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Latin America Review
Test Description: This will help you review lessons 7, 8, and 9 from teachtci
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which statement is most likely to be true of a developing country?
A
Most adults earn enough money to own cars.
B
Most adults live in cities and work in factories or offices.
C
Most adults live in rural areas and work in agriculture.
D
Most adults consume more than 3,000 calories a day.
2) Which term means the total value of goods and services a country produces in a year?
A
economic activity
B
consumption
C
per capita income
D
gross domestic product
3) What is the main cause of hunger in the world?
A
pollution
B
poverty
C
food shortages
D
crop failures
4) Which of these countries leads the world in oil consumption?
A
China
B
Canada
C
India
D
United States
5) Which term best describes a country with a high per capita GDP?
A
rural
B
developed
C
urban
D
developing
6) Which of the following defines members of the global consumer class?
A
They eat less than 2,700 calories a day.
B
They earn at least $7,000 a year.
C
They have college educations.
D
They have computers at work or at home.
7) Which of these is not an immediate benefit of recycling?
A
It reduces municipal waste.
B
It keeps toxic materials out of dumps.
C
It saves natural resources.
D
It increases gross national product.
8) Which term best describes people from other countries who enter the United States to start new lives?
A
refugees
B
consumers
C
immigrants
D
emigrants
9) All of the following are major push factors that cause people to leave their home countries except
A
hunger
B
poverty
C
economic opportunity
D
violence
10) Which of the following is not a major pull factor drawing people to the United States?
A
family
B
freedom
C
persecution
D
schools
11) Immigrants most help to build the U.S. economy by
A
serving in the military.
B
starting new businesses.
C
learning to speak English.
D
using public services.
12) As Mexico City has grown, it has seen increases in all of the following except
A
air pollution
B
crime rates
C
poor slum neighborhoods
D
average family size
13) Which is the best definition of a brain drain?
A
the loss of good students who attend college in other countries
B
the loss of aging parents who join children in other countries
C
the loss of war refugees who seek safety in other countries
D
the loss of skilled workers who move to other countries
14) What are payments sent by immigrants to family members in their home country called?
A
consumption
B
migration streams
C
economic activity
D
remittances
15) The movement of large numbers of people to cities is known as
A
emission
B
urbanization
C
immigration
D
distortion
16) What do geographers call the unequal distribution of wealth and resources in a specific geographic area?
A
population density
B
spatial inequality
C
economic activity
D
relative location
17) Which of these is a major cause of rural decline in Mexico?
A
less communal lands
B
rising standard of living
C
poverty and unemployment
D
crowding and pollution
18) Which of these is a major effect of rural decline in Mexico?
A
rising living standards
B
falling crime rates
C
increased urbanization
D
decreased spatial inequality
19) Which of these is the most important “pull factor” that draws farm families to Mexico City?
A
apartment living
B
spatial inequality
C
communal land
D
economic opportunity
20) Which group in Mexico City enjoys the highest standard of living?
A
the working poor
B
the 'Haves'
C
the middle class
D
the 'Have Nots'
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