of South America, in terms of living standards.

The Southern Cone

The massive shift of population from rural to urban areas in Latin America is sometimes called

The Urban Revolution

The ______ are highly volcanic, with many dangerous active volcanoes.

Lesser Antiles

Andes

Longest and second highest mountain range on Earth

_____ are foreign-owned manufacturing industries in Northern Mexico

Maquiladoras

Person of mixed ethnicity

Mestizo

_____ is the largest, wealthiest, and most powerful country in Middle America.

Mexico

Argentina's wheat growing region

Pampas

Alberto Fujimori, an Asian Mestizo in ethnicity, was once president of ______

Paraguay

The country of _____ is famous for its military exploits, and its Guarani Indian people.

Paraguay

This country is a major supplier of oil to the United States:

Paraguay

The Primary language of Brazil is a modified form of

Portuguese

What is the term for a city that contains all the most important functions of a country?

Primate City

The "Dirty War"

Southern Cone, Tupamaros, "Disappearances"

T or F: Central America is often considered to be a "Shatter Belt"

TRUE

T or F: Central American mono crop areas were sometimes called "Banana Repiblics"

TRUE

T or F: Sao Paula/Rio is the largest urban area in South America

TRUE

T or F: The ITCZ is a major factor in Latin American climate

TRUE

T or F: The country of Colombia is the closest U>S. ally in South America

TRUE

T or F: The economy of Southern Mexico is becoming more prosperous, while Northern Mexico lags behind

TRUE

Hugo Chavez was the controversial president of ______

Venezuela

_____ is a major oil producer in South America: it's government is currently anti American.

Venezuela

The Southern Plains/Pampas produce large crops of _____.

Wheat

Guyana, Suriname

Windward and Leeward Islands

The majority of South America's population is concentrated ______

Within 200 miles of the coast

Most Latin American countries are in stage ____ of the demographic transition

Three