Latin America Quiz

In the mining districts of the Bolivian and Peruvian Andes, what was the most importantmineral excavated during the colonial period?

All of these are shared characteristics of most Latin American countries, except __________.

When did Panama become independent of Colombia?

Which of these was a provision of the Hay/Bunau-Varilla Treaty between Panama and theU.S.?

When did Panama regain control of the Panama Canal?

Who was the Panamanian leader implicated in drug trafficking?

Where is Lake Maracaibo located?

Volcanic eruptions in the 1990s on this island forced the evacuation of more than two -thirds ofthe islandʹs population.

The 1985 earthquake in __________ killed as many as 10,000 people and devastated downtownbuildings.

Why is Mexico City especially vulnerable to earthquakes?

What is the name of the Mexican governmentʹs oil company?

What is the main fossil fuel resource in the Amazon, where this resource was discovered in1967?

Where are the major deposits of natural gas located in Peru and Bolivia?

Where is the Atacama Desert located?

Where is the Tierra Templada located?

What Latin American country was affected the most by Hurricane Mitch in late October 1998?

Which of these is(are) associated with ʺEl Nino?ʺ

When were wild plants and animals domesticated by native Latin Americans into cultivatedor tamed forms through selective breeding for preferred characteristics?

The Mayan culture reached its peak of development during this time period.

Machu Picchu is associated with what native Latin American culture?

Where is Iguaçu Falls located?

What are seringuieros?

On what was the first ʺboomʺ in Manaus, Brazil based?

In the 1970s, this Brazilian region was seen by the Brazilian government as a pressure valve forlandless and impoverished peasants in other regions and as a way of securing nationalterritory through settlement.

This is the downside of tourism.

The __________ have been called Latin America’s “lost decade” because of the slowdown ingrowth and deterioration in living standards that occurred during that decade.

Which of these is an example of a syncretic religious practice?

Which of the following is(are) true of liberation theology?

All of these are ʺSouthern Coneʺ countries

This is the highest mountain in the Andes.

All of these are desert regions in South America, except __________.

The trade winds are air movements from the tropics to the equator dragged by the spinningEarth into a/an __________ flow.

Which of the following brings heavy rains to southern Chile?

Which of the following altitudinal zones usually produces bananas?

What area did the Incans occupy?

Which conquistador turned priest was concerned with rights of indigenous peoples during thecolonial period?

Sugar grown on plantations in __________ and southern Mexico were important exportcommodities in Spanish colonial America.

Which of the following received independence the latest?

Which of these regions is mostly covered with grasslands?

All of these are native South American plants, except __________.

Governments in Latin America have a bias in favor of __________ regions in providingservices and investments.

What term is used to define money that is sent back to Latin America and the Caribbean frompeople working temporarily or permanently in other countries?

What is the dominant religion in Latin America?

Columbus landed in October, 1492 in what is today __________.

What was the ʺColumbian Exchange?ʺ

Which of these was introduced by the Europeans into Latin America after 1492?

This political party controlled the national government of Mexico for seven decades, untildefeat in 2000.

All of these countries have had socialist governments opposed by the United States, except

This is the most likely addition to NAFTA.

The regions comprising Latin America and the Caribbean today had an estimated __________people when the first Europeans arrived.

Peninsulares were Spanish colonials who __________.

This was the center of administration of the vice-royalty of New Spain.

Who lived in ʺMaroon communities?ʺ

This is the only remaining European possession on the South American mainland.

What was ʺThe Demographic Collapseʺ in Latin America?

In terms of native speakers, this Native American language is the largest in Latin America.

The most serious criticism of the Green Revolution in Mexico was __________.