The World Today, Binder Ready Version: Concepts and Regions in Geography, 7th Edition Test Bank

Package Title: Testbank Course Title: TWT 7e Chapter Number: 02 Question Type: MultipleChoice 1) Which country is located in the Greater Antilles? a) Cuba b) Nicaragua c) The Bahamas d) Honduras e) Mexico Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Identify Middle America’s geographical contents, its boundaries, and the rationale underlying its regional subdivisions. Section Reference: Defining Middle America and The Realm’s Northern Boundary 2) As a group, the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico constitute ___________.: a) Middle America b) the Rimland c) the Hispanic Caribbean d) the West Indies archipelago e) the Greater Antilles Answer: e Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Identify Middle America’s geographical contents, its boundaries, and the rationale underlying its regional subdivisions. Section Reference: Defining Middle America and The Realm’s Northern Boundary 3) Figure 2-3 shows that Ciudad Juárez lies directly across the border from this U.S. city: a) Matamoros b) Laredo c) El Paso d) San Diego e) McAllen Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Identify Middle America’s geographical contents, its boundaries, and the rationale underlying its regional subdivisions. Section Reference:Defining Middle America and The Realm’s Northern Boundary 4) As a landform, theland bridgebetween Mexico and South America would be best characterized as a(n): a) peninsula b) highway c) isthmus d) tunnel e) island Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Identify Middle America’s geographical contents, its boundaries, and the rationale underlying its regional subdivisions. Section Reference: Defining Middle America and The Realm’s Northern Boundary 5) A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n) ____________.: a) spine b) isthmus c) archipelago d) bridgeland e) peninsula Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Describe Middle America’s major environmental features and dangers and the vertical organization of climates in highland zones. Section Reference: Physical Geography of Middle America. 6) In which altitudinal zone is coffee grown? a) tierra caliente b) tierra templada c) tierra helada d)tierra fría e) tierra nevada Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Describe Middle America’s major environmental features and dangers and the vertical organization of climates in highland zones. Section Reference: Physical Geography of Middle America 7) According to Figure 2-4, which of the following would you most likely find at an elevation of 13,000 feet? a) coffee plantations b) potato fields c) dairy farms d) sheep or llamas e) sugarcane harvesting Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Describe Middle America’s major environmental features and dangers and the vertical organization of climates in highland zones. Section Reference: Physical Geography of Middle America 8) Which of the following countries is located within the culture hearth known as Mesoamerica? a) Puerto Rico b) Costa Rica c) Guatemala d) Peru e) Panama Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of MiddleAmerica’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 9) Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? a) The Mayan civilization arose in the highland areas of Mexico. b) The Aztec civilization was founded after the Maya Civilization. c) The ceremonial center of the Aztec civilization, named Tenochtitlan, was located in the Valley of Mexico. d) Maya languages are still used today in parts of Mexico. e) The Aztecs were conquered by the Spanish. Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 10) Which of the following is INCORRECT about the idealized Spanish town in Mesoamerica? a) It was focused on a central plaza. b) It displayed a gridiron layout. c) It was located near good agricultural land. d) It had several rings of suburbs. e) It had a centrally located church. Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 11) Which of the following colonial associations is INCORRECT? a) Jamaica—British b) Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao—Dutch c) Martinique—French d) Trinidad and Tobago—United States e) Cuba—Spanish Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 12) Which of the following Caribbean republics was influenced by French culture? a) Haiti b) Jamaica c) French Antilles d) the Bahamas e) Cuba Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 13) According to Figure 2-5, the majority of islands in the Lesser Antilles were colonized by the ___________. a) British b) French c) Spanish d) Dutch e) Americans Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 14) The Caribbean Coast of Middle America is __________: a) part of the Rimland b) part of the Heartland c) an area settled by the Dutch d) an area settled by the French e) dominated by haciendas Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Explain Middle America’s political, cultural, and economic development. Section Reference: Political and Economic Fragmentation 15) Mestizos are persons who are of mixed ____________ heritage. a) European and African b) European and indigenous c) Portuguese and Mexican d) Indigenous and African e) Aztec and Maya Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Explain Middle America’s political, cultural, and economic development. Section Reference: Political and Economic Fragmentation 16) Which of the following does NOT lie in the Euro-Amerindian Mainland? a) Central America from Guatemala to Panama (except the Caribbean coastal zone) b) Mexico c) Costa Rica d) Dominican Republic e) El Salvador Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Explain Middle America’s political, cultural, and economic development. Section Reference: Political and Economic Fragmentation 17) An industry whose success is a mixed blessing for the Caribbean region because it often debases local culture is _______________. a) offshore banking b) oil production c) online gambling d) tourism e) illicit drugs Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Explain Middle America’s political, cultural, and economic development. Section Reference: Political and Economic Fragmentation 18) A Caribbean island that is home to a large community of South Asians is _______________. a) Hispaniola b) Cuba c) Trinidad d) West India e) Guyana Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Explain Middle America’s political, cultural, and economic development. Section Reference: Political and Economic Fragmentation 19) According to Figure 2-6, the poorest Mainland countries in 2010 were __________. a) Mexico