The document contains a series of quiz questions and answers related to geography, demographics, and historical facts about North and South America. Topics covered include population distribution, natural resources, cultural influences, landforms, and historical events. Each section presents true/false questions or specific inquiries, with corresponding answers provided after a designated time limit.

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To Canada? (Geography)
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3. I Want to Live There: 2 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: The primary reason that the
Earth’s population is unevenly distributed is
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that, in order to survive, people must live
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near a body of water.
The Answer Is :
False: it is because natural obstacles
Greatly restrict where people live

4. I Want to Live There: 3 Points
The Question Is :
Were settlers originally attracted to the South
because of the relatively flat landscape? If not,
why were they? Stop!
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The Answer Is :
No, because of the rich soil

5. I Want to Live There: 4 Points
The Question Is :
The jagged shoreline of the Northeast provides
many excellent ________.
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The Answer Is :
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Harbors

6. I Want to Live There: 5 Points
The Question Is :
Who has the higher percentage of people of
European descent: Guatemala or Costa Rica?
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The Answer Is :
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Costa Rica

7. I Want to Live There: 6 Points
The Question Is :
About 30 percent of the population in
Suriname, is made up of ________, people of
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mixed African and other ancestry.
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The Answer Is :
Suriname, mulattoes

8. I Want to Live There: 7 Points
The Question Is :
What is the largest country in Latin America?
Stop!
The Answer Is :
Brazil
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9. I Want to Live There: 8 Points
The Question Is :
By encouraging ________, the government of
Brazil hopes that the country will be able to
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benefit economically from the riches of the rain
________ without destroying it.
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The Answer Is :
Ecotourism, forest

10. I Want to Live There: 9 Points
The Question Is :
Compared with Central America, Caribbean
culture is more influenced by what ethnic
group? Stop!
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The Answer Is :
African

11. The US & Canada: 2 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: The Laurentian Highlands are
located in the United States and Canada.
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The Answer Is :
False

12. The US & Canada: 3 Points
The Question Is :
Which one of these has tundra regions – the
U.S., Canada, or both?
Stop!
The Answer Time’s Up!
Is :
Both

13. The US & Canada: 4 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: Coal, oil, and natural gas are all
nonrenewable resources that are vital to the
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energy supply and economy of the US.
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The Answer Is :
True

14. The US & Canada: 5 Points
The Question Is :
Is the United States a NAFTA country?
The Answer Is :Stop!
Yes Time’s Up!

15. The US & Canada: 6 Points
The Question Is :
Are forests vital to the energy supply and
economy of the United States?
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The Answer Time’s Up!
Is :
No

16. The US & Canada: 7 Points
The Question Is :
Both the United States and Canada have
temperate ________ regions.
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The Answer Time’s Up!
Is :
Grassland

17. The US & Canada: 8 Points
The Question Is :
Why are the peaks of the Rocky Mountains
higher and more jagged than the peaks of
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the Appalachian Mountains?
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The Answer Is :
The Appalachians have been worn down by
rain, ice, and wind over time

18. The US & Canada: 9 Points
The Question Is :
The United States relies mostly on ______
______ for energy creation.
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The Answer Is :
Fossil fuels

19. Landforms: 2 Points
The Question Is :
What are “ridgelike piles of rock and debris?”
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The Answer Is :
Moraines
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20. Landforms: 3 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: In rain forests, the densest layer of
plant life is on the forest floor.
The Answer Is : Stop!
True Time’s Up!

21. Landforms: 4 Points
The Question Is :
Dry seasons of natural wildfires are common to
_________.
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:
Savannas

22. Landforms: 5 Points
The Question Is :
What were the Bahamas created by?
The Answer Is :
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Built-up remains of once-living creatures called
coral polyps

23. Landforms: 6 Points
The Question Is :
What element of physical geography binds the
countries of southern South America together?
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The Answer Is :
The Plata River system

24. Landforms: 7 Points
The Question Is :
What is a leeward?
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The Answer Is :
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Side of an island away from the wind

25. Landforms: 8 Points
The Question Is :
What is an isthmus?
The Answer Is : Stop!
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A narrow strip of land connecting two larger
masses

26. Landforms: 9 Points
The Question Is :
What is an archipelago?
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The Answer Is :
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A group of islands

27. Historically Speaking: 2 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: A primary reason for the war of
independence from Spain was the unhappiness of the
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criollos at the privileges reserved only for the
peninsulares.
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The Answer Is :
True

28. Historically Speaking: 3 Points
The Question Is :
Warfare between British and French colonists in North
America between 1689 and 1763 ended with what?
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The Answer Is :
France surrendered most of its lands to Britain

29. Historically Speaking: 4 Points
The Question Is :
In the early 1800’s, the most efficient means of
transporting raw materials and finished goods around
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the country was the ________.
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The Answer Is :
Steamboat

30. Historically Speaking: 5 Points
The Question Is :
Is “giving away land in the Amazon region” a policy the
Brazilian government adopted to encourage economic
growth? Stop!
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The Answer Is :
Yes

31. Historically Speaking: 6 Points
The Question Is :
What was crucial to the success and development of
Brasilia?
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The Answer Is :
A massive road-building project

32. Historically Speaking: 7 Points
The Question Is :
The growth of Brazil’s middle class is due in large part
to government policies that have what?
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The Answer Is :
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Encouraged the growth of industry

33. Historically Speaking: 8 Points
The Question Is :
Why did little mixing of ethnic groups take place
throughout Central America’s history?
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The Answer Is :
Because mountains blocked travel between areas

34. Historically Speaking: 9 Points
The Question Is :
A steep escarpment that divides Brazil’s interior from
its coastal plain formed a barrier to __________ for
many years. Stop!
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The Answer Is :
Transportation

35. Central & South America: 2 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: Mexico’s heartland region is
dominated by lowlands.
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The Answer Is :
False: it is dominated by an elevated plateau.

36. Central & South America: 3 Points
The Question Is :
What is gasohol and its production has benefited
what country?
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The Answer Is :
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An alcohol based fuel, Brazil – it has cut its need
to import foreign oil

37. Central & South America: 4 Points
The Question Is :
Can oil be found in the following section of
Venezuela: Guiana Highlands?
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The Answer Is :
No

38. Central & South America: 5 Points
The Question Is :
The grasslands of Argentina produce most of
Argentina’s _________ and _________.
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The Answer Is :
Grains and meats

39. Central & South America: 6 Points
The Question Is :
In Argentina, the majority of the population is of
_________ ancestry.
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The Answer Is :
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European

40. Central & South America: 7 Points
The Question Is :
Brazil’s huge interior plateau drops steeply to the
lowlands beyond to form a(n) ________.
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The Answer Is Time’s Up!
:
Escarpment

41. Central & South America: 8 Points
The Question Is :
What are the communities that many of Brazil’s
urban poor live in called?
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The Answer Is :
Favelas

42. Central & South America: 9 Points
The Question Is :
Brazilians use _______ ________ to make their
alcohol based fuel called gasohol.
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The Answer Is :
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Sugar cane