World Regional Geography Exam 3
To which country did Panama belong before its 1903 United States-supported revolution achieved independence?
Colombia
__________ has had a major problem with rebel groups like the FARC and ELN funded by the cocaine drug trade.
Columbia
Central America's oldest democratic republic does not currently have a standing army.
Costa Rica
Which of the following is not a major cause of tropical deforestation in Central America?
Costa Rica's large-scale paper and pulp industry
Of the following, which country does not have coastlines in both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean?
El Salvador
Mestizos are persons who are of mixed __________ heritage.
European and Amerindian
After the revolution led by Castro, Cuba became partners with the United States.
False
New England relied on the export of cash crops for its early economy.
False
Only 3 percent of the population of Middle and South America is poor and lacks access to land, adequate food, shelter, water and sanitation, and basic education; stories in the media propagate myths about push factors in order to bolster support of U.S. immigration laws.
False
South American is located in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres.
False
The Amazon River is located in Chile, South America.
False
The Panama Canal is located at the mouth of the Amazon River to provide greater access from Brazil to shipping corridors of the Atlantic Ocean.
False
The two primary European countries that colonized South America were Great Britain and Germany.
False
There are volcanoes in the Caribbean region.
False
This country was formerly France's richest colony in the Caribbean, but is now one of the poorest countries in the world.
Haiti
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Mayan languages are still used in parts of Mexico today.
Middle America's largest country today in terms of both population and geography is _________.
Mexico
Which Middle American country once had control of a large geographic area in the United States?
Mexico
Which of the following South American countries are landlocked? **Select all that apply**
Paraguay Bolivia
Which of the following is a territory of the United States?
Puerto Rico
Which of the following cities is NOT the capitol of its country?
Rio de Janeiro
The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 stipulated that a north-south boundary was to be drawn separating the South American territories of __________.
Spain and Portugal
Which of the following is not a reason that has led to underdevelopment in Middle and South America?
Sustainable development of urban construction
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
The Mayan civilization arose in the highland areas of Mexico.
Which of the following colonial associations is incorrect?
Trinidad and Tobago - United States
Canada is the largest supplier of oil to the United States.
True
Inuit populations in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic were diminished due to diseases brought by trappers and missionaries.
True
Per capita, North Americans contribute the largest amounts of greenhouse gases.
True
Prior to recent immigration laws, people traveled easily between Tijuana and California.
True
Women in North America mostly entered the workforce during WWII and now represent over half of the working population.
True
A maquiladora is:
a foreign-owned factory in northern Mexico that assembles duty-free goods
The Caribbean Islands are territories of which of the following countries? **Select all that apply**
the Netherlands United States United Kingdom France
In 1982, Argentina fought a war with the United Kingdom over ___________.
the Falkland Islands
Which countries are located in South America and border the Pacific Ocean? **Select all that apply**
Chile Columbia Ecuador Peru
Which mountain range is located along the western side of South America?
Andes
Mexico City is built on the ruins of what ancient civilization?
Aztecs
Which Middle American and South American countries were not settled by the Spanish?
Belize Guyana Suriname
Which South American country participated in the African slave trade?
Brazil
A growth pole is:
a location where a set of activities, given a start, will grow, setting off ripples of development in a surrounding area
Central America, as defined by geographers, is:
a region within Middle America lying between Mexico and Colombia
In the Latin American city model, the elite residential sector contains the:
commercial/industrial spine
Which of the following crops were major exports of plantations located in Georgia, Virginia, North and South Carolina?
cotton tobacco
The slums of South America's large cities are known as:
favelas or barrios
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n):
isthmus (isthmian)
Which region of the early United States was the economic core?
mid-Atlantic region
The part of South America where the dominant ethnic group is European, but not Spanish, is __________.
northeastern coast
The dominant economic activity in Venezuala's Lake Maracaibo Lowland is ____________:
oil production
An altiplano is a(n):
plain high in the Andes
An industry whose success is a mixed blessing for the Caribbean region is:
tourism
