Directions: Complete each sentence by choosing the correct term from the list below.
12. Separating the mountain ranges of Mexico is the
a. Sierra Madre del Sur.
b. central plateau.
c. Sierra Madre Occidental.
d. Sierra Madre Oriental.
13. The world's single largest mass of vegetation is found in the
18. The three island groups of the Caribbean are the Greater
Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the
a. Andes.
b. Bahamas
c. Guianas.
d. Windward Islands.
19. Mexico's physical setting is dominated by
a. lowlands.
b. coastal plains.
c. high and rugged mountains.
d. an elevated plateau.
20. Most of Mexico's people live
a. between the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Gulf coast.
b. south of the central plateau on the Pacific coast.
c. in the country's major cities located on the central
plateau
d. between the Pacific coast and the Sierra Madre Occidental.
21. One of the world's major oil-producing regions is
located along Mexico's
a. central plateau.
b. northern Pacific coast.
c. Yucatan Peninsula
d. Gulf coastal plain.
22. The major economic activity along Mexico's southern
Pacific coast is
a. manufacturing.
b. farming.
c. petroleum mining
d. tourism.
23. There are underground caverns in the Yucatan Peninsula
because
a. water seeps through the ground and dissolves the limestone
bedrock.
b. inactive volcanoes have formed large holes underground.
c. earthquakes have opened caverns under the mountains
d. mining has carved these holes in the earth.
24. The major economic activity in the Gulf coastal plain
is
a. farming.
b. tourism.
c. manufacturing
d. petroleum and natural gas extraction.
27. The Bahamas were created by
a. tectonic activity that thrust mountains up from the
ocean floor.
b. repeated volcanic eruptions.
c. built-up remains of once-living creatures called coral
polyps
d. built-up layers of volcanic soil.
28. Temperatures in the Caribbean are moderate because
of the islands'
a. nearness to water.
b. high mountains.
c. location in the tropics.
d. elevation.
29. Central America consists of all of the following landform
regions except
a. a mountainous core.
b. Caribbean lowlands.
c. Pacific coastal plains
d. an elevated central plateau.
30. The islands of the Greater Antilles were created by
a. repeated volcanic eruptions that built up layers of
volcanic soil.
b. tectonic activity that pushed up mountains from the
ocean floor.
c. built-up remains of once-living creatures called coral
polyps.
d. calcium carbonate, or limestone.
31. The economies of the Caribbean islands depend mainly
upon
a. mining.
b. tourism.
c. commercial fishing.
d. agriculture.
32. A major difference between Brasilia and other major
cities in Brazil is that Brasilia is
a. located along the southeastern coast of the country.
b. not accessible by a major system of roads.
c. located in the interior of the country on the Brazilian
Highlands.
d. populated by fewer than one million people.
33. After clearing the rain forest for farming, many settlers
have discovered that rain forest soil
a. becomes quickly exhausted by constant rains and planting.
b. is the most fertile soil in Brazil.
c. needs little irrigation to produce large crop yields
every year.
d. turns to red, barren clay only after many years of
planting.
34. Venezuela's economy is based on which of the following?
a. oil
b. coffee
c. sugar
d. copper
35. Which of the following is not a physical region in
southern South America?
a. temperate grasslands of the pampas
b. cold desert of the Patagonia
c. tropical lowlands of the Gran Chaco
d. tropical grassland of the Llanos