GWA Test Latin America Prt. 2

Question 1

What is the relative northern border of Latin America

Answer 1

Rio Grande

Question 2

What is the relative southern border of Latin America

Answer 2

Cape Horn

Question 3

How many miles does Latin America stretch from North to South

Answer 3

5,500 miles

Question 4

What percent of the world’s land surface does it encompass

Answer 4

20%

Question 5

Farming in the highland climatic zones is called

Answer 5

Vertical Zonation

Question 6

When did Indians arrive

Answer 6

Mesolithic (10,000 B.C)

Question 7

Where were the Olmec

Answer 7

Southern Mexico

Question 8

What did the Olmecs do to honor their Gods

Answer 8

Sacrifice

Question 9

Where were the Maya located

Answer 9

Southern Mexico & Guatemala

Question 10

Where were the Aztec located

Answer 10

Mexico

Question 11

What does the Inca border

Answer 11

Ecuador-Chile

Question 12

What are Maquiladoras and where are they primary found

Answer 12

Sweatshops mainly in Mexico

Question 13

What does the Aconcagua border

Answer 13

Chile and Argentina

Question 14

Who is Ferdinand De Lesseps

Answer 14

French Engineer

Question 15

How much did building the Panama Canal cost

Answer 15

$375 million

Question 16

How did the U.S finance the Panama Canal

Answer 16

Tolls (Based on weight)

Question 17

What did the Torrijos-Carter Treaty do

Answer 17

Gave Canal back to Panama

Question 18

What is Latin America’s main religion

Answer 18

Christianity

Question 19

Where did Santeria come from

Answer 19

From West Africa

Question 20

Who does Santeria worship

Answer 20

No God, but head guardian Orsha

Question 21

Where is Voodoo primarily found

Answer 21

Haiti

Question 22

What are male priest called for Voodoo

Answer 22

Houngan

Question 23

What are female priest called for Voodoo

Answer 23

Mambo

Question 24

What is Voodoo referred to as

Answer 24

Spirit Religion

Question 25

What is the U.S relation with Cuba currently

Answer 25

Frozen

Question 26

What was the Platt Amendment

Answer 26

Officially recognized Cuba of a sovereign colony

Question 27

What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs

Answer 27

To overthrow Castro (Failed)

Question 28

Who were the Sandinistas supported by

Answer 28

Soviet Union

Question 29

Who were the Contras supported by

Answer 29

U.S

Question 30

How tall is Angel Falls and where is it located

Answer 30

3,312 feet in Venezuela

Question 31

What are the three points of the Bermuda Triangle

Answer 31

Miami, Florida - San Dwan, Puerto Rico - Bermuda

Question 32

What is the oldest University in the Western Hemisphere and where

Answer 32

Autonomous University (Founded in 1538), in Dominican Republic

Question 33

What was the first country to earn its independence

Answer 33

Haiti