Question 1

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 
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 2

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

Question 3

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

Question 4

How much pollution in Mexico City is generated by vehicles?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of a megacity?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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 
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 13

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. 
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 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

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 
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 19

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 
A) llanos of Venezuela 
B) cerrados of Brazil 
C) pampas of Argentina 
D) all of the above 
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 
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

All of the following is true about biofuels,except:

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

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

How much pollution in Mexico City is generated by vehicles?

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.

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

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

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

Which of the following is an example of a megacity?

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

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?

What do structural adjustment programs do?

The Panama Canal joins what two water bodies?

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

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

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

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

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

Which of these regions is mostly covered with grasslands?

What is liberation theology?

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The Russian Federation, central Asia, and the Transcaucasus

Middle East and North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

The United States and Canada

East Asia

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Exam 7: Latin America and the Caribbean

All of the following is true about biofuels,except:

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

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

How much pollution in Mexico City is generated by vehicles?

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.

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

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

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

Which of the following is an example of a megacity?

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

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?

What do structural adjustment programs do?

The Panama Canal joins what two water bodies?

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

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

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

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

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

Which of these regions is mostly covered with grasslands?

What is liberation theology?

World Regions in Global Context

Europe

The Russian Federation, central Asia, and the Transcaucasus

Middle East and North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

The United States and Canada

East Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Oceania

Filters

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.

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

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