Latin America Exam Questions with Answers All Correct
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Latin America Exam Questions with Answers All Correct
What religions are often mixed in Latin America? - Answer-they worship at Roman Catholic churches on Sunday but pray to natural deities
Who brought Roman Catholicism to Latin America? - Answer-European conquerors and colonists brought them ...
Latin America Exam Questions
with Answers All Correct
What religions are often mixed in Latin America? - Answer-they worship at Roman
Catholic churches on Sunday but pray to natural deities
Who brought Roman Catholicism to Latin America? - Answer-European conquerors and
colonists brought them to the Americas
How did the Catholic Church change over time in its support of the people? - Answer-
during the fight for independence, church officials backed the wealthy. In the late 1900s,
Roman Catholics backed the wealthy and powerful classes
How did Protestantism come to Latin America? Who promoted it? - Answer-came with
British and Dutch settlers in the 1800s; missionaries supported it
What are some examples of early Native American art? - Answer-weaving,
woodcarving, pottery, metalwork, handwoven textiles, murals, and mosaics
How were ancient temples decorated? - Answer-murals and mosaics
Which modern Mexican artist did murals? - Answer-Diego Rivera
What are many modern Latin American writers known for? Name one. - Answer-for their
ability to skillfully blend everyday reality with the mythical and fantastic in their wrigings
What type of family do many Latin Americans live in? - Answer-extended family
What is one male tradition that is fading in Latin America? Why? - Answer-machismo;
women have made rapid advances in public life in recent decades and are in charge of
home life, financial decisions, and family decisions; go to universities and hold jobs)--
theis causes machismo to change
What is increasing and rising within the Latin America culture? - Answer-
education/literacy rates
What causes many health problems in Latin America? - Answer-poverty, lack of
sanititation, malnutrition
What is happening to infant mortality rates? - Answer-they have fallen dramatically in
recent years
, What is the favorite sport in Latin America? - Answer-futbol (soccer)
What is the most famous celebration? Where and when is it celebrated? - Answer-
Carnival; celebrated in the week before the Roman Catholic observance of Lent (40-day
period of fasting and praying before Easter); largest Carnival celebrations in Rio de
Janeiro
What landforms dominate South America's interior? - Answer-rainforests, deserts, and
mountains
Where do most South Americns live? - Answer-continent's edges, an area sometimes
known as the "populated rim"
Latin America's largest populated area - Answer-Buenos Aires, Argentina
important factor in a country's population density - Answer-its area--relatively large
areas usually have low population density
factors that make Caribbean countries some of the most densely populated in Latin
America - Answer-small land areas and large populations that have rapid growth rates
highest population density in the Caribbean - Answer-Barbados
major force shaping population patterns in Latin America - Answer-migration of people
from the countryside to cities as well as the change from a rural to an urban society
What does the desire for improved living conditions, political freedom, or an escape
from political unrest lead people to do? - Answer-move north to the US
most of Latin America's countries still depend on what to supply a major portion of their
incomes? - Answer-agriculture
export - Answer-sell to other countries
name some crops exported by latin america - Answer-bananas, sugarcane, coffee
campesinos - Answer-rural farmers and workers
latifundia - Answer-highly mechanized commercial operations that yeild high returns for
low investment in labor
minifundia - Answer-small plots of land intensively famred by campesinos to feed their
families
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