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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 consume more than 3,000 calories a day.
C
Most adults live in cities and work in factories or offices.
D
Most adults live in rural areas and work in agriculture.
2) Which term means the total value of goods and services a country produces in a year?
A
economic activity
B
gross domestic product
C
per capita income
D
consumption
3) What is the main cause of hunger in the world?
A
food shortages
B
crop failures
C
pollution
D
poverty
4) Which of these countries leads the world in oil consumption?
A
India
B
Canada
C
China
D
United States
5) Which term best describes a country with a high per capita GDP?
A
developed
B
developing
C
rural
D
urban
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 increases gross national product.
D
It saves natural resources.
8) Which term best describes people from other countries who enter the United States to start new lives?
A
consumers
B
emigrants
C
refugees
D
immigrants
9) All of the following are major push factors that cause people to leave their home countries except
A
hunger
B
economic opportunity
C
violence
D
poverty
10) Which of the following is not a major pull factor drawing people to the United States?
A
schools
B
freedom
C
family
D
persecution
11) Immigrants most help to build the U.S. economy by
A
starting new businesses.
B
serving in the military.
C
using public services.
D
learning to speak English.
12) As Mexico City has grown, it has seen increases in all of the following except
A
average family size
B
air pollution
C
crime rates
D
poor slum neighborhoods
13) Which is the best definition of a brain drain?
A
the loss of aging parents who join children in other countries
B
the loss of good students who attend college 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
remittances
D
economic activity
15) The movement of large numbers of people to cities is known as
A
urbanization
B
immigration
C
distortion
D
emission
16) What do geographers call the unequal distribution of wealth and resources in a specific geographic area?
A
population density
B
economic activity
C
relative location
D
spatial inequality
17) Which of these is a major cause of rural decline in Mexico?
A
poverty and unemployment
B
less communal lands
C
rising standard of living
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
decreased spatial inequality
D
increased urbanization
19) Which of these is the most important “pull factor” that draws farm families to Mexico City?
A
apartment living
B
economic opportunity
C
spatial inequality
D
communal land
20) Which group in Mexico City enjoys the highest standard of living?
A
the 'Haves'
B
the middle class
C
the working poor
D
the 'Have Nots'
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