Exam 7: Latin America and the Caribbean

How did colonialism restructure the economies of Latin America? What is meant by "import substitution"? How does import substitution differ from neoliberalism and free trade?

Match each country with its capital. -Lima

Which of these was a provision of the Hay/Bunau-Varilla Treaty between Panama and the U.S.?

Which of these was introduced by the Europeans into Latin America after 1492?

Who was the Panamanian leader implicated in drug trafficking?

Which of these is(are) associated with "El Nino?"

Match each country with its capital. -Bogota

When were wild plants and animals domesticated by native Latin Americans?

When did Panama regain control of the Panama Canal?

Marianismo constructs the ideal woman in the image of the Virgin Mary.

What is the name of the Mexican government's oil company?

The "pristine myth" of pre-Columbian Latin America is the idea that native peoples had had little impact on the environment before the Europeans arrived.

Match each country with its capital. -Asuncion

Which of the following is(are) true of liberation theology?

The Amazon basin makes up about 2/3 of this country.

Discuss the historical and geographic impact of sugar.

What factors contributed to the "Demographic Collapse" in Latin America? What effects did this massive mortality rate have on land use? Give at least three other examples of the Columbian Exchange.

Match each country with its capital. -Buenos Aires

Why is Latin America particularly vulnerable to natural hazards? How have climate change and land alterations, such as deforestation, exacerbated these risks?

Which of these is an example of a syncretic religious practice?