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What types of economic activity dominate the Amazon rainforest and the savannas of central Brazil?
a.) farming and cooking
b.) logging and ranching
c) mining and retail
What is logging and ranching.
How has Venezuela's oil production changed over time?
a. Oil production has increased every decade since large-scale production began in the 1950s.
b. Oil production declined sharply after 1972 but later grew to nearly the same levels.
c. Oil production peaked in the 1960s and 1970s and has failed to top 2,500 barrels a day since then.
b. Oil production declined sharply after 1972 but later grew to nearly the same levels.
What conclusion can be drawn about the diversity of South America’s population?
a. Most people in the region have African ancestors.
b.
Native Americans have been nearly eliminated.
c. People of mixed ancestry are significant parts of many countries.
c. People of mixed ancestry are significant parts of many countries.
What is Brazil doing to decrease the damage caused by deforestation?
a. tracking the illegal cutting of trees, encouraging shade farming
b. prohibiting farming in the Amazon,
encouraging shade farming
c. planting trees in southern Brazil ,
tracking the illegal cutting of trees
a. tracking the illegal cutting of trees, encouraging shade farming
Why was the mita system important to the Incan empire?
a
It helped Incan astronomers calculate the movements of the stars.
b
It allowed the government to collect taxes in the form of physical labor.
c
It helped the emperor keep strict control over faraway lands.
It allowed the government to collect taxes in the form of physical labor.
What common interest did Brazil and the US have regarding human rights?
a. not everyone deserves the same rights
b. only the wealthy deserve human rights
c. everyone deserves human rights
c. everyone deserves human rights
What point is Simón Bolívar famous for making about democratic governments?
a. Democratic governments should not let the citizens have power over the government for very long.
b. Democratic governments are doomed to fail because they give too much authority to one leader.
c.
Democratic governments must choose new leaders frequently to keep power in the hands of the people.
c.
Democratic governments must choose new leaders frequently to keep power in the hands of the people.
How did the development of agriculture change the lives of early South American peoples?
a.
More groups moved near the coasts.
b. Groups started to settle in one place.
c. Civilizations quickly developed.
b. Groups started to settle in one place.
___________ used oil revenues to ___________
a. Hugo Chavez, fund social programs
b. Simon Bolivar, combat the illegal drug trade
c. Jose de San Martin, fund a lavish lifestyle
Hugo Chavez, fund social programs
Which of the following events led to Brazil’s independence?
a.
Getúlio Vargas' overthrow of the government
b. the liberation of enslaved Afro-Brazilians
c. Napoleon's invasion of Portugal
c. Napoleon's invasion of Portugal
Which of the following would most likely result if Mercosur expanded to include Chile?
a.
Trade between Chile and Uruguay would decline.
b.
Trade between Chile and Argentina would increase.
c.
Trade between Chile and the United States would decline.
b.
Trade between Chile and Argentina would increase.
In what ways was Portuguese colonization similar to Spanish colonization?
a. Like the Spanish, the Portuguese brought Roman Catholicism, Like the Spanish, the Portuguese had a policy of mercantilism.
b.
Like the Spanish, the Portuguese conquered earlier empires, Like the Spanish, the Portuguese exported large amounts of silver.
c. Like the Spanish, the Portuguese exported large amounts of silver,
Like the Spanish, the Portuguese had a policy of mercantilism.
a. Like the Spanish, the Portuguese brought Roman Catholicism, Like the Spanish, the Portuguese had a policy of mercantilism.
How did early people who lived in the Pampas differ from early people who lived along the coast of what is now southern Chile?
a.
People in the Pampas ate more land animals.
b. People in the Pampas were more likely to farm.
c. People in the Pampas were more likely to settle in one place.
People in the Pampas ate more land animals.
Which factors were MOST responsible for the population decline among South American Indians after the Spanish conquest?
a. forced labor in silver mines and on plantations, diseases introduced by the Spanish
b.
warfare between the Spanish and South American Indians, diseases introduced by the Spanish
c.
famine caused by the disruption of traditional agriculture, warfare between the Spanish and South American Indians
a. forced labor in silver mines and on plantations, diseases introduced by the Spanish
How did mechanization of agriculture affect population distribution in South America?
a. It led to more people moving to cities.
b. It drove people to settle along the coast.
c. It caused a mass migration from the Amazon Basin.
a. It led to more people moving to cities.
What is true about life expectancy in South America?
a.
The largest countries in South America have the longest life expectancies.
b.
Landlocked countries without access to the sea have the shortest life expectancies.
c.
The countries in the Southern Cone of South America have the longest life expectancies.
c.
The countries in the Southern Cone of South America have the longest life expectancies.
Incan architects and engineers are famous for building
a.
thousands of miles of roads to connect the empire.
b. stone bridges crossing deep mountain gorges.
c. aqueducts to carry water from distant lakes.
a.
thousands of miles of roads to connect the empire.
After independence, most South American countries
a. extended voting rights to all men.
b.
were dominated by wealthy landowners.
c. established communist systems with command economies.
b.
were dominated by wealthy landowners.
What famous festival in Brazilian focuses on the blending of different cultures and traditions?
a. Christmas
b. Carnival
c. Party De Rio
b. Carnival
Who is the greatest teacher in the entire world?
a. Mr. Jacobs
b. Mr. Jacobs
c. Mr. Jacobs
b. Mr. Jacobs