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1

Which of the following was not part of the Mayan civilization?
A)Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
B)Peten, Guatemala
C)Western Honduras
D)Costa Rica
2

The capital of the Aztec empire was
A)Tegucigalpa.
B)Popocatepetl.
C)Tenochtitlan.
D)Michoacan.
3

The Aztecs thought that the Spanish conquistadors were
A)gods.
B)martians.
C)enemies.
D)kings.
4

The headquarters of the Viceroyalty of Peru was
A)Cuzco.
B)Bogota.
C)Lima-Callao.
D)Caracas.
5

The colonial power responsible for transporting the most African slaves to America were the
A)English.
B)French.
C)Spanish.
D)Portuguese.
6

The material wealth of Europeans tied to the Caribbean islands increased in the 1600s because of increasing production of
A)gold.
B)silver.
C)cotton.
D)sugar.
7

Pedro I declared Brazil's independence from Portugal in
A)1776.
B)1804.
C)1822.
D)1889.
8

The part of Latin America most subject to hurricanes is
A)Brazil.
B)Argentina.
C)Middle America.
D)the Amazon basin.
9

The ________________ Mountains mark the convergence of the South American and Nazca plates.
A)Andes
B)Patagonian
C)Escanaba
D)Orinoco
10

The highest mountain in South America is
A)Chimborazo.
B)Aconcagua.
C)Ixtaccihuatl.
D)Antofagasta.
11

In the altitudinal zonation of the Andes in low-latitude South America, the Spanish name for the lowest zone is
A)tierra templada.
B)tierra fria.
C)tierra helada.
D)tierra caliente.
12

The economic arrangement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada is called the
A)Monroe Doctrine.
B)Treaty of Tordesillas.
C)Kennedy Doctrine.
D)North American Free Trade Agreement.
13

The two Latin American cities responsible for connecting the region with globally connected world systems are
A)Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
B)Cancun and San Juan.
C)Mexico City and Sao Paulo.
D)Buenos Aires and Santiago.
14

Which country is not part of MERCOSUR?
A)Argentina
B)Brazil
C)Chile
D)Paraguay
15

The government-owned rural cooperatives established in Mexico after the revolution in the early 1900s are called
A)fincas.
B)haciendas.
C)frijoles.
D)ejidos.
16

The Aztecs practiced slavery.
A)True
B)False
17

The Portuguese settled Brazil as fast as the Spanish settled areas farther north and west.
A)True
B)False
18

The people of Puerto Rico are United States citizens.
A)True
B)False
19

Independence movements in Latin America were aided by the attention of Europeans to fighting Napoleon.
A)True
B)False
20

After political independence in Latin America, economic independence quickly followed.
A)True
B)False
21

A volcanic eruption caused the evacuation of the island of St. Vincent.
A)True
B)False
22

Brazil is characterized by high, steep mountains.
A)True
B)False
23

The world's largest expanse of tropical rain forest is in the Amazon basin of Brazil.
A)True
B)False
24

An important result of the globalization that resulted from the voyages of Christopher Columbus was the diffusion of American food crops to Europe.
A)True
B)False
25

The main cluster of population in Mexico is in the north, near the U.S. boundary.
A)True
B)False





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