Finals Geo 2

Question 1

What is a major cause in poverty and unrest in South America?

Answer 1

Inequality inland ownership

Question 2

What country has the highest percentage of people of European ancestry?

Answer 2

Argentine

Question 3

Taking over the government by force is called ____.

Answer 3

Coup

Question 4

What county has the largest Portuguese-speaking population?

Answer 4

Brazil

Question 5

Where did the Spanish conquerors of the incas establish their capital city?

Answer 5

Lima

Question 6

What civilization once covered the area that is now Ecuador in chile, today?

Answer 6

Incan

Question 7

What is La Nińa?

Answer 7

Ocean and weather patterns that happen when the ocean is cooler then normal

Question 8

Where is the driest region in South America?

Answer 8

Atacama Desert

Question 9

Where in South America can you find a Mediterranean climate?

Answer 9

Chile’s Central Valley

Question 10

Where did voodoo originate?

Answer 10

Haiti

Question 11

Why did the indigenous population of Central America decline with the arrival of the Europeans?

Answer 11

European diseases killed a large portion of the population

Question 12

Why is the dominant religion in Central America?

Answer 12

Romain Catholic

Question 13

What Central America country has the highest living standards?

Answer 13

Costa Rica

Question 14

What 2 cities mark the entrance and exit of the Panama Canal?

Answer 14

Colón and Panama City

Question 15

The country introduced the idea of ecotourism to the region?

Answer 15

Costa Rica

Question 16

Why has the damage of hurricanes increased with the increase of population?

Answer 16

Increased clearing of land makes increased erosion during heavy rains.

Question 17

What country has major deposits on bauxite?

Answer 17

Jamaica

Question 18

Why do the low islands of the Caribbean have limited mater resources?

Answer 18

They produce no orographic effects and any rain water quickly winks into limestone

Question 19

What is the dominant climate in Central America and the Caribbean islands?

Answer 19

Tropical wet and dry

Question 20

What is the largest landform in Mexico?

Answer 20

Mexican Plateaus

Question 21

When did Mexico win its independence from Spain?

Answer 21

1821

Question 22

The majority of the Mexican population follows what religion?

Answer 22

Roman Catholic

Question 23

When did the Mexican Revolution take place?

Answer 23

1910-1920

Question 24

What does NAFTA mean?

Answer 24

North American Free Trade Agreement

Question 25

What region of Mexico is the main agriculture central?

Answer 25

Central Mexico

Question 26

____ is the largest industrial city in northern Mexico.

Answer 26

Monterrey

Question 27

Many people in _____ still speak Maya.

Answer 27

The Yucatán Peninsula

Question 28

What region in Mexico contain oil and natural gas?

Answer 28

Gulf lowlands

Question 29

What region in Mexico is the most traditional?

Answer 29

Southern Mexico

Question 30

What is NOT serious environmental concern in South America?

Answer 30

Air pollution

Question 31

Where is the majority of the Inuit population located?

Answer 31

Nunavut

Question 32

What country is the British Columbia's forest products best buyer?

Answer 32

Japan

Question 33

Historically, what are the major natural resources in the Atlantic provinces?

Answer 33

Timber and fish

Question 34

In what area is the chief manufacturing district of Canada located?

Answer 34

Southern Ontario

Question 35

Why is farming hard in the Atlantic provinces?

Answer 35

It's thin Ricky soils and the long cold winters

Question 36

What are the Grand Banks?

Answer 36

A commercial fishing ground

Question 37

What country is Canada's most important trade partner?

Answer 37

United States

Question 38

I. What Provinces are the major agriculturally areas of Canada located?

Answer 38

Ontario and Quebec

Question 39

What region is not an Atlantic province?

Answer 39

British Colombia

Question 40

Where did the French establish their first parliament settlement?

Answer 40

Quebec City

Question 41

What has happened to trade in North America since the signing of NAFTA?

Answer 41

It has increased dramatically

Question 42

What region of the U.S. That is particularly at risk of hurricanes?

Answer 42

Florida

Question 43

There is a serious shortage of what resource in the west?

Answer 43

Water

Question 44

In what region is smog a serious problem?

Answer 44

Southern California

Question 45

Where is the rust belt located?

Answer 45

In the northeast

Question 46

What is the current trend in population movement in the U.S.?

Answer 46

From the northeast to the south and west

Question 47

What is the main religion in the U.S.?

Answer 47

Protestant Christianity

Question 48

What re of government did the U.S. set up?

Answer 48

A federal system

Question 49

Where were most early colonial settlements located?

Answer 49

On natural harbors and navigable rivers

Question 50

The first rat europeans to settle in North America where from _____.

Answer 50

Spain

Question 51

Major deposits of gold and silver are located where in the U.S.?

Answer 51

Nevada

Question 52

From what region does most of Canada's oil and natural gas come from?

Answer 52

Alberta

Question 53

In what biome would you find caribou?

Answer 53

Boreal forest biome

Question 54

What type of vegetation is found in humid areas?

Answer 54

Forests

Question 55

Where are redwoods found?

Answer 55

Northern California

Question 56

The humid continental climate of southeastern Canada is moderated by _____.

Answer 56

Nearness to the great lakes and Atlantic Ocean

Question 57

What is NOT a natural hazard?

Answer 57

Nuclear waste

Question 58

What climate is found is most of the southeastern quarter of the U.S.?

Answer 58

Humid subtropical

Question 59

What is a factor that doesn't effect the climate of the U.S.?

Answer 59

Equatorial latitude location

Question 60

What mountain range is NOT part of the Appalachian?

Answer 60

Brooks range