1/30/26, 11:56 PM Reading Quiz 7: GCU 323: Geography of Latin America (2026 Spring A)
Reading Quiz 7
Due Feb 2 at 11:59pm
Points 40
Questions 60
Available Jan 20 at 12am - Feb 2 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 120 Minutes
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 76 minutes 40 out of 40
Score for this quiz: 40 out of 40
Submitted Jan 30 at 10:56pm
This attempt took 76 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
0..67 pts
One of the active gangs in Central America originated in the 1980s in the barrios of which U.S. city?
Houston
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Denver
Seattle
Correct answer
Question 2
0..67 pts
In Nicaragua, gangs were formed in the 1990s by demobilized Sandinista and Contra conscripts who
moved into drug trafficking but have now been co-opted by transnational, mostly , cartels.
Bolivian
Honduran
Guatemalan
Ecuadorian
Mexican
Salvadoran
Colombian
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Venezuelan
Peruvian
Panamanian
Correct answer
Question 3
0..67 pts
According to the text, it is estimated that 79 percent of all South American cocaine en route to the United
States and Europe passes through each year, with a value of $38 billion, more than ten times the
country's budget.
Panama
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Correct answer
Question 4
0..67 pts
Historically (and even currently to some extent), the two most important export crops in Central America
are:
bananas and coffee
bananas and cotton
wheat and barley
sugarcane and cotton
rice and beans
Correct answer
Question 5
0..67 pts
Central American countries are at the mercy of commodity price fluctuations.
banana
cocoa
world
North American
coffee
Central American
Correct answer
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Question 6
0..67 pts
In 2013, earned 16.5 percent of GDP in El Salvador, 15.7 percent in Honduras, 10 percent in
Guatemala, and 9.7 percent in Nicaragua.
drug growing
remittances
logging
drug trafficking
mining
Correct answer
Question 7
0..67 pts
The U.S. dollar is the official currency in:
Guatemala and Honduras
El Salvador and Guatemala
Costa Rica and Panama
Honduras and Belize
Belize and Ecuador
El Salvador and Panama
Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Ecuador and Nicaragua
Correct answer
Question 8
0..67 pts
Which U.S.-based company has captured over half the food retail sector in Central America?
Safeway
Target
Costco Wholesale
Kroger
Walmart
Correct answer
Question 9
0..67 pts
Reading Quiz 7
Due Feb 2 at 11:59pm
Points 40
Questions 60
Available Jan 20 at 12am - Feb 2 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 120 Minutes
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 76 minutes 40 out of 40
Score for this quiz: 40 out of 40
Submitted Jan 30 at 10:56pm
This attempt took 76 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
0..67 pts
One of the active gangs in Central America originated in the 1980s in the barrios of which U.S. city?
Houston
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Denver
Seattle
Correct answer
Question 2
0..67 pts
In Nicaragua, gangs were formed in the 1990s by demobilized Sandinista and Contra conscripts who
moved into drug trafficking but have now been co-opted by transnational, mostly , cartels.
Bolivian
Honduran
Guatemalan
Ecuadorian
Mexican
Salvadoran
Colombian
,1/30/26, 11:56 PM Reading Quiz 7: GCU 323: Geography of Latin America (2026 Spring A)
Venezuelan
Peruvian
Panamanian
Correct answer
Question 3
0..67 pts
According to the text, it is estimated that 79 percent of all South American cocaine en route to the United
States and Europe passes through each year, with a value of $38 billion, more than ten times the
country's budget.
Panama
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Correct answer
Question 4
0..67 pts
Historically (and even currently to some extent), the two most important export crops in Central America
are:
bananas and coffee
bananas and cotton
wheat and barley
sugarcane and cotton
rice and beans
Correct answer
Question 5
0..67 pts
Central American countries are at the mercy of commodity price fluctuations.
banana
cocoa
world
North American
coffee
Central American
Correct answer
, 1/30/26, 11:56 PM Reading Quiz 7: GCU 323: Geography of Latin America (2026 Spring A)
Question 6
0..67 pts
In 2013, earned 16.5 percent of GDP in El Salvador, 15.7 percent in Honduras, 10 percent in
Guatemala, and 9.7 percent in Nicaragua.
drug growing
remittances
logging
drug trafficking
mining
Correct answer
Question 7
0..67 pts
The U.S. dollar is the official currency in:
Guatemala and Honduras
El Salvador and Guatemala
Costa Rica and Panama
Honduras and Belize
Belize and Ecuador
El Salvador and Panama
Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Ecuador and Nicaragua
Correct answer
Question 8
0..67 pts
Which U.S.-based company has captured over half the food retail sector in Central America?
Safeway
Target
Costco Wholesale
Kroger
Walmart
Correct answer
Question 9
0..67 pts
