Unit 3: Latin America (Physical/Human)

1.

1 point

Copper and nitrate mining are responsible for a concentration of population in which of the following?

southern Chile

northern Ecuador

northern Chile

southern Argentina

2.

1 point

1) Amazon River
2) Andes Mountains
3) dense tropical rain forest

ALL of the above physical characteristics help explain why major South American cities are located-

along coastlines.

closest to the Equator.

within interior sections of the continent.

closest to the Prime Meridian.

3.

1 point

What type of landscape is a cordillera?

jungle

a South American bootmaker

grassland

mountain range

4.

1 point

What type of landscape is an isthmus?

an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas

a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it

underground cave

5.

1 point

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another.

cultural laziness

cultural harmony

cultural diffusion

cultural hearth

6.

1 point

A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward.

cultural harmony

cultural hearth

cultural laziness

cultural diffusion

7.

1 point

is the world's second-longest river winding almost 4,000 miles from Andes mountain ranges to the Atlantic Ocean.

Mississippi

Nile

Tigris

Amazon

8.

1 point

What type of landscape are pampas?

grassy plains

beaches

bays

archipelagos

9.

1 point

All of the following are characteristics of Leftist governments, EXCEPT-

system of checks and balances to limit government power

no individual freedom

imprisonments/executions with no fair trials

no private property rights

10.

1 point

40 miles long.
built by the United States (1904-1914).
One of largest/most difficult construction projects ever.
Enormous positive impact on shipping/trade.

Archway of St. Loius

Transcontinental Railroad

Panama Canal

3 Gorges Dam

11.

1 point

Native to a certain area.

cultural diffusion

indigenous

favelas

megalopolis

12.

1 point

Characteristics:
1) No freedom for people
2) Enemy of the US
3) vast oil wealth
4) uses oil wealth to promote anti-American policies

Which South American country is described above?

Colombia

Azerbaijan

Bolivia

Venezuela

13.

1 point

What type of landscape are llanos?

tundra

plains

mountain ranges

forests