and Panama b) Guatemala and El Salvador c) Honduras and Nicaragua d) Costa Rica and Belize e) Haiti and the Dominican Republic Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Explain Midde America’s political, cultural, and economic development. Section Reference: Political and Economic Fragmentation 20) Middle America’s largest country today in terms of both area and population is ___________. a) Mexico b) Dominican Republic c) Cuba d) Nicaragua e) Trinidad Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference: Regions: Mexico 21) The current population of Mexico is about ________ million. a) 30 b) 45 c) 60 d) 90 e) 117 Answer: e Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference:Regions: Mexico 22) Transculturation is most closely associated with the shaping of cultural traits in _______. a) Cuba b) Mexico c) Panama d) Puerto Rico e) Haiti Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference:Regions: Mexico 23) The poorest States of Mexico are located in _____________. a) the southern part of the country b) the northern part of the country c) the Yucatán Peninsula d) Baja California e) the Gulf Coast region Answer: a Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference:Regions: Mexico 24) A maquiladora isa(n)___________: a) owner of an ejido b) foreign-owned factory in Mexico that assembles duty-free goods c) person of mixed European-Amerindian ancestry d) Mayan plantation e) degree from a Mexican technological university Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference: Regions: Mexico 25) Middle America’s largest city is ___________. a) Havana b) Caracas c) Santo Domingo d) Panama City e) Mexico City Answer: e Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference:Regions: Mexico 26) According to Figure 2-8, most of Mexico’s oil deposits are located_______________. a) in the mountainous areas b) along the Gulf of California c) along the Gulf of Mexico d) along the Pacific coast e) near the U.S. border Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference: Regions: Mexico 27) This is the only Mexican State that does NOT share a border with another country: a) Sonora b) Campeche c) Chiapas d) Chihuahua e) Oaxaca Answer: e Difficulty: Difficult Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference:Regions: Mexico 28) What is the predominant natural resource of Mexico’s Gulf Coast Region? a) Oil b) Coal c) Gas d) Zinc e) Iron Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference: Regions: Mexico 29) Central America, as defined by geographers, is ____________: a) a region within Middle America located between Mexico and Colombia b) a region that incorporates all the lands and islands between the United States and South America c) the regional term for the Greater Antilles d) the heartland of Middle America known as Mestizoamerica e) the region covered by Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective:Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 30) Which of the following countries does not have a common border with Guatemala? a) El Salvador b) Honduras c) Belize d) Nicaragua e) Mexico Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective:Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 31) Guatemala’s mestizo population calls itself the _________. a) tierra calientes b) ladinos c) contras d) Mesoamericanos e) Yucatanese Answer: b Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective:Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference: Regions: The Central American Republics 32) The Central American country that was a British colony until 1981, but where Spanish is becoming the predominant language, is ______________. a) Jamaica b) Guatemala c) Nicaragua d) Trinidad e) Belize Answer: e Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective:Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 33) Which of the following countries was formerly known as British Honduras? a) Honduras b) Jamaica c) Belize d) Haiti e) Nicaragua Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective:Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 34) Which of the following is the largest Central American country in terms of population? a) Honduras b) Jamaica c) Guatemala d) El Salvador e) Costa Rica Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective:Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 35) Which Central American country does not have a Caribbean coastline? a) Cuba b) Guatemala c) Mexico d) El Salvador e) Panama Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective:Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 36) This country fought a civil war from 1980 to 1992 in which 75,000 persons died. The United States supported the government, while Nicaragua supported the Marxist rebels: a) Cuba b) Guatemala c) Nicaragua d) El Salvador e) Grenada Answer: d Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective:Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 37) Central America’s poorest country is ___________. a) Cuba b) Honduras c) Belize d) Costa Rica e) Nicaragua Answer: e Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 38) The capital of Nicaragua, located on the mountainous Pacific side of the country, is: a) Tegucigalpa b) Granada c) Nicaragua City d) Managua e) San José Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 39) Central America’s oldest democratic republic, which has had no standing army since 1948, is ________________. a) Panama b) Mexico c) Belize d) Honduras e) Costa Rica Answer: e Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 40) A well-known global biodiversity hotspot is located in ________________. a) Nicaragua and Panama b) Costa Rica and Panama c) Jamaica and Puerto Rico d) El Salvador and Honduras e) Belize and Guatemala Answer: b Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 41) As one travels north leaving South America, the first country encountered on the Central American land bridge is ________. a) Costa Rica b) Panama c) El Salvador d) Nicaragua e) Trinidad and Tobago Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 42) The Panama Canal was opened in ________. a) 1531 b) 1825 c) 1914 d) 1925 e) 2000 Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 43) A person of mixed European-African ancestry is known as a ____________. a) mulatto b) mestizo c) Eurafroindian d) contra e) maquiladora Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 44) Of the following, which country does not have coastlines on BOTH the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean? a) Guatemala b) Costa Rica c) Nicaragua d) El Salvador e) Honduras Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective:Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference: