Geography ch 3 (Middle&South America)

What is the name of the U.S. legislation that aims to restrict interaction between Cuba and other foreign states?

Helms-Burton Act

Which statement is TRUE of Buenos Aires, Argentina?

It has elegant landscapes, shopping, and dozens of international banks

What status does Haiti claim relative to the other countries in the Western Hemisphere?

It has the poorest population

The term used to refer to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean is:

Middle America

Which statement is NOT true of agriculture in Central America?

Most agricultural land in the region is controlled by cooperatives of small farmers

The only country in the Southern Cone of South America with a predominantly mestizo population is:

Paraguay

The indigenous Guatemalan woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her efforts to stop the government's violence against the people was:

Rigoberta Menchu

Following the abolition of slavery in the Guianas, indentured servants were brought in from:

South and Southeast Asia

Which physical feature is NOT distinctive of Brazil?

The Altiplano

Which statement is TRUE?

The negative environmental impacts of the region's extractive industries have largely been ignored

Which factor represents a legacy of colonialism in Middle and South America?

The region's dependence on extraction-based activities

Which factor is NOT a large or growing component of the Cuban economy today?

The sex trade

Which statement is TRUE of favelas?

They can become centers of arts, crafts, and music

Which temperature-altitude zone is the highest in elevation?

Tierra helada

T/F Brazil has a very stratified society with the richest 10 percent of the population having 41 times the wealth of the poorest 10 percent.

True

T/F Contested space is the term that describes the multisided conflict over land in the Amazon Basin.

True

T/F In the effort to lessen gross inequalities in Ecuador, President Rafael Correa favors higher taxes on the wealthy and substantial government spending to alleviate social ills.

True

T/F In the last few decades, movement within the Central Andes has generally been from the highlands into the lowlands, where work is more plentiful.

True

T/F Many Middle and South American nations imposed heavy tariffs on imports in the 1950s.

True

T/F Most Mexican households receiving remittances are located in relatively better-off Mexican states.

True

T/F The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 resulted in the division of Middle and South America between Spain and Portugal.

True

Which religion is NOT based on an African belief system?

Zulu

It is likely that Bolivia has half the world's supply of:

lithium

Mexican factory workers earned about U.S. _____ in 2016.

$17 per day

Which type of housing BEST characterizes the spatial arrangement of domestic life for many people living in Middle and South America?

Compounds of several houses surrounded by walls

Which statement is NOT true of settlement patterns in the Central Andes?

Costal lands are not very productive agriculturally

A Caribbean nation that does NOT receive at least 60 percent of its gross national product from tourism is:

Cuba

T/F The Mexican government has been quite successful at controlling the drug cartels of Central America.

False

T/F The devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti was a result of a volcanic eruption.

False

The authority of dictators in Middle and South America was NOT based on alliances with:

Farmers trying to work toward sustainability