GEOG 100 Quiz 3 - The disamenity sector of the Latin American

American Military University GEOG 100 QUIZ 3 Week 3

Quiz # 3 Week 3 North, Middle, and South America

Part 1 of 1 -         100.0/ 100.0 Points

Question 1 of 25

The disamenity sector of the Latin American city model is an inward, narrow sectoral extension of the:

 A. peripheral squatter settlements.

 B. slum areas known as barrios or favelas.

 C. central plaza.

 D. elite residential areas

 

Question 2 of 25

Which island had an influx of nearly 250,000 indentured laborers from South Asia during the nineteenth century?

 A. Cuba

 B. Haiti

 C. Trinidad

 D. Martinique

 

Question 3 of 25

Which of the following colonial associations never existed?

 A. Britain and Jamaica

 B. France and Haiti

 C. the Netherlands and Aruba

 D. Britain and the Dominican Republic

 

Question 4 of 25

Which landlocked South American country would stand to benefit the most from the hidrovia waterway project?

 

 A. Peru

 B. Paraguay

 C. Suriname

 D. Uruguay

 

 

 

Question 5 of 25

Which of the following is true of Venezuela and Colombia as compared with the Guianas?

 A. They have larger territories and smaller populations.

 B. They have larger populations and smaller territories.

 C. They have less varied physiographies.

 D. They have been more successful in replacing the plantation economy.

 

Question 6 of 25

The Great Lakes' main outlet to the Atlantic Ocean is the:

 A. Mississippi River.

 B. St. Lawrence River.

 C. Lake Ontario spillway.

 D. Columbia River.

 

Question 7 of 25

Which of the following statements about Quebec is false?

 A. The French-speaking area of Canada  includes regions outside Quebec Province.

 B. More than 85% of Canada’s Francophones live in Quebec.

 C. The Cree in the Northern Quebec have launched their own movement aimed at independence from Canada.

 D. Nationalist movements in Quebec are more than a half-century old.

 

Question 8 of 25

Which South American country was most transformed by the forced immigration of Africans in bondage?

 A. Argentina

 B. Brazil

 C. Colombia

 D. Paraguay

 

Question 9 of 25

Which of the following is not a major cause of tropical deforestation in Central America?

 A. the need to clear land for cattle pasture

 B. Costa Rica's large-scale paper and pulp industry

 C. the timber industry's demand for tropical hardwood trees

 D. population growth

 

Question 10 of 25

Which of the following statements about the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica is false?

 A. The Mayan civilization arose in the highland areas of Mexico.

 B. The Aztec civilization was founded on the higher plateaus of present-day Mexico.

 C. The ceremonial center of the Aztec civilization, named Tenochtitlan, was located in the Valley of Mexico.

 D. Tenochtitlan probably had over 100,000 inhabitants at its peak.

 

Question 11 of 25

Which of the following is not part of North America's leading Francophone area?

 A. southern Quebec

 B. northern New Brunswick

 C. metropolitan Quebec City

 D. Northwest Territories

 

Question 12 of 25

Which of the following cities is not the largest urban center in its country?

 

 A. Buenos Aires

 B. Santiago

 C. Rio de Janeiro

 D. Montevideo

 

 

 

Question 13 of 25

Middle America's largest city is:

 A. Havana.

 B. Bogotá.

 C. Santo Domingo.

 D. Mexico City.

 

Question 14 of 25

Which of the following countries is an associate member of the Mercosur trading bloc?

 A. Colombia

 B. Argentina

 C. Uruguay

 D. Paraguay

 

Question 15 of 25

Which of the following is an example of a secondary economic activity?

 A. a) iron mining

 B. b) beer brewing

 C. c) retail sales

 D. d) managing a corporation

 

Question 16 of 25

The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 stipulated that a north-south boundary was to be drawn separating what the colonial territories of what two European nations?

 A. Spain and France

 B. France and Britain

 C. Spain and Portugal

 D. the Netherlands and France

 

Question 17 of 25

According to your textbook, transculturation is most closely associated with the shaping of cultural traits in:

 A. Cuba.

 B. Mexico.

 C. Panama.

 D. Puerto Rico.

 

Question 18 of 25

The Central American country where English has historically been dominant, but where Spanish will eventually become the predominant language is:

 A. Jamaica.

 B. Guatemala.

 C. Costa Rica.

 D. Belize.

 

Question 19 of 25

Which of the following states contains territory located in the Intermontane Basin and Plateau physiographic province?

 A. Wisconsin

 B. Texas

 C. Pennsylvania

 D. Nevada

 

Question 20 of 25

Where is Bogotá, Colombia's capital city, located?

 A. on the arid Pacific coast

 B. on the Caribbean Sea at the outlet of the Magdalena River

 C. in an Andean basin

 D. at the intersection of three valleys in the eastern savanna zone near the Chilean border

 

Question 21 of 25

Which of the following countries does not contain a portion of the Amazon Basin?

 A. Brazil

 B. Ecuador

 C. Peru

 D. Chile

 

Question 22 of 25

Which of the following was a condition of British Columbia joining Canada as a province?

 A. the opening of the Panama Canal

 B. the building of the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway

 C. the opening of the Northwest Passage

 D. the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway

 

 

 

Question 23 of 25

Which of the following is true of the country of Guyana?

 A. It was a British colony before independence in 1966.

 B. It is also called Suriname.

 C. It contains a population that is three-quarters European.

 D. It is the smallest of the three Guianas in population size.

 

 

 

Question 24 of 25

A continental climate is most likely to be found in:

 A. North Dakota

 B. Oregon.

 C.  Florida.

 D. Louisiana

 

 

 

Question 25 of 25

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the idealized Spanish town in Mesoamerica?

 A. a central square or plaza

 B. a gridiron layout

 C. a location near good agricultural land

 D. Churches and Cathedrals not allowed in the city center.