Final

Which option is not one of the three landform regions of LA?

Eastern Highlands

Central Lowlands

Amazonian Region

Which is not one of the Eastern Highlands?

Brazilian Highlands

Patagonian Plateau

The Gran Chaco

Which is not one of the four physiographic provinces that make up the central lowlands?

the interior sedimentary zone

the llanos

the amazonian plain

Which is a term associated with the creation of the lesser antilles?

Western sierra madre

Outer arc

Eastern volcanic axis

What is the name of the largest city created by the Moundbuilders?

Purblo Bonito

Casa Grande

Cahokia

Which is false about Monk's Mound?

it was 10 stories high

its 16 acre base was larger than that of any Egyptian pyramid

it was primarily a moastery for religious leaders

Which groups built the pyramids at the city of Palenque?

Mayans

Aliens

Aztecs

Which leader ruled Palenque during a period of greatness and growth?

Montezuma

Quetzalcoatl

Pacal

which was the name of the Friar that defended the native Caribbean population from other spaniards?

Hernan Cortez

Bartolome de las Casas

Francisco Pizarro

Which was the name of the indigenous group that the spaniards first enslaved in the
Americas?

Aztec, Taino, Maya

Which option below is true regarding Enrique's Rebellion?

Enrique was never raised by Spaniards which is why he fought for his native people

Enrique always ran away and never fought Spanish soldiers

Enrique went undefeated for 14 years

Which is not one of the two most prominent aspects of climate?

Pressure belts

Temperature

Precipitation

The temperature associated with any given location has which 3 factors?

seasonal temp fluctuation, pressure belts, continentality

heat, humidity, rain

Altitude, Ocean Currents, Latitude

which is one of the four alitudinal life zones?

Tropic of Cancer

Tierra Caliente

Andean Mountain Range

What latitudes of latin America have the highest temperatures?

0 degrees = equator

tropics of cancer and capricorn

100 degrees south = tierra caliente desert

What is the name of the Aztec capital?

Tenochtitlan

Hispaniola

Mexica

What is another name for the Aztec people?

Mectezuma

Mexica

Mayan

What aztec god was Hernando Cortes confused for?

Huizilopochtli

Atahualpa

Quetzalcoatl

What is the name of the indigenous tribe that helped cortez fight against the Aztecs?

Tlaxcala

Mayans

Teotihuacan

Which description describes Tropical and Temperate Savannas?

Seasonal extremes of precipitation, with wet summer and dry winters

Precipitation(wet) throughout the year with a short dry period

Precipitation(wet) throughout the year with moderate temps

Which is not one of the three factors that create desert subtypes in Latin America?

Continental temp controls

Consistent high temps

Cold, offshore Pacific currents

Why is biodiversity relevant to LA?

There is a lot of racial diversity in LA

Half of all life forms on earth are associated with tropical rainforests

It helps distinguish Highland tundra from steppe

Which is the driest desert on earth?

The Sahara Desert

The Mohave Desert

The Atacama Desert

Most people in LA speak a language originally created by which ethnicity

Europeans

Latinos

Natives

The reason Haiti endures so many issues related to its physical geography is because it

lies directly in the path of many hurricanes

lies on a fault line where two plates intersect

all of the above

Ring of fire - which country would have a large number of volcanoes and earthquakes?

Brazil

Chile

Cuba

What island did Deborah Freund biology instructor visit during her summer vacation?

angel

galapagos

san martin

which option is true with regard to the relationship between geography and biodiversity?

closer to the mainland, greater the biodiversity

closer to the mainland, less biodiversity

the smaller the island, the greater the biodiversity

Which country is located on the Iberian Peninsula?

Portugal

Yucatan

Brazil

Which is not true about the Moors?

Spread Islam from Africa to "spain"

Remained in "Spain" for almost 800 years

Helped lead to the "golden age of Christianity"

What was true about La Reconquista?

It was Mexico's effort to retake the US Southwest

It was the Spaish expulsion of the Moors

It was the Conquistador's defeat of the aztecs and incas

How was the repartimiento  system different from the ecomienda system?

it distributed resources instead of using them

one was only for criollos and the other was only for Indians

Which is true about conservatives in the newly independent LA countries?

They favored power being distributed to the outlying states/provinces

they were supported by the landed aristocracy and high Catholic church officials

they favored the separation of church and state

what is the name of the indigenous group that helped cortez conquer the Aztecs?

Mexica

Maya

Tlaxcala

What is La Noche Triste/The Sad Night?

Cortez attacked an unarmed religious gathering

The Aztecs killed their own ruler, Montezuma

Tenochtitlan was finally conquered by the Spanish

The author of guns, germs, and steel?

Michael Coe

Jared Diamond

Kevin Costner

The underlying reson why Europeans were able to colonize native americans?

guns

germs

geography

What killed more Native Americans?

guns

germs

steel

Who was Benito Juarez? and what country was he associated with?

Brazil's first black president

Mexico's first indigenous president

Argentina's freedom fighter for independence

what was the partido revolucionario institucional?

Mexico's single political party in power for 70 years

the political branch of Peru's Marxist paramilitary group

Bolivia's short lived democratic system

What did the US do in Guatemala in 1954?

provided aid because of a catastrophic hurricane

sponsored a coup which overthrew a democratically elected government

lent military support to defend a democratically elected president

Belize gained independence from Britain in 1981...

True

False

What country had a "soccer war" with Honduras in 1969?

Argentina

Brazil

El Salvador

Who were the Sandinistas?

A military group after Sandia

A military group that fought against Britain

a military group that fought against the contras

What did the US do in Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933?

helped rebuild the economy

supported the Sandinistas

stationed US Marines in that country