Unit Two Test, let's go boys

Question 1

Describe Mexican Plateau

Answer 1

good soil and rainfall has attracted human settlement for years including Mexico City

Question 2

What does Terrace farming do?

Answer 2

helps to prevent erosion and allows for farmers to use vertical climate zones to produce different crops at different levels

Question 3

What is Cash Crop?

Answer 3

farm products grown to be sold or traded

Question 4

What is Subsistence Farming?

Answer 4

self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families

Question 5

How much percentage does the amazon river have when it comes to all the fresh water here in Earth?

Answer 5

Contains 20% of world’s fresh water and carries more water than any other river in the world  Important transportation route from the Atlantic into Brazil’s interior

Question 6

True or false
Too many countries used to rely on only one main resource which made them vulnerable to world price fluctuations or natural disasters that could wipe out a crop

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

What is Deforestation?

Answer 7

Slash-and-burn farming—clearing land by cutting and burning vegetation— results in depleted soil that can be used for only a year or two. Farmers and ranchers then move on and clear more land

Question 8

What are the 4 things Deforestation results?

Bad things

Answer 8

• Threatens the lifestyles of indigenous people
• Risks the extinction of many species of plants and animals that grow or live nowhere else
• Loss of key medicines and treatments for cancer and other diseases
• Provides oxygen (20% of world supply!) and absorbs carbon dioxide

Question 9

What are the 4 Helpful things Deforestation results?

Answer 9

• Creation of National Forests (Brazil has set aside about 10 percent of its Amazon Rainforest for national forests or parks in which logging is banned)
• New methods of farming, mining, and logging
• Ecotourism - tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, especially to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife
• Planting more trees (Reforestation)

Question 10

What are the three things Maya does when it comes to Architecture?

Answer 10

• Architecture – built towering temples and elaborate palaces 
• Created a writing system of hieroglyphics  -Developed a 365-day calendar and set of numerals

Question 11

For the Aztecs, who usually sacrificed? And why?

Answer 11

Usually sacrificed children or prisoners; meant to honor the gods; human hearts and blood strengthened the gods

Question 12

What happened to the Aztecs?

Answer 12

Conquistador (soldier who conquered Native Americans in Latin America) Hernán Cortés took captive and killed Aztec ruler, Montezuma II

Question 13

What happened to the Inca’s?

Answer 13

Civil war in the empire broke out
Francisco Pizarro, a European explorer, came in contact with the Incas and exposed them to smallpox; as a result, most of the Incas were killed

Question 14

Impact of Colonization, what happened? And what changed in the New world? (US)

Answer 14

New plants, animals, and goods were shared across the Atlantic
-Forced Native Americans to work for them but millions died from overwork or disease

Question 15

How many people got baptized when Catholic missionary groups traveled to Mexico?

Answer 15

Catholic missionary groups traveled to Mexico and baptized 5 million people

Question 16

What did Priests do when people converted into Catholics?

Answer 16

Priests built towns and villages for people who they converted to Catholicis

Question 17

TRUE OR FALSE

SUNDIE IS SO CUTE?

Answer 17

tru

Question 18

What does it mean to be Mestizo?

Answer 18

Mestizo – a person with a mix of European and Native American ancestry

Question 19

How did most countries gained independence ?

Answer 19

Most countries gained independence through violent means which disrupted economies and led to instability in the region

Question 20

What is the primary language in most countries in the region?

Answer 20

Spanish

Question 21

What religion are most people are in Latin American?

Answer 21

Roman Catholic

Question 22

What is the official religion in Portugal and Spain?

Answer 22

Roman Catholic

Question 23

What are the 4 problems due to rapid urbanization?

Answer 23

 -Insufficient jobs or housing for many people  -Natural disasters can wipe out entire communities  -Unsanitary areas and the spread of disease
-Air pollution, and water pollution.

Question 24

Peru is the top producer of what?

Answer 24

Making Cocaine.

Question 25

Brazil has made self-sufficient for?

Answer 25

Oil reserves have made them self-sufficient (no need for foreign oil

Question 26

What are Brazil protesting for?

Answer 26

Paying for 2014 World cup
Paying for 2016 Olympics
Massive Government corruption

Question 27

In Uruguay what race form a higher proportion of poorest people?

Answer 27

African or mixed population form a higher proportion of its poorest people

Question 28

What language does Suriname speak?

Answer 28

Dutch colony (Netherlands)

Question 29

Problem Venezuela is happening?

Answer 29

Socialist economy has collapsed from poor government management; people are starving

Question 30

Problem Ecuador dealing with?

Answer 30

Not benefiting equally from oil money (Spanish descent vs. mixed or indigenous people)

Question 31

What does Wealthy mean in Bolivia ?

Answer 31

Wealthy – Spanish descent; control politic

Question 32

What does Natives mean in Bolivia ?

Answer 32

Natives – subsistence farmers and miners

Question 33

True or False

One of the world’s largest producers of coca (sometimes only source of income)

Answer 33

TRUE