Unit 3: Latin America Test Review

About half of Guatemala's people descend from ______.

• Portuguese

• ancient Aztecs

• ancient Maya

• Inca

What is considered to be the backbone of Chile's economy?

• mining

• farming

• ranching

• tourism

How many countries make up Central America?

• six

• seven

• eight

• nine

farmhands who raise livestock and can tame wild horses

• gauches

• Haitans

• Columbians

• Duttons

What was the first and largest group to settle Brazil?

• Native Americans

• Asians

• Portuguese

• Africans

Which Andes mountain climate zone begins at 6,000 feet?

• tierra helada

• tierra fria

• tierra templade

• tierra caliente

Gasohol is a mixture of gasoline and _______.

• sugar beets

• Palm oil

• Brazil nuts

• sugarcane

El Nino occurs when the waters off the coast of Peru are

• unusually cold

• unusually warm

• very cold

• very warm

The tropical grasslands that stretch through eastern Columbia and Venezuela are called _____.

• Llanos

• Pampas

• Great Plains

• Patagonia

Hurricanes often strike the Caribbean islands during the months of

• April and May

• October to December

• June to November

• January through March