Multiple Choice Quiz


1	The nationalized corporation that produces and distributes electricity in Brazil is:
		A)	Embraer
		B)	Electrobras
		C)	Maquiladora
		D)	Favela


2	Of the four Southern South American countries, which one is landlocked:
		A)	Argentina
		B)	Chile
		C)	Paraguay
		D)	Uruguay


3	In the 1990s, Latin American governments are changing their approach to the world economy in all the following ways except:
		A)	policies involving government intervention
		B)	policies encouraging foreign investment
		C)	open markets to foreign products
		D)	privatize government corporations


4	Which South American country contains one of the world's driest deserts and one of the stormiest and wettest regions:
		A)	Argentina
		B)	Brazil
		C)	Chile
		D)	Paraguay


5	Central America:
		A)	is made up of five countries
		B)	is relatively wealthy
		C)	has only a few agricultural export products
		D)	possesses political stability and calm ethnic relations


6	Which of the following is true about Mercosur:
		A)	it is a customs union with potential for success
		B)	Mexico is an important member
		C)	it is the largest mercury producing corporation
		D)	it was a colonial alliance against Brazil


7	Despite huge investments, Brazil found itself deep in foreign debt in the late 1980s because of:
		A)	cost of oil imports
		B)	public works projects to develop iron mines and hydroelectricity
		C)	building of Brasilia
		D)	all of the above


8	Which West Indian island is part of the United States:
		A)	Haiti
		B)	Dominican Republic
		C)	Puerto Rico
		D)	Cuba


9	Which region presents one of the broadest arrays of political geography in the world:
		A)	Central America
		B)	the West Indies
		C)	Middle America
		D)	South America


10	Outmigration is a concern for which Latin American region:
		A)	Middle America
		B)	South America
		C)	the West Indies
		D)	Central America


11	Rural landscapes in Latin America include all of the following except:
		A)	highly commercial cultivated landscapes
		B)	the West Indian sugar plantations
		C)	landscapes of subsistence agriculture
		D)	mixed crop landscapes


12	The only country in Central America that has had a long term democratic government is:
		A)	Costa Rica
		B)	Guatemala
		C)	Belize
		D)	El Salvador


13	Which is not an environmental problem in Latin America:
		A)	air and water pollution
		B)	soil erosion
		C)	deforestation
		D)	resource depletion


14	Which two metropolitan areas are the world's largest:
		A)	Sao Paulo and Mexico City
		B)	Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo
		C)	Mexico City and Buenos Aires
		D)	Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro


15	Most Latin American countries need to overcome which of the following problems to have a better future:
		A)	high illiteracy rates
		B)	slow economic growth
		C)	poor infrastructure
		D)	all of the above

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