Human Geography of Latin America Quiz
1) What is the percentage of the population of
Latin America compared to the global
population?
a. 7%
b. 8%
c. 9%
d. 10%
e. 100%
6) Why did Asians come to Latin America?
a. To open grocery stores
b. As temporary workers after the
abolition of slavery
c. To build Latin American
infrastructure
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
2) Where did the Mayans historically live in?
a. Mexico
b. Peru
c. Baja California
d. Yucatan Peninsula
e. Europe
7) People of mixed European and Native
descent are called _____.
a. Mullatos
b. Creole
c. Mestizos
d. Métis
e. Toltec’s
3) Most of the indigenous population that lives
in the Andes region lives in three countries.
Which three countries do they live in?
a. Mexico, Nicaragua, and El Salvador
b. Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas
c. Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
d. Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay
e. Spain, Britain, and France
4) Which regions have a lot of European
immigrants?
a. Mexico
b. Caribbean
c. Central America
d. South America
e. United States of America
5) Which region of Latin America has the most
African descendants?
a. Brazil
b. Nicaragua
c. South America
d. Caribbean
e. Central America
8) The majority of mixed Africans and Native
populations live in ____.
a. Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador
b. Cuba and the Dominican Republic
c. Jamaica and Puerto Rico
d. Brazil, Argentina, and Chile
e. Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica
9) The majority of people in Latin America are
_____.
a. Jewish
b. Roman Catholic
c. Muslim
d. Chinese
e. Spanish
10) What are cash crops?
a. Agricultural products that turn to
money when water is added
b. Farmers paid money to grow crops
c. Crops produced in quantity to be
traded or sold
d. Crops grown in highland areas with
fertile soil
11) What are the major agricultural exports of
Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala?
a. Coffee
b. Bananas
c. Sugarcane
d. Oranges
12) What role does the physical geography of
the region have on slow industrial
development?
a. Mountains and rainforests make it
easy to get natural resources to
industries in Latin America
b. Deserts, mountains, and rainforests
play no role in the development of
industry
c. Mountains and rainforests make it
difficult to get natural resources
d. Political instability stopping foreign
investment
13) Roads and railroad construction is difficult
due to the physical geography of Latin
America, all of the following are major
waterway routes being used to transport
goods EXCEPT:
a. Amazon River
b. Parana-Paraguay River
c. Panama Canal
d. Orinoco River
14) Mercosur is a trade organization of South
American countries. All of the following are
members of Mercosur EXCEPT:
a. Mexico
b. Argentina
c. Paraguay
d. Uruguay
15) What is Costa Rica’s leading industry?
a. Commercial agriculture
b. Ecotourism
c. Banking industry
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
16) The Amazon Basin is being mined for a all
of the following resources EXCEPT:
a. Bauxite
b. Tin
c. Iron ore
d. Rubber
e. Manganese
17) What type of fuel is produced from
sugarcane?
a. Gasoline
b. Ethanol
c. Bauxite
d. Tungsten
18) What is the name of the factories along the
Mexico and United States border?
a. Mannequins
b. Maquiladoras
c. Manila
d. Manioc
19) How has the North America Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) benefit the three
member countries?
a. They lowered the price of
agricultural products from Canada
b. They lowered trade barriers between
the member countries
c. They increased the enforcement of
illicit drugs from Mexico
d. It has had no benefit on the member
countries
20) Which sub region of Latin America is a
major producer of cocaine for the global
market?
a. Jamaica
b. Caribbean
c. South America
d. Mexico
21) What is one major impact of the drug trade
in Latin America on Latin American
society?
a. Higher crime rates
b. Numerous television advertisements
of anti-drug campaigns for marijuana
and cocaine
c. Increased standard of living
d. Decriminalization of drugs in certain
countries
22) What are some of the negative effects of
drug eradication programs, such as aerial
eradication (crop dusting) in Latin America?
a. Clearing of 1.75 million acres of
Amazon rainforest
b. Destruction of legal subsistence
crops
c. Chemicals causing a variety of
health problems such as diarrhea,
hair loss and skin rashes
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
23) All of the following are factors that allow
drug trafficking to continue in Latin
America EXCEPT:
a. Poverty and lack of an alternative
livelihood for farmers
b. Corruption in law enforcement and
justice department of governments
c. Political and social groups promoting
the legalization of marijuana in every
country in the world
d. Geographic challenges like difficult
to monitor borders, mountainous,
and maritime terrain
e. Insurgent groups like the FARC and
ELN involved in the drug trade
24) Who is benefitting from the illegal drug
trade?
a. Criminal organizations
b. Terrorist organizations
c. Guerilla groups
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
25) How do the major of the illegal drugs from
Latin America enter the United States of
America?
a. Through Canada
b. By airplanes
c. Mexico or territorial waters
d. Through Jamaica and the Bahamas
26) What are some of the effects of the drug
trade and production in Latin America?
a. Increased crime and violence
b. Drug consumption growing
c. A and B
d. None of the above