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2nd Semester Test
7th Grade History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "The land of the shaking earth" | Mexico |
| "Where Central American farmers grow corn and beans for their families" | subsistence farms |
| "Highest mountains in the Western Hemisphere" | Aconcagua |
| Incan city discovered in 1911. | Macchu Picchu |
| Landform in Mexico. | Yucatan Peninsula |
| Large island that is located 90 miles south of Florida. | Cuba |
| Capital of Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| A kind of banana grown in Peru | plantain |
| Type of factories found in Mexico's border cities. | Maquiladores |
| Major industry of the Caribbean islands. | tourism |
| Country that declared independence from Portugal in 1822. | Brazil |
| Lies in the rain shadow of the Andes | Atacama Desert |
| U.S. citizens from an American Commonwealth country. | Puerto Ricans |
| This country has no army | Costa Rica |
| Type of government in all Central American countries. | democracy |
| Second-largest Latin American country in total area. | Argentina |
| The religion of most people in Central America. | Roman Catholics |
| One of the Greater Antilles. | Jamaica |
| Area that was a British colony from the 1600s to the late 1900s. | Belize |
| Citizens of Buenos Aires. | portenos |
| In terms of land area, Brazil is the world's ________. | Fifth-largest country |
| Cape Horn is South America's ______. | Southermost point |
| The country of Mexico is threatened by ______. | volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, earthquakes |
| Cuba has government based on the principles of _________. | communism |
| The southern tip of Argentina stretches almost to ___________. | Anarctica |
| Which country is more than 2,600 miles long but averages only 110 miles wide? | Chile |
| Early Mexican civilization included the _____. | Aztec, Olmec, and Maya |
| The United States gave control of the Panama Canal to Panama in _________. | 1999 |
| The British, Dutch, and French had colonies in ________. | the Guianas |
| After independences, Columbia became part of ______. | New Granada |
| The growth of border cities in Mexico have done all of the following except_______. | lead to safer jobs for workers |
| The mountains that run through six South American countries are the ____________. | Andes |
| The South American country whose name in Spanish means "land of abundances" is ______. | Peru |
| Which of the following is NOT a coastal resort in Mexico? | Guadalajara |
| A mestizo is a person of mixed_________. | Native America and Spanish hertiage |
| Which South American country uses the euro as its currency? | French Guiana |
| Which of the following islands are in the Caribbean Sea? | Hispaniola |
| The river that forms much of Mexico's northern border ______. | Rio Grande |
| The central plains where two-thirds of Argentina's people live are _______. | The pampas |
| Who led the Spanish army that landed in Mexico in 1519? | Hernan Cortes |
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