3.2 GEO Quiz (ch 10)

The two main languages in Latin America are _____ and ____.

• Spanish and French

• English and Portuguese

• Spanish and Portuguese

• Portuguese and French

The Panama Canal is a ______

• shortcut to travel across Europe

• shortcut that allows ships to travel between Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

• waterway for only Panama to use for tranporting goods throughout their country

• land bridge between Mexico and South America

Which is not in the Caribbean?

• Jamaica

• Cuba

• Haiti

• Argentina

As the result of hundreds of years of assimilation with Spanish culture, the most common religion in Latin America is...

• Roman Catholicism

• Protestantism

• Islam

• Eastern Orthodox

All of the following describe the Amazon Rainforest EXCEPT

• Rains often

• Diverse animal species

• Variety of plants and vegetation

• Cool, dry winters

A factory in Mexico run by a foreign company and exporting its products to the country of that company is called a...

• Llano

• maquiladora

• Pampa

• Deforestation

Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as

• chinampas farming

• Quechua

• terrace farming

• slash and burn

What country is #10?

• Argentina

• Peru

• Chile

• Brazil

What country is #12?

• Argentina

• Chile

• Peru

• Brazil

A farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field.

• Irrigation

• Terrace farming

• Slash and burn

• Panama Canal