True or False Quiz


1	Coffee remains Brazil's major export
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	The water resources of Latin America are limited.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	A major source of variety within the human geography of the West Indies stems from the different colonial histories of the countries.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	The population of Southern South America is growing faster than the other regions of Latin America.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	Of the five Northern Andes countries, Columbia has the highest income related to its oil and mineral exports.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	Economic and social differences between Europeans and Indians continue to raise tensions within the Andean countries.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7	The West Indies have had a strategic location.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8	Much of Brazil's economy is controlled by the government.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


9	Mexico's population is highly urban with over 70 percent living in urban areas.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


10	The Amazon Basin is heavily populated by humans.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


11	The Andes Mountains are the world's second highest mountains.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


12	Latin America is regarded as a first world region.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


13	French, Dutch, and British attempts to colonize in Latin America came later and were generally fought off by the Spanish.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


14	Boundary disputes are one of the difficulties contributing to the lack of cooperation in Latin America.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


15	Although Brazil has a conservative Roman Catholic hierarchy, its local priests are more liberal in birth control matters.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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