Regions: The Central American Republics 45) Which Caribbean island contains more than one state? a) Puerto Rico b) Jamaica c) Barbados d) Trinidad e) Hispaniola Answer: e Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference: Regions: The Caribbean Basin; The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles 46) The most important crop raised in Cuba before the fall of the Soviet Union was __________. a) maize b) coffee c) sugarcane d) cocaine e) bananas Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference: Regions: The Caribbean Basin; The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles 47) Which of the following is not an independent country? a) Jamaica b) Haiti c) Trinidad and Tobago d) Puerto Rico e) Dominican Republic Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference:Regions: The Caribbean Basin, The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles 48) Which of the following Caribbean countries possesses major natural gas deposits? a) the Dominican Republic b) Cuba c) Trinidad and Tobago d) Martinique e) Barbados Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference:Regions: The Caribbean Basin; The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles 49) More than one million Puerto Ricans have migrated to ____________. a) Miami b) Mexico City c) California d) Caracas e) New York Answer: e Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference:Regions: The Caribbean Basin; The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles 50) The archipelago to the northeaST of Cuba that was formerly a British dependency is called the ____________. a) Florida Keys b) Bahamas c) North Indies d) Bermuda Triangle e) Greater Antilles Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference: Regions: The Caribbean Basin; The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles 51) Guadeloupe is a dependency of _________________. a) Guatemala b) France c) the United Kingdom d) the Netherlands e) the United States Answer: b Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference: Regions: The Caribbean Basin; The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles 52) Which island is NOT one of the Greater Antilles? a) Hispaniola b) Trinidad c) Cuba d) Puerto Rico e) Jamaica Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective:Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference: Regions: The Caribbean Basin: The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles 53) Which country is currently a large financial supporter of Cuba? a) Mexico b) Costa Rica c) Panama d) Venezuela e) Brazil Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference:Regions: The Caribbean Basin; The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles Question Type: True-False 54) “Latin” America is a term that refers only to the geographic area constituted by the island and mainland portions of Middle America. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Identify Middle America’s geographical contents, its boundaries, and the rationale underlying its regional subdivisions. Section Reference:Defining Middle America and The Realm’s Northern Boundary 55) The large island of Trinidad is located in the Greater Antilles. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Identify the Middle America’s geographical contents, its boundaries, and the rationale underlying its regional subdivisions. Section Reference:Defining Middle America and The Realm’s Northern Boundary 56) NAFTA is a trade agreement that includes Nicaragua. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Identify Middle America’s geographic contents, its boundaries, and the rationale underlying its regional subdivisions. Section Reference:Defining Middle America and The Realm’s Northern Boundary 57) Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama are all located on the land bridge portion of the Middle American realm. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Describe Middle America’s major environmental features and dangers and the vertical organization of climates in highland zones. Section Reference: Physical Geography of Middle America 58) A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses is called an isthmus. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Describe Middle America’s major environmental features and dangers and the vertical organization of climates in highland zones. Section Reference: Physical Geography of Middle America 59) Mainland Middle America’s tropical location and climates are ameliorated by elevation and its resulting vertical zonation of natural environments. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Describe Middle America’s major environmental features and dangers and the vertical organization of climates in highland zones. Section Reference: Physical Geography of Middle America 60) The tierratemplada environmental zone is situated at a higher elevation than the tierra fría zone. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Describe Middle America’s major environmental features and dangers and the vertical organization of climates in highland zones. Section Reference: Physical Geography of Middle America 61) The Maya and Aztec civilizations both evolved within the Mesoamerican culture hearth. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 62) The Maya civilization developed in a lowland tropical environment. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 63) The Aztec civilization developed in a lowland environment. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 64) The Maya civilization is the only one on the world culture map that arose in a tropical lowland. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 65) The Spanish, and their need for wood, deforested large areas of Middle America. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 66) During their period of colonial domination, the Spanish forced much of Mexico’s Amerindian population to relocate to urban settlements. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 67) Cuba has a Spanish heritage, Jamaica is British-influenced, and Haiti’s strongest European imprint came from the French. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 68) Except for the French Antilles, there is no remaining European dependency in the Caribbean. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 69) Middle America contains both a Euro-Amerindian Mainland and a Euro-African Rimland. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Explain Middle America’s political, cultural, and economic development. Section Reference: Political and Economic Fragmentation 70) The hacienda form of land tenure was dominant in Middle America’s Rimland. