Midterm Review

The longest mountain range in the world is located in South America. What is it?

• Sierra Madre

• The Alps

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Andes Mountains

All of the following are reasons the Amazon Rain Forest is being destroyed EXCEPT

• the logging industry

• cattle ranching

• conservation

• agricultural needs

What is El Nino?

• Unusually warm waters near the equator causing rain

• unusually cool waters near the equator causing droughts

What is the dominant language in South America?

• Portuguese

• French

• Spanish

• English

What is the Columbian Exchange?

• a Latin American dance

• the amount of goods and services produced in a country

• the exchanges of goods, food, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds

• how much each individual citizen makes in one year

Very hot, rains almost daily, lush vegetation, unique species

• Desert

• Humid Subtropical

• Tundra

• Tropical

What type of population pyramid is this?

• Growing

• Shrinking

• Stable

Governments will need to do all of the following to prepare for rapid population growth EXCEPT

• build more homes

• provide more resources

• invite more immigrants to the country to wok

• create more jobs

What problem results from negative population growth?

• Not enough jobs to go around

• Shortage of workers

• Too may people being born

• Overpopulation

All of the following are ways standard of living is measured EXCEPT

• literacy rate

• GDP per capita

• life expectancy

• poverty rates