GWA Latin America Test Part 1

Question 1

1st great Mesoamerican culture

Answer 1

Olmec

Question 2

Capital city was Tenochtitlan

Answer 2

Aztec

Question 3

Capital city was Cuzco

Answer 3

Inca

Question 4

Practiced slash and burn agriculture

Answer 4

Maya

Question 5

Defeated by Cortes

Answer 5

Aztec

Question 6

Defeated by Pizarro

Answer 6

Inca

Question 7

Lived primarily along the Yucatan Peninsula

Answer 7

Maya

Question 8

The first Americans were called

Answer 8

Paleo (Indians)

Question 9

The ____ was a shift from nomadic lifestyle to farming

Answer 9

Mesolithic (Agricultural Revolution)

Question 10

The first Americans crossed a land bridge called

Answer 10

Beringia

Question 11

The Incan civilization flourished among the ____ Mountains

Answer 11

Andes

Question 12

The Mayans used to keep written records

Answer 12

Hieroglyphic

Question 13

The Aztec capital city is the same location of _____ today

Answer 13

Mexico City

Question 14

The Bay of Pigs is located in which Latin American nation?

Answer 14

Cuba

Question 15

What are Peons?

Answer 15

A Spanish-American laborer or unskilled farm worker

Question 16

What type of government exists in Cuba today

Answer 16

Communist

Question 17

Which geographical area includes Jamaica?
Greater Antilles or Lesser Antilles

Answer 17

Greater Antilles

Question 18

South America contains how many independent countries

Answer 18

12

Question 19

The Panama Canal was originally owned and controlled by which nation

Answer 19

U.S

Question 20

What four islands make up the Greater Antilles?

Answer 20

Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola

Question 21

Where is the Ring of Fire in Latin America?

Answer 21

Along the west coast of Latin America

Question 22

Where are the Pampas?

Answer 22

Central Argentina

Question 23

Where are the Sierra Madres?

Answer 23

West and eastern sides of Mexico

Question 24

One of the driest deserts in the world, located in Chile

Answer 24

Atacama

Question 25

Tallest mountain in South America

Answer 25

Aconcagua

Question 26

Former French penal colony, located off the coast of French Guiana

Answer 26

Devil’s Island

Question 27

Highest waterfall in the world, located in Venezuela

Answer 27

Angel Falls

Question 28

Buffer State

Answer 28

Small country located between two large, hostile powers

Question 29

Cartel

Answer 29

A group of independent corporations or other entities that join together to fix prices, rig bids, allocate markets, or conduct other similar illegal activities

Question 30

Coup

Answer 30

A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow the government of a country

Question 31

Landlocked

Answer 31

(especially of a country) almost or entirely surrounded by land; having no coastline or seaport

Question 32

Maize

Answer 32

Corn, one of the principal crops planted by Mexican farmers

Question 33

hacienda

Answer 33

Large plantation in Latin America

Question 34

Embargo

Answer 34

Complete halt to trade

Question 35

Refugee

Answer 35

Person who flees his or her homeland to seek safety somewhere else

Question 36

Monopoly

Answer 36

Complete control over a market or product

Question 37

Privatization

Answer 37

Selling state-owned industries to private investors

Question 38

Commonwealth

Answer 38

An independent country or community, especially a democratic republic

Question 39

Chile is known as the "elongated country" (T/F)

Answer 39

True

Question 40

The Mosquito coast can be found along the eastern shore of Honduras (T/F)

Answer 40

True

Question 41

The Amazon River is the longest and largest river in the world (T/F)

Answer 41

False

Question 42

The Soviet Union supported the Contras in Nicaragua during the 1980’s (T/F)

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Charles Darwin compiled research while stopping in the Galapagos Islands (T/F)

Answer 43

True

Question 44

The Incan civilization flourished among the Andes Mountains (T/F)

Answer 44

True

Question 45

The Pan-American highway starts in Fairbanks, Alaska and ends in Buenos Aires, Argentina (T/F)

Answer 45

True

Question 46

Latin America extends from the Rio Grande River to the Cape of Good Hope (T/F)

Answer 46

False