Geography test help p3?

Question 25


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Evidence from middle and South America indicates that activities in the informal economy are wasteful of resouces


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True


False





2 points


Question 26


Question 26





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The Brazillian government used to encourage the clearing of the Amazon through tax breaks


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True


False





2 points


Question 27


Question 27





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Female migrants constitute a major segment of the labor force working in the maquiladoras


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True


False





2 points


Question 28


Question 28





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What was the initial cause of the debt crisis suffered by many countries in the 1980s?


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Loans were taken to fund development projects that failed to achieve economic growth


Payments of social support to increasingly poor populations required states to take out huge loans


Raw material deposits usually run out before all of the borrowed money could be used


Lending institutions failed to loan the money they promised, so many development projects could not be finished





2 points


Question 29


Question 29





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What was established by the enactment of the treaty of Tordesillas in 1494?


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The peaceful division of Middle and South America between Portugal and Spain


The relinquisment by the portuguese of all their claims to land in the Americas


An end to the great wars between native Americans and European invaders


The agreement between Britain and Spain to end the conflict over the Caribbean islands





2 points


Question 30


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What was the name of the Spaniard who conquered the Inca empire?


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Cortez


de Soto


Balboa


Pizzaro





2 points


Question 31


Question 31





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Which of the following best describes the meaning of the expression "brain drain"?


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The lack of educational opportunities for people living in deeloping countries


The growing number of educated people working in low-kill occupations


The decline in education spending due to high debt loads


The migration of skilled people to a more profitable place





2 points


Question 32


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What was the primary reason for U.S. involvement in the politics of Middle and South America after World War II?


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The perceived threat of communism


Increasing environmental destruction


To replace dictators with elected officials


To suppress resistance to elected governments





2 points


Question 33


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What typically happens to profits generated by ranches and plantations in Middle and South America?


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They flow out of the country to foreign owners


They are depleted by annual reoccurrences of various types of natural disasters


They accumulate in local banks to allow governments to avoid imposing taxes


They are used to fund massive social programs, such as school and public housing





2 points


Question 34


Question 34





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Which is one positive development in the battle against the deforestation of the Amazon?


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Reforestation is faster than previously thought in the tropical environment


Global demand for wood products is going down


Scientists have discovered that trees are not ecologically necessary








Other vast new forests are being discovered around the world that more than make up for the trees lost in the Amazon





2 points


Question 35


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Most of the production of large, northern corporate farms in Mexico is for the North American market


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True


False





2 points


Question 36


Question 36





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Which of the following terms includes economic activity that does not pay taxes to the government?


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Informal economy


Formal economy


Duty-free economy


Industrial economy





2 points


Question 37


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