Chapter 3 Geography
13) Middle America's largest country today in terms of both area and population is ___________. a) Mexico b) Dominican Republic c) Cuba d) Nicaragua e) Trinidad
a
16) The poorest states in Mexico are located in _____________. a) the southern part of the country b) the northern part of the country c) the Yucatán peninsula d) Baja California e) the Gulf Coast region
a
18) Central America, as defined by geographers, is ____________: a) a region within Middle America located between Mexico and Colombia b) a region that incorporates all the lands and islands between the United States and South America c) the regional term for the Greater Antilles d) the heartland of Middle America known as Mestizoamerica e) the region covered by Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize
a
2) Which of the following is located in the Greater Antilles? a) Cuba b) Nicaragua c) the Bahamas d) Honduras e) Mexico
a
32) A person of mixed European-African ancestry is a ____________. a) mulatto b) mestizo c) Eurafroindian d) contra e) maquiladora
a
36) Which of the following Caribbean republics was influenced by French culture? a) Haiti b) Jamaica c) French Antilles d) the Bahamas e) the Dominican Republic
a
6) Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? a) The Mayan civilization arose in the highland areas of Mexico. b) The Aztec civilization was founded after the Maya Civilization. c) The ceremonial center of the Aztec civilization, named Tenochtitlan, was located in the Valley of Mexico. d) Maya languages are still used today in parts of Mexico. e) The Aztecs were conquered by the Spanish.
a
8) The Caribbean Coast of Middle America is __________: a) part of the Rimland b) part of the Heartland c) an area settled by the Dutch d) an area settled by the French e) dominated by haciendas
a
1) A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n) ____________.: a) spine b) isthmus c) archipelago d) bridgeland e) peninsula
b
11) In which zone is coffee grown? a) tierra caliente b) tierra templada c) tierra helada d) tierra fría e) tierra nevada
b
15) Transculturation is most closely associated with the shaping of cultural traits in _______. a) Cuba b) Mexico c) Panama d) Puerto Rico e) Haiti
b
17) A maquiladora is a(n)___________: a) owner of an ejido b) foreign-owned factory in Mexico that assembles duty-free goods c) person of mixed European-Amerindian ancestry d) Mayan plantation e) degree from a Mexican technological university
b
20) Guatemala's mestizo population calls itself the _________. a) tierra calientes b) ladinos c) contras d) Mesoamericanos e) Yucatanese
b
29) A well-known global biodiversity hotspot is located in ________________. a) Nicaragua and Panama b) Costa Rica and Panama c) Jamaica and the Cayman Islands d) El Salvador and Honduras e) Belize and Guatemala
b
3) Which of the following countries is currently most affected by the drug trade? a) Nicaragua b) Mexico c) Guatemala d) Belize e) Jamaica
b
30) As one travels north leaving South America, the first country encountered on the Central American land bridge is ________. a) Costa Rica b) Panama c) El Salvador d) Nicaragua e) Trinidad and Tobago
b
41) The archipelago to the north of Cuba that was formerly a British dependency is called the ____________. a) Florida Keys b) Bahamas c) North Indies d) Bermuda Triangle e) A-B-C Islands
b
42) Guadeloupe is a dependency of _________________. a) Guatemala b) France c) the United Kingdom d) the Netherlands e) the United States
b
9) Mestizos are persons who are of mixed ____________ heritage. a) European and African b) European and Amerindian c) Portuguese and Mexican d) Amerindian and African e) Aztec and Maya
b
22) Which of the following countries was formerly known as British Honduras? a) Honduras b) Jamaica c) Belize d) Haiti e) Nicaragua
c
23) Which of the following is the largest Central American country in terms of population? a) Honduras b) Jamaica c) Guatemala d) El Salvador e) Costa Rica
c
31) The Panama Canal was opened in ________. a) 1531 b) 1825 c) 1914 d) 1925 e) 2000
c
34) The most important crop raised in Cuba before the fall of the Soviet Union was __________. a) maize b) coffee c) sugarcane d) cocaine e) bananas
c
39) Which of the following Caribbean countries possesses major natural gas deposits? a) the Dominican Republic b) Cuba c) Trinidad and Tobago d) Martinique e) Barbados
c
43) A Caribbean island that is home to a large community of South Asians is _______________. a) Hispaniola b) Cuba c) Trinidad d) West India e) Guyana
c
5) Which of the following countries is located within the culture hearth known as Mesoamerica? a) Puerto Rico b) Costa Rica c) Guatemala d) Jamaica e) Panama
c
10) Which of the following does NOT lie in the Euro-Amerindian Mainland? a) Central America from Guatemala to Panama (except the Caribbean coastal zone) b) Mexico c) Costa Rica d) Dominican Republic e) El Salvador
d
12) Which of the following colonial associations is INCORRECT? a) Jamaica—British b) Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao—Dutch c) Martinique—French d) Trinidad and Tobago—United States e) Cuba—Spanish
d
19) Which of the following countries does not have a common border with Guatemala? a) El Salvador b) Honduras c) Belize d) Nicaragua e) Mexico
d
24) Which Central American country does not have a Caribbean coastline? a) Cuba b) Guatemala c) Mexico d) El Salvador e) Panama
d
25) This country fought a civil war from 1980 to 1992 in which 75,000 persons died. The United States supported the government, while Nicaragua supported the Marxist rebels: a) Cuba b) Guatemala c) Nicaragua d) El Salvador e) Grenada
d
27) The capital of Nicaragua, located on the mountainous Pacific side of the country, is: a) Tegucigalpa b) Granada c) Nicaragua City d) Managua e) San José
d
35) An industry whose success is a mixed blessing for the Caribbean region because it often debases local culture is _______________. a) offshore banking b) oil production c) online gambling d) tourism e) illicit drugs
d
38) Which of the following is not an independent country? a) Jamaica b) Haiti c) Aruba d) Puerto Rico e) Dominican Republic
d
7) Which of the following is INCORRECT about the idealized Spanish town in Mesoamerica? a) It was focused on a central plaza. b) It displayed a gridiron layout. c) It was located near good agricultural land. d) It had several rings of suburbs. e) It had a centrally located church.
