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Central America Part 2
Test Description: Part 2
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Most Central Americans in rural areas have _________.
A
deserts
B
farms
C
povery
D
industries
2) Those in urban areas work in _______________ and _____________.
A
war zones-safety areas
B
greenhouses-farms
C
commerce-manufacturing
D
unions-factors
3) The region produces some petroleum, but most countries must import __________.
A
oil
B
silver
C
fuel
D
metals
4) ________________, or large commercial farms, grow cash crops such as sugar or coffee.
A
Farms
B
Plantations
C
Vegetations
D
Gardens
5) ____________________ employs relatively few workers.
A
Cattle ranching
B
Santeria
C
Industries
D
Tourism
6) Cattle ranching can cause environmental problems such as ________.
A
pollution
B
climate change
C
greenhouse effect
D
erosion
7) _____________ is one of the most important land uses in Central America and the Caribbean.
A
residential
B
industries
C
farming
D
tourism
8) The _______________ and _________________ have two of the region's largest tourist-based economies.
A
Bahamas-Jamaica
B
Haiti-Honduras
C
Belize-Dominican Republic
D
Puerto Rico-Costa Rica
9) _________________________ can have environmental consequences.
A
Industrialized farming
B
Urban farming
C
Sustenance agriculture
D
Large-scale farming
10) _______________________ can kill plants and animals, harming ecosystems such as coral reefs.
A
water pollution
B
bauxite
C
climate change
D
erosion
11) Around 1000 B.C., Native Americans known as the __________ began settling in what is not Guatemala.
A
Carib
B
Aztecs
C
Arawak
D
Mayas
12) The Caribbean islands were home to two main groups of people now known as the __________ and the _________.
A
Auxiliaries-Mayas
B
Canary Islanders-Valencians
C
Mayas-Aztecs
D
Arawak-Carib
13) In 1492, _________________ sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, arriving in the Bahamas.
A
Ponce de Leon
B
Hernando Cortes
C
Francisco Pizarro
D
Christopher Columbus
14) By the early 1500s, the Spanish had conquered the entire region and formed a colony in what is now _____________.
A
Belize
B
Panama
C
Cuba
D
Haiti
15) The Spanish called this colony the __________________________.
A
Diaspora
B
Kingdom of Guatemala
C
Carnival
D
Santeria
16) The government established the ________________, a legal system to control Native Americans in the Spanish colonies.
A
ecotourism
B
diaspora
C
hacienda
D
encomienda
17) Spanish landowners created ____________, or huge farms and ranches
A
ecotourism
B
hacienda
C
diaspora
D
encomienda
18) In the late 1700s, the people of ___________________ revolted against their French rulers.
A
Francisco Pizarro
B
Christopher Columbus
C
Saint-Domingue
D
Hernando Cortes
19) In 1821, the Kingdom of Guatemala declared independence from ____________.
A
Spain
B
United States
C
Britain
D
Mexico
20) The United States government gained control of land in ___________ and built the______________, an important trade link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
A
Belize-Cayman Trench
B
Panama-Panama Canal
C
Jamaica-Caribbean Sea
D
Mexico-Gulf of Mexico
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