Geography 322 - Geography of Latin America » Fall 2019 » Quiz 1 Physical Geography Contemporary Human Environment Relationships

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Question #1
Environmental determinism:
A.   suggests that humans have a growing influence on how the environment functions
B.   is an idea that is very common among contemporary geographers
C.   was used to explain hunter-gatherer societies in the Amazon basin
Question #2
The Caribbean Tectonic Plate:
A.   has not led to any volcanic or earthquake activity
B.   extends over most of Mexico
C.   encompasses all of the island of Cuba
D.   forms one half of the fault line that caused the earthquake in Haiti in 2010
Question #3
The Andes mountains:
A.   have no peaks taller than 20,000 feet tall
B.   are moving closer to Africa due to continental drift
C.   are the result of the Nazca and Cocos plates being subducted under the South American and Caribbean plates
D.   are no longer seismically active
Question #4
Biomes:
A.   have very little correlation with climate
B.   are only present in tropical areas
C.   are characterized by the natural plants and animals that dominate them
D.   are usually named after the explorer who discovered them
Question #5
Tropical rainforests:
A.   North and south of the rainforest are semi-arid grasslands
B.   have abundant ground-level vegetation
C.   have soils with very low fertility
D.   expand 20 to 30 degrees North and South of the equator
Question #6
The steppe biome
A.   is created by high pressures and dry conditions 30 degrees north and south of the equator
B.   occurs along the equator 
C.   is the result of adiabatic cooling and condensation
D.   is the result of the subduction of the Cocos plate
Question #7
The Cockpit region of central Jamaica:
A.   is one of the most deforested areas in Latin America and the Caribbean
B.   is located in Belize
C.   recently experienced reforestation
D.   suffered deforestation due to encroaching human settlements
Question #8
Natural disasters in Central America (and Latin America in general)
A.   cannot be predicted or prepared for very well.
B.   have increased in frequency each year since 1998 due to climate change and ENSO events.
C.   result in increased devastation due to socioeconomic and settlement patterns.
D.   were remarkably infrequent in 1998.
Question #9
El Nino (ENSO) events: 
A.   are not affected by climate change.
B.   are positively correlated with earthquake activity.
C.   are caused by warm Pacific ocean waters migrating to the South American coast.
D.   create increased precipitation in Central America in the spring and summer months
Question #10
Many Central and South American cities are located in the  
A.   tierra templada
B.   tierra fria
C.   tierra helada
D.   tierra caliente

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