d
88) Which country is currently a large financial supporter of Cuba? a) Mexico b) Costa Rica c) Panama d) Venezuela e) Brazil
d
14) The current population of Mexico is about ________ million. a) 30 b) 45 c) 60 d) 90 e) 110
e
21) The Central American country that was a British colony until 1981, but where Spanish is in the process of becoming the predominant language, is ______________. a) Jamaica b) Guatemala c) Nicaragua d) Trinidad e) Belize
e
26) Central America's poorest country is ___________. a) Cuba b) Honduras c) Belize d) Costa Rica e) Nicaragua
e
28) Central America's oldest democratic republic, which has had no standing army since 1948, is ________________. a) Panama b) Mexico c) Belize d) Honduras e) Costa Rica
e
33) Which Caribbean island contains more than one state? a) Puerto Rico b) Cuba c) Barbados d) Trinidad e) Hispaniola
e
37) Middle America's largest city is ___________. a) Havana b) Caracas c) Santo Domingo d) Panama City e) Mexico City
e
4) As a group, the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico constitute ___________.: a) Latin America b) the Rimland c) the Hispanic Caribbean d) the West Indies archipelago e) the Greater Antilles
e
40) More than one million Puerto Ricans have migrated to ____________. a) Miami b) Mexico City c) Spain d) Caracas e) New York
e
94) This is the only Mexican state that does NOT share a border with another country: a) Sonora b) Campeche c) Chiapas d) Chihuahua e) Oaxaca
e
44) "Latin" America is a term that refers only to the geographic area constituted by the island and mainland portions of Middle America.
f
47) The large island of Trinidad is located in the Greater Antilles.
f
50) The Aztec civilization developed in a lowland environment.
f
56) The hacienda form of land tenure was dominant in Middle America's Rimland.
f
57) The hacienda of the Mainland is quite similar to the plantation of the Rimland.
f
58) The island of Hispaniola contains both Haiti and Dominica.
f
60) Except for the French Antilles, there is no remaining European dependency in the Caribbean.
f
62) The Yucatán Peninsula protrudes into the Pacific Ocean.
f
63) Mexico's leading oil-producing zone is located along its southern Pacific coast.
f
64) Maquiladoras are large communal farms in northern Mexico near the U.S. border.
f
66) The tierra templada environmental zone is situated at a higher elevation than the tierra fría zone.
f
68) Costa Rica's population is overwhelmingly located in the tierra caliente zone.
f
70) Coastal Nicaragua is part of Middle America's rimland.
f
72) NAFTA is an agreement that includes Nicaragua.
f
73) In the 1980s, Costa Rica was the scene of Central America's most hotly contested civil war.
f
78) The tourism-dominated island-nations of Middle America have become so advanced that poverty is just about unknown.
f
80) A mulatto is a person of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry.
f
81) Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula was part of the Mesoamerican culture hearth that gave rise to the ___ civilization, which reached its height from the fourth to the tenth centuries A.D.
maya
45) Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama are all located on the land bridge portion of the Middle American realm.
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46) A small strip of land connecting two larger landmasses is called an isthmus.
t
48) The Maya and Aztec civilizations were both part of the Mesoamerican culture hearth.
t
49) The Maya civilization developed in a lowland environment.
t
51) The Maya civilization is the only one on the world culture map that arose in a tropical lowland.
t
52) The Spanish, and their need for wood, deforested large areas of Middle America.
t
53) During their period of colonial domination, the Spanish forced much of Mexico's Amerindian population to relocate to urban settlements.
t
54) Middle America contains both a Euro-Amerindian Mainland and a Euro-African Rimland.
t
55) Communally-owned farms in Mexico are called ejidos.
t
59) Cuba has a Spanish heritage, Jamaica is British-influenced, and Haiti's strongest European imprint came from the French.
t
61) Mexico contains over 70 percent of the land area of Middle America (including the islands) and over half of the realm's population.
t
65) Mainland Middle America's tropical location and climates are ameliorated by elevation and its resulting vertical zonation of natural environments.
t
67) Overall, Central America's population exhibits higher densities in its Pacific coastlands than along its Caribbean shore.
t
69) El Salvador's population is quite homogeneous, with about 90 percent being mestizo.
t
71) Costa Rica is Middle America's oldest democracy.
t
74) The longitude of the Panama Canal's Caribbean (Atlantic) outlet is farther west than the longitude of the waterway's Pacific Ocean outlet.
t
75) Due to an agreement reached between the United States and Panama in 1977, there is no longer any U.S. presence in the now-former Canal Zone.
t
76) Over 80 percent of Costa Rica's forests have been decimated.
t
77) The Caribbean islands today constitute the most densely populated portion of the Americas.
t
79) Tourism can be considered an irritant industry by many in the Caribbean Basin.
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