World Geography and Politics Multiple choice

World Geography and Politics Multiple choice

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Where is the origin of the Amazon River?

1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Andes Mountains
3. the northern grasslands

Which South American culture was responsible for the giant geoglyphs found in Peru?

1. Wari
2. Nasca
3. Guaraní

Why is saving Central American rain forests important?

1. They provide an ecosystem for rare species of plants and animals.
2. They can be cleared for farmland by the poor.
3. They provide valuable wood for building.

Which is a major industry in Brazil?

1. steel
2. ships
3. soybeans

What is one reason so many indigenous groups and languages have survived in South America?

1. colonization
2. religion
3. topography

The Triangular Trade got its name because it connected

1. Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
2. Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
3. Europe, Africa, and Asia.

What statement best describes Puerto Rico?

1. Its economy is solely agriculture-based.
2. It governs itself but is part of a larger country.
3. It is led by a Communist dictator.

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One consequence of the Spanish enslavement of native populations was that

1. large numbers of natives died from diseases that traveled with the Spanish.
2. the Inca now live as nomads in the Amazon River Basin.
3. they gained a complete monopoly on the slave trade in South America.

The __________________________ took 10 years to finish, and employed as many as 40,000 workers at a time during construction.

1. transcontinental railroad
2. Panama Canal
3. Panamanian highway

What is the term for the money that many migrants who find work in another country send back to their families?

1. official aid
2. remittances
3. export dollars

What is it one function of the rain forests that is important on a global basis?

1. They provide wood for manufacturing and construction.
2. They provide moisture for the atmosphere and clean carbon dioxide from the air.
3. They provide land for sustainably growing export crops.

What religion is practiced by about 80 percent of South Americans today?

1. Candomblé
2. Protestantism
3. Roman Catholicism