Exam 2:
1.  Which of the following statements is FALSE:
A.  Plantation agriculture is still found in the rimland of Middle America.
B.  Puerto Rico is considered one of the Greater Antilles.
C.  Anthropologists refer to the Middle American culture hearth as Mesoamerica.
D.  Hispaniola includes Haiti and Dominica.

2.  The population of Russia is:
A.  shrinking by about 1 million per year.
B.  about the same size as the U.S.
C.  unusual in that men live longer, on average, then women.
D.  increasing at a rate of +0.7% per year.

3.  Which of the following statements about Russia and North America is FALSE?
A.  Next to Canada and Mexico, Russia is the third closest neighbor to the United States.
B.  The Russians established forts and villages along the entire California coast.
C.  The Russians sold Alaska to the United States in 1867.
D.  The USSR was a United States ally in World War II.

4.  Which of the following statements is FALSE?
 A.  In Brazil, there are no bridges spanning the Amazon River.
 B.  Venezuela is the most important South American exporter of crude oil to the U.S.
 C.  The majority of Mexico's population lives north of the Tropic of Cancer.
 D.  Panama is located in both Central America and North America.

5.  The Latin American country where English predominates as the spoken language is:
A. Jamaica       B. Brazil       C. Argentina       D. Haiti.

True or False.

6.  In population, Mexico is larger than Brazil.

7.  In the 19th Century, Mexico lost approximately 50% of its territory to the U.S.

8.  A very high overall population density is characteristic of extreme southern Argentina.

9.  In terms of surface area, Lake Superior is larger than Lake Baikal.

10.  St. Petersburg was formerly called Leningrad.

Answers
  1.  D
  2.  A
  3.  B
  4.  C
  5.  A

  6.  F
  7.  T
  8.  F
  9.  T
10.  T

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