LATIN AMERICANCLIMATE AND VEGETATION

ANDHUMAN INTERACTION

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Pull factors are factors that convince people to_________________.

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0%

7%

60%

33%

1. Turn against one another

2. leave cities to live rural areas

3. leave rural areas to live in cities

4. None of the above

Terrace farming is an ancient technique used formerly by the Incas and the Aztecs to farm____.

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13%

0% 0%

87%

0%

1. near cliffs2. and maximize

sunlight3. and allow water

to collect4. in mountainous

areas5. None of the

above

By cutting step-like horizontal fields into the hillsides and mountains, farmers are

enabled to______.

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13%

7%

47%

33%

0%

1. cultivate crops on steep land

2. reduce soil erosion

3. allow easier access to crops

4. 1 and 25. 1 and 3

Three reasons why the population is increasing in urban areas.

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93%

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0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

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70%

80%

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100%

1. live with their family, better transportation, better air quality.

2. better businesses, better food, better clothing.

3. better medical care, better air quality, high paying jobs.

4. higher paying jobs, better schools, and better medical care.

The most populous city in Latin America is _________ with approximately eighteen to twenty million in the metropolitan area.

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0%

33%

40%

0%

27%

1. Caracas2. Sao Paulo3. Buenos Aires4. Montevideo5. None of the

above

85% of people reside in the most urbanized countries in South America.

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13%

33%

53%

0%

1. Belize Costa Rica and Mexico

2. Venezuela, Columbia and Panama

3. Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina,

4. Mexico, El Salvador andGuatemala

The Paraguay river flows through Paraguay and connects with The _________.

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7%

60%

7%

27%

1. Negro River2. Madeira River3. Orinoco River4. Parana River

What vegetation characterizes the Amazon River Basin?

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93%

0%7%

0%

1. pampas2. rainforest3. desert4. savanna5. mediterranean

What is one reason for the variety of climate and vegetation found in Latin America?

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20%

7%

0%

7%

67%

0%0%

1. Latitudinal Span2. Longitudinal

span3. Elevation4. Ocean currents5. 1 and 26. 1, 3 and 47. None of the

above

A Mediterranean climate can be found in ________.

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27%

13%

60%

0%

1. French Guiana2. Suriname3. Chile4. Bolivia