Exam 3: Middle and South America

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

The mountains of the Caribbean were created when the ____________ Plate thrust under the eastern edge of the Caribbean Plate.

Out of the ruins of the Incan empire, the Spanish created:

Oil revenues make up approximately ___percent of the Ecuadoran government's budget.

What was the name of the Aztec capital captured by Spaniards in 1361?

The largest feature of the South American lowlands is the Amazon Basin.

Which of the following is most likely to cause rural women in Middle and South America to migrate to urban areas?

In the urban areas of Middle/South America, most women tend to be employed as:

Mountains block Pacific rains from reaching the Caribbean side of Middle/South America.

All state-owned corporations in Middle and South America are failures.

In what present-day country had the Aztecs established an extensive and sophisticated civilization at the time of the Europeans' arrival in Middle and South America?

The indigenous population of Mexico were the:

Debts owed to foreign banks or governments and repayable only in foreign currencies are known as ______________ debts.

What is a primary cause of contemporary population growth in the countries of Middle and South America?

Which of the following describes import substitution?

Which of the following describes the typical employment fortunes of male migrants to cities?

In what way did the Catholic Church change in the nineteenth century in Middle and South America?

What was the name of the indigenous empire that made its home in parts of the present-day countries of Colombia, Chile, and Argentina?

What was one impact of the Catholic Church in Middle/South America during the colonial era?

What was accomplished by the enactment of the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1334?