Name Date Class Section 1 Quiz The Economy MATCHING: Match each item in Column A with an item in Column B. Write the correct letters in the blanks. (10 points each) A B 1. to sell goods and services to another country A. campesino 2. business that provides a service instead of making goods B. cash crop 3. farmworker C. gross domestic 4. value of goods and services created within a country in product a year D. service industry 5. farm product grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family E. export MULTIPLE CHOICE: In each blank on the left, write the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. (10 points each) 6. Large agricultural estates owned by wealthy families or corporations are called a. campesinos. b. minifundia. c. cash crops. d. latifundia. 7. Most Latin American countries Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. a. are highly industrialized. c. have no industry. b. are becoming more industrialized. d. export only high-tech goods. 8. Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia are some of the world’s leading producers of a. cattle. b. sugarcane. c. coffee. d. bananas. 9. Road building in Latin America often has been slow because a. environmental concerns create c. most people use airplanes to travel. delays in construction. b. a lack of funds and geographic d. people have depended upon good railway barriers pose challenges. systems and see little reason for change. 10. What has halted needed domestic programs such as education and health care in some Latin American countries? a. conflicts between governments c. the repayment of large foreign debts and militia groups b. natural disasters have required d. governments believe that domestic spending for clean up programs are not necessary Section Quizzes and Chapter Tests 113
Name Date Class Section 2 Quiz People and Their Environment MATCHING: Match each item in Column A with an item in Column B. Write the correct letters in the blanks. (10 points each) A B 1. makeshift communities on the edges of cities A. sustainable development 2. traditional farming method in which all vegeta- tion is cut and burned to add nutrients to the soil B. reforestation 3. planting young trees or seeds on lands where C. shantytowns trees have been cut or destroyed 4. the loss or destruction of trees D. deforestation 5. technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources E. slash-and-burn farming MULTIPLE CHOICE: In each blank on the left, write the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. (10 points each) 6. More than 20 percent of the Amazon rain forest a. has already been destroyed. c. remains after deforestation programs. b. has been replanted. d. has been turned into successful agricultural communities. Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 7. Which of the following is the most direct result of having large numbers of migrants move to Latin American cities? a. a boom in the construction c. a demand for more teachers and industry doctors b. increasing shantytowns d. requests for foreign aid 8. In an attempt to address the needs of urban areas, groups of homeless people in Santiago a. have high-paying jobs. c. have turned abandoned city buildings into affordable housing. b. live in hotels at government d. have helped to build new factories. expense. 9. After rain forests are cleared for planting, a. the soil loses its fertility within c. the forests grow back within a decade. two years. b. farmers raise crops for many years. d. cattle graze on grass for decades. 10. Which statement about Latin America’s physical geography is true? a. It is the same throughout c. It makes the region especially the region. vulnerable to natural disasters. b. It is rarely affected by d. It does not include high mountains. natural disasters. 114 Section Quizzes and Chapter Tests