The Americas Unit Test

Question 1

Before being conquered by the Toltecs, these Native Americans ruled large parts of southern Mexico for thousands of years:

Answer 1

The Mayans

Question 2

The name of the rugged, raised, flat physical feature that covers most of Mexico:

Answer 2

The Mexican Plateau

Question 3

Mexico is the world’s leader in the production of what mineral?:

Answer 3

Silver

Question 4

The international trade agreement that Mexico entered into with the US and Canada in 1992 is known as:

Answer 4

NAFTA (The North American Free Trade Agreement)

Question 5

The mighty and vicious Aztecs created their capital here (their name for the location):

Answer 5

Tenochtitlan

Question 6

The poorest Central American nation:

Answer 6

Nicaragua

Question 7

The 5 modern-day countries that once made up the United Provinces of Central America:

Answer 7

El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua

Question 8

The only non-Spanish speaking country in Central America is:

Answer 8

Belize

Question 9

The strength of Costa Rica’s economy, the term that refers to attracting visitors through natural beauty is:

Answer 9

Ecotourism

Question 10

The nation that is the only one in the region with no coastline on the Caribbean, and has been unable to recover from its civil war because it has been severely damaged by earthquakes and hurricanes:

Answer 10

El Salvador

Question 11

Formerly the “Paris of the Caribbean”:

Answer 11

Havana

Question 12

The major religion of Haiti, this faith is a combination of Catholicism and African tribal practices:

Answer 12

Voodoo

Question 13

Cuba and Puerto Rico share a common culture and history with this Greater Antilles nation:

Answer 13

The Dominican Republic

Question 14

Prior to the epic slave uprising in Haiti, the French gained immeasurable wealth from the land by harvesting:

Answer 14

Sugar cane

Question 15

The original inhabitants of the Caribbean Islands; they were effectively eliminated within 50 years of the Spanish Conquest:

Answer 15

the Tainos

Question 16

The ruthless conquistador that stole the Incan wealth and ended their empire:

Answer 16

Francisco Pizarro

Question 17

The largest mountain in Latin America is located in this country:

Answer 17

Argentina

Question 18

The 2 landlocked South American nations:

Answer 18

Paraguay and Bolivia

Question 19

Grassland and dry forests are characteristics of this northern South American physical feature:

Answer 19

The Llanos

Question 20

The only Dutch speaking country in South America is:

Answer 20

Suriname

Question 21

The only South American country with coastline on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean is:

Answer 21

Colombia

Question 22

I am with the gauchos in the Pampas, but I am not in Argentina; instead, I am in this country:

Answer 22

Uruguay

Question 23

What major Latin American country has a capital that is not one of its two biggest cities?:

Answer 23

Brazil

Question 24

Lake Titicaca is on the border of which two countries?:

Answer 24

Bolivia and Peru

Question 25

What is the name of the capital city located on the western half of the island of Hispaniola? (so Haiti) :

Answer 25

Port-au-Prince

Question 26

People of mixed European and Native American descent are known as:

Answer 26

Mestizos

Question 27

Factories of American-owned companies that lie along the U.S.–Mexican border are known as:

Answer 27

Maquiladoras

Question 28

The north-western most island in the Greater Antilles is:

Answer 28

Cuba

Question 29

What nation has the largest oil reserves of any country in Latin America?:

Answer 29

Venezuela

Question 30

In terms of elevation, no capital city on earth is higher than this one (city and country needed):

Answer 30

La Paz, Bolivia

Question 31

Costa Rica, Argentina, and Uruguay are unique in the region because they share this specific trait about their ethnic heritage:

Answer 31

Direct Spanish ancestry (with little to no mixing with natives or Africans)