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Test Description: FINAL EXAM
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What are the 2 main languages in Latin America?
A
French and Spanish
B
Portuguese and English
C
English and French
D
Spanish and Portuguese
2) Which statement about Brazil is true?
A
Brazil's climate is generally mild with long periods of drought.
B
A large portion of Brazil's land is arable (farmable).
C
The Amazon River stretches across much of Brazil.
D
Most people live in the central areas of Brazil.
3) Which of the following descriptions of Venezuela is most accurate?
A
The trade of Venezuela's most abundant natural resource, oil, produces the government's main source of income.
B
Venezuela's climate allows it to produce large amounts of sgricultural products to trade with its neighbors.
C
Most of Venezuela's citizens live in rural areas in order to produce agricultural products to trade with other countries.
D
Land in Venezuela is flat with little rainfall so people live along the Caribbean coast.
4) Cortez is to Montezuma as Pizzaro is to _________.
A
Atahualpa
B
Aztec
C
Mexico City
D
Tenochitlan
5) Which statement most accurately describes the encounter of the Spanish with the Aztec and the Incas?
A
The Aztec and Incas fought off the Spanish conquests and reclaimed thier cities. The Spanish left and did not return.
B
The Aztec and Incas were conquered by the Spanish and most of their traditions, art, and arcitecture were destroyed.
C
The Aztec and Incas welcomed the Spanish into thier cities and thier friendships lasted for many years.
D
The Aztec and Incas did not allow the Spanish into their cities; however, they shared their traditions, art and arcitecture w
6) What was the greatest threat to the Aborigines after the Europeans began settling Australia?
A
European prisons
B
Being sold into slavery
C
diseases brought by the Europeans
D
extinction of the wallaby
7) Which issue is an area of interest for the Zapatistas?
A
air pollution
B
religion
C
transportation
D
NAFTA
8) Which was a result of the Cuban Revolution?
A
Cuba's relationship with the United States was strengthened.
B
Cuba broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
C
Cuba allowed the United States to purchase its land and businesses.
D
Cuba became a communist nation under the control of Fidel Castro.
9) What type of government exists in Mexico?
A
monarchy
B
parliamentary democracy
C
communist
D
presidential democracy
10) Which country has the least freedom to do business?
A
Brazil
B
Cuba
C
Venezuela
D
about the same in each
11) How is Cuba's government most different from the governments of Brazil and Mexico?
A
Cuba's citizens have to be at least 25 years of age to vote, but Brazil and Mexico's citizens have to be older than 25 to vot
B
Cuba's government has many political parties, but Brazil and Mexico have only one political party.
C
Cuba's government is unitary where as Brazil and Mexico have a federal form of government.
D
Cuba's chief executive can serve for only 2 terms in office where as Brazil and Mexico's chief executive can serve up to 4 ti
12) A major purpose of NAFTA was to ___________.
A
lowering the standard of living for some people while increasing it for others.
B
prevent people from one country from buying products from the other two countries.
C
set up tarriffs between Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
D
improve trade by establishing a large free-trade zone.
13) Which is a result of a country investing in human capital?
A
GDP will stay the same because human capital does not affect it.
B
GDP will increase because educated workers will be more productive.
C
GDP will decrease because the cost of investing in human capital is too high.
D
GDP will no longer be significant because people will have higher education.
14) Which of the following is true of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl?
A
The disaster had a small impact on the environment surrounding the plant.
B
Officials in Chernobyl were able to contain the radiation and prevent health concerns.
C
Ukrainian doctors refuse to help patients affected by radiation poisoning at the clean-up site.
D
It contaminated the water and fish for many years.
15) Which of the following statements is true?
A
The Canadian Shield located in the central part of Canada has very few usable natural resources.
B
The United States and Canada share a border but are not major trading partners.
C
Water is the major source of transportation in Canada; most of its manufactured goods are produced in the Great Lakes region.
D
Canada has to import most of its natural resources because it does not have many resources.
16) What is the main reason that most people in Canada live within 100 miles of the US border?
A
The government has made the rest of Canada an environmentally protected area.
B
That is where the richest farmland is located.
C
Most Canadians really want to be United States citizens.
D
The climate in northern Canada is too harsh for most people to live.
17) How did Canada gain its independence from Britain?
A
Since they have a democratic government, the people voted for freedom and Britain had to comply with the law.
B
They gained their independence through peaceful negotiations over time.
C
They won the French and Indian War and demanded freedom.
D
The American Revolution freed the Canadians.
18) What is causing some of the people of Quebec to desire independence from Canada?
A
French descendants living in Quebec feel their culture and language is being overcome by the English.
B
Oppressed Quebec citizens desire freedom of speech and religion.
C
Quebec doesn't want to share the large deposits of fossil fuels it has found.
D
Canada conquered Quebec during World War II.
19) In most democratic countries, the government is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. In Canada,the legislative branch is the _________.
A
Supreme Court
B
Queen
C
Parliament
D
Prime Minister
20) Which type of trade barrier did the NAFTA agreement remove?
A
border patrol
B
Embargoes
C
Tariffs
D
Quotas
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