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Explain Middle America’s political, cultural, and economic development. Section Reference: Political and Economic Fragmentation 71) The hacienda of the Mainland is quite similar to the plantation of the Rimland. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Explain Middle America’s political, cultural, and economic development. Section Reference: Political and Economic Fragmentation 72) The Pacific coast of Nicaragua is part of Middle America’s Rimland. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Explain Middle America’s political, cultural, and economic development. Section Reference: Political and Economic Fragmentation 73) Tourism can be considered an irritant industry by many in the Caribbean Basin. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Explain Middle America’s political, cultural, and economic development. Section Reference: Political and Economic Fragmentation 74) According to Figure 2-12, the Chihuahua cartel has the greatest effect on people living near the Mexico-New Mexico border: Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference:Regions: Mexico 75) Communally-owned farms in Mexico are called ejidos. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference:Regions: Mexico 76) Mexico contains over 70 percent of the land area of Middle America (including the islands) and over half of the realm’s population. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference: Regions: Mexico 77) The Yucatán Peninsula protrudes into the Pacific Ocean. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference:Regions: Mexico 78) Mexico’s leading oil-producing zone is located along its southern Pacific coast. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference:Regions: Mexico 79) Maquiladoras are large communal farms in northern Mexico near the U.S. border. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference:Regions: Mexico 80) Overall, Central America’s population exhibits higher densities in its Pacific coastlands than along its Caribbean shore. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 81) Costa Rica’s population is overwhelmingly located in the tierra caliente zone. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 82) El Salvador’s population is quite homogeneous, with about 90 percent being mestizo. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 83) Costa Rica is Middle America’s oldest democracy. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 84) In the 1980s, Costa Rica was the scene of Central America’s most hotly contested civil war. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference: Regions: The Central American Republics 85) The longitude of the Panama Canal’s Caribbean (Atlantic) outlet is farther west than the longitude of the waterway’s Pacific Ocean outlet. Answer: True Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 86) Following from the agreement reached between the United States and Panama in 1977, there is no longer any official U.S. presence in the former Canal Zone. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 87) Over 80 percent of Costa Rica’s forests have been destroyed. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference: Regions: The Central American Republics 88) The Caribbean islands today constitute the most densely populated portion of the Americas. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 89) A mulatto is a person of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 90) The island of Hispaniola contains both Haiti and Dominica. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference:Regions: The Caribbean Basin: The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles 91) The tourism-dominated island-nations of Middle America have become so advanced that poverty is just about unknown. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference:Regions: The Caribbean Basin; The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles 92) According to Figure 2-15, the U.S. naval base on Cuba is located due south of the Florida Keys, near the city of Havana. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the CaribbeanBasin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference:Regions: The Caribbean Basin; The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles Question Type: Fill-in-the-blank 93) The lowest-lying attitudinal zone of agricultural activity, extending from sea level to an elevation of 750 meters (2500 ft), is the tierra ___. Answer:caliente Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Describe Middle America’s major environmental features and dangers and the vertical organization of climates in highland zones. Section Reference: Physical Geography of Middle America 94) The former Aztec city of Tenochtitlan is now known as __________ Answer: Mexico City Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 95) Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula was part of the Mesoamerican culture hearth that gave rise to the ___ civilization, which reached its height between the fourthandtenth centuries AD. Answer: Maya Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 96) Besides Europe, the foreign continent that most contributed to the shaping of Caribbean cultures is ___ Answer: Africa Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the rise of Middle America’s indigenous civilizations, their legacies, and their fateful collision with European conquerors. Section Reference: Cultural Geography 97) Middle America’s largest country today, in both area and population size, is ___. Answer: Mexico Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference:Regions: Mexico 98) Except for its extreme southeast, the Yucatán Peninsula is part of the country of ___. Answer: Mexico Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and the effect of the drug wars on regional development. Section Reference: Regions: Mexico 99) ___ is the term applied to people of mixed European and African ancestry. Answer: Mulatto Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective: Discuss the key characteristics and features of the seven republics of the Central American region. Section Reference:Regions: The Central American Republics 100) The Dominican Republic and Haiti together occupy the island of ___. Answer: Hispaniola Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: Describe the major geographic, political, and societal issues facing the Caribbean Basin, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Section Reference:Regions: The Caribbean Basin; The Greater Antilles; The Lesser Antilles