1) A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n) ____________.: a) spine |
b |
2) Which of the following is located in the Greater Antilles? a) Cuba |
a |
3) Which of the following countries is currently most affected by the drug trade? a) Nicaragua |
b |
4) As a group, the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico constitute ___________.: a) Latin America |
e |
5) Which of the following countries is located within the culture hearth known as Mesoamerica? a) Puerto Rico |
c |
6) Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? a) The Mayan civilization arose in the highland areas of Mexico. |
a |
7) Which of the following is INCORRECT about the idealized Spanish town in Mesoamerica? a) It was focused on a central plaza. |
d |
8) The Caribbean Coast of Middle America is __________: a) part of the Rimland |
a |
9) Mestizos are persons who are of mixed ____________ heritage. a) European and African |
b |
10) Which of the following does NOT lie in the Euro-Amerindian Mainland? a) Central America from Guatemala to Panama (except the Caribbean coastal zone) |
d |
11) In which zone is coffee grown? a) tierra caliente |
b |
12) Which of the following colonial associations is INCORRECT? a) Jamaica—British |
d |
13) Middle America's largest country today in terms of both area and population is ___________. a) Mexico |
a |
14) The current population of Mexico is about ________ million. a) 30 |
e |
15) Transculturation is most closely associated with the shaping of cultural traits in _______. a) Cuba |
b |
16) The poorest states in Mexico are located in _____________. a) the southern part of the country |
a |
17) A maquiladora is a(n)___________: a) owner of an ejido |
b |
18) Central America, as defined by geographers, is ____________: a) a region within Middle America located between Mexico and Colombia |
a |
19) Which of the following countries does not have a common border with Guatemala? a) El Salvador |
d |
20) Guatemala's mestizo population calls itself the _________. a) tierra calientes |
b |
21) The Central American country that was a British colony until 1981, but where Spanish is in the process of becoming the predominant language, is ______________. a) Jamaica |
e |
22) Which of the following countries was formerly known as British Honduras? a) Honduras |
c |
23) Which of the following is the largest Central American country in terms of population? a) Honduras |
c |
24) Which Central American country does not have a Caribbean coastline? a) Cuba |
d |
25) This country fought a civil war from 1980 to 1992 in which 75,000 persons died. The United States supported the government, while Nicaragua supported the Marxist rebels: a) Cuba |
d |
26) Central America's poorest country is ___________. a) Cuba |
e |
27) The capital of Nicaragua, located on the mountainous Pacific side of the country, is: a) Tegucigalpa |
d |
28) Central America's oldest democratic republic, which has had no standing army since 1948, is ________________. a) Panama |
e |
29) A well-known global biodiversity hotspot is located in ________________. |
b |
30) As one travels north leaving South America, the first country encountered on the Central American land bridge is ________. a) Costa Rica |
b |
31) The Panama Canal was opened in ________. a) 1531 |
c |
32) A person of mixed European-African ancestry is a ____________. a) mulatto |
a |
33) Which Caribbean island contains more than one state? a) Puerto Rico |
e |
34) The most important crop raised in Cuba before the fall of the Soviet Union was __________. a) maize |
c |
35) An industry whose success is a mixed blessing for the Caribbean region because it often debases local culture is _______________. a) offshore banking |
d |
36) Which of the following Caribbean republics was influenced by French culture? a) Haiti |
a |
37) Middle America's largest city is ___________. a) Havana |
e |
38) Which of the following is not an independent country? a) Jamaica |
d |
39) Which of the following Caribbean countries possesses major natural gas deposits? a) the Dominican Republic |
c |
40) More than one million Puerto Ricans have migrated to ____________. a) Miami |
e |
41) The archipelago to the north of Cuba that was formerly a British dependency is called the ____________. a) Florida Keys |
b |
42) Guadeloupe is a dependency of _________________. a) Guatemala |
b |
43) A Caribbean island that is home to a large community of South Asians is _______________. a) Hispaniola |
c |
44) "Latin" America is a term that refers only to the geographic area constituted by the island and mainland portions of Middle America. |
f |
45) Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama are all located on the land bridge portion of the Middle American realm. |
t |
46) A small strip of land connecting two larger landmasses is called an isthmus. |
t |
47) The large island of Trinidad is located in the Greater Antilles. |
f |
48) The Maya and Aztec civilizations were both part of the Mesoamerican culture hearth. |
t |
49) The Maya civilization developed in a lowland environment. |
t |
50) The Aztec civilization developed in a lowland environment. |
f |
51) The Maya civilization is the only one on the world culture map that arose in a tropical lowland. |
t |
52) The Spanish, and their need for wood, deforested large areas of Middle America. |
t |
53) During their period of colonial domination, the Spanish forced much of Mexico's Amerindian population to relocate to urban settlements. |
t |
54) Middle America contains both a Euro-Amerindian Mainland and a Euro-African Rimland. |
t |
55) Communally-owned farms in Mexico are called ejidos. |
t |
56) The hacienda form of land tenure was dominant in Middle America's Rimland. |
f |
57) The hacienda of the Mainland is quite similar to the plantation of the Rimland. |
f |
58) The island of Hispaniola contains both Haiti and Dominica. |
f |
59) Cuba has a Spanish heritage, Jamaica is British-influenced, and Haiti's strongest European imprint came from the French. |
t |
60) Except for the French Antilles, there is no remaining European dependency in the Caribbean. |
f |
61) Mexico contains over 70 percent of the land area of Middle America (including the islands) and over half of the realm's population. |
t |
62) The Yucatán Peninsula protrudes into the Pacific Ocean. |
f |
63) Mexico's leading oil-producing zone is located along its southern Pacific coast. |
f |
64) Maquiladoras are large communal farms in northern Mexico near the U.S. border. |
f |
65) Mainland Middle America's tropical location and climates are ameliorated by elevation and its resulting vertical zonation of natural environments. |
t |
66) The tierra templada environmental zone is situated at a higher elevation than the tierra fría zone. |
f |
67) Overall, Central America's population exhibits higher densities in its Pacific coastlands than along its Caribbean shore. |
t |
68) Costa Rica's population is overwhelmingly located in the tierra caliente zone. |
f |
69) El Salvador's population is quite homogeneous, with about 90 percent being mestizo. |
t |
70) Coastal Nicaragua is part of Middle America's rimland. |
f |
71) Costa Rica is Middle America's oldest democracy. |
t |
72) NAFTA is an agreement that includes Nicaragua. |
f |
73) In the 1980s, Costa Rica was the scene of Central America's most hotly contested civil war. |
f |
74) The longitude of the Panama Canal's Caribbean (Atlantic) outlet is farther west than the longitude of the waterway's Pacific Ocean outlet. |
t |
75) Due to an agreement reached between the United States and Panama in 1977, there is no longer any U.S. presence in the now-former Canal Zone. |
t |
76) Over 80 percent of Costa Rica's forests have been decimated. |
t |
77) The Caribbean islands today constitute the most densely populated portion of the Americas. |
t |
78) The tourism-dominated island-nations of Middle America have become so advanced that poverty is just about unknown. |
f |
79) Tourism can be considered an irritant industry by many in the Caribbean Basin. |
t |
80) A mulatto is a person of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry. |
f |
81) Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula was part of the Mesoamerican culture hearth that gave rise to the ___ civilization, which reached its height from the fourth to the tenth centuries A.D. |
maya |
88) Which country is currently a large financial supporter of Cuba? a) Mexico |
d |
94) This is the only Mexican state that does NOT share a border with another country: a) Sonora |
e |