Question 1

The Panama Canal was opened in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   1531
B)   1825
C)   1914
D)   1925
E)   2000F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula was part of the Mesoamerican culture hearth that gave rise to the ___ civilization,which reached its height between the fourth and tenth centuries AD.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula was part of the...

Question 3

The Yucatán Peninsula protrudes into the Pacific Ocean.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

As a landform,the land bridge between Mexico and South America would be best characterized as a(n) :

Accepted Answer

A)   peninsula
B)   highway
C)   isthmus
D)   tunnel
E)   islandF) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 5

The Maya and Aztec civilizations both evolved within the Mesoamerican culture hearth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

As one travels north leaving South America,the first country encountered on the Central American land bridge is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Costa Rica
B)   Panama
C)   El Salvador
D)   Nicaragua
E)   Trinidad and TobagoF) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 7

Maquiladoras are large communal farms in northern Mexico near the U.S.border.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which country is located in the Greater Antilles?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cuba
B)   Nicaragua
C)   The Bahamas
D)   Honduras
E)   MexicoF) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following Caribbean republics was influenced by French culture?

Accepted Answer

A)   Haiti
B)   Jamaica
C)   French Antilles
D)   the Bahamas
E)   CubaF) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 10

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n) ____________.:

Accepted Answer

A)   spine
B)   isthmus
C)   archipelago
D)   bridgeland
E)   peninsulaF) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 11

The large island of Trinidad is located in the Greater Antilles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses is called an isthmus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The archipelago to the northeaST of Cuba that was formerly a British dependency is called the ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Florida Keys
B)   Bahamas
C)   North Indies
D)   Bermuda Triangle
E)   Greater AntillesF) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 14

Guatemala's mestizo population calls itself the _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   tierra calientes
B)   ladinos
C)   contras
D)   Mesoamericanos
E)   YucataneseF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

The Maya civilization is the only one on the world culture map that arose in a tropical lowland.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Figure 2-3 shows that Ciudad Juárez lies directly across the border from this U.S.city:

Accepted Answer

A)   Matamoros
B)   Laredo
C)   El Paso
D)   San Diego
E)   McAllenF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

According to Figure 2-6,the poorest Mainland countries in 2010 were __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Mexico and Panama
B)   Guatemala and El Salvador
C)   Honduras and Nicaragua
D)   Costa Rica and Belize
E)   Haiti and the Dominican RepublicF) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 18

The tourism-dominated island-nations of Middle America have become so advanced that poverty is just about unknown.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Mexico's leading oil-producing zone is located along its southern Pacific coast.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

As a group,the islands of Cuba,Hispaniola,Jamaica,and Puerto Rico constitute ___________.:

Accepted Answer

A)   Middle America
B)   the Rimland
C)   the Hispanic Caribbean
D)   the West Indies archipelago
E)   the Greater AntillesF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Exam 3: The Middle American Realm

Which country is located in the Greater Antilles?

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The large island of Trinidad is located in the Greater Antilles.

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Figure 2-3 shows that Ciudad Juárez lies directly across the border from this U.S.city:

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The Yucatán Peninsula protrudes into the Pacific Ocean.

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A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses is called an isthmus.

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Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula was part of the Mesoamerican culture hearth that gave rise to the ___ civilization,which reached its height between the fourth and tenth centuries AD.

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The archipelago to the northeaST of Cuba that was formerly a British dependency is called the ____________.

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Which of the following Caribbean republics was influenced by French culture?

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Guatemala's mestizo population calls itself the _________.

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The Maya civilization is the only one on the world culture map that arose in a tropical lowland.

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The Maya and Aztec civilizations both evolved within the Mesoamerican culture hearth.

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A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n) ____________.:

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As a group,the islands of Cuba,Hispaniola,Jamaica,and Puerto Rico constitute ___________.:

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As one travels north leaving South America,the first country encountered on the Central American land bridge is ________.

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According to Figure 2-6,the poorest Mainland countries in 2010 were __________.

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Maquiladoras are large communal farms in northern Mexico near the U.S.border.

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Mexico's leading oil-producing zone is located along its southern Pacific coast.

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As a landform,the land bridge between Mexico and South America would be best characterized as a(n) :

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The Panama Canal was opened in ________.

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The tourism-dominated island-nations of Middle America have become so advanced that poverty is just about unknown.

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