North America & the Caribbean Review

How were patterns of trade affected after the opening of the Panama Canal?

• Trading ships have a shorter route

• Trading ships can offload cargo quickly in modern ports. 

• Trading ships are able to sail faster through poor weather. 

• Trading ships could travel more easily around South America

Multiculturalism can be a benefit to the cohesion of a society in all of the following EXCEPT 

• Different foods and tastes 

• different forms of entertainment

• different languages

• different music and literature

What year did the United States give back the Panama Canal to its home country?

• 1930

• 1950

• 1989

• 2000

Which of the following is a group that came to America against their will, but have assimilated and become an important part of the cultural landscape?

• Hispanic

• Asian

• African

• Arab

What oceans are connected by the Panama Canal?

• Atlantic & Mediterranean

• Pacific & Indian

• Black and Red

• Atlantic and Pacific

What created most of the islands in the Caribbean?

• Volcanos

• Tectonic Divergence

• The collision of tectonic plates

• The receding of the oceans

Central America and the Caribbean are in what climate zone?

• Tropical

• Mid Lattitude

• Subtropical

• Highland

Which of the following was NOT a negative result of interaction between Colonizers and Natives?

• Harsh treatment from enslavement

• Starvation

• New foods

• Death from Diseases

The Columbian Exchange involved the exchange of plants, animals and diseases between all the following areas except (please select all that are correct)

• Americas

• Africa

• Australia

• Europe

The Columbian exchange is an example of

• cultural assimilation

• Cultural convergence

• Cultural exchange

• Cultural diffusion