GEOG 161 CH 5 TEST BANK EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
a - Answer-Which Caribbean country has the lowest rate of natural increase in the
region?
A) Cuba
B) Trinidad and Tobago
C) French Guiana
D) Belize
E) Haiti
e - Answer-Which of the following Caribbean nations has the greatest percent of its
population below the age of 15 in the region?
A) Cuba
B) Bahamas
C) Barbados
D) Jamaica
E) Haiti
a - Answer-What percentage of the Caribbean population between the ages 15 and
49 has HIV/AIDS?
A) 1%
B) 4%
C) 9%
D) 12%
E) 16%
a - Answer-Which location in the Caribbean was one of the earliest spots where
HIV/AIDS was detected?
A) Haiti
B) Dominican Republic
C) Puerto Rico
D) Montserrat
E) Jamaica
e - Answer-Caribbean hurricanes
A) originate in the west Atlantic.
B) are not officially hurricanes until they reach winds of 110 miles per hour.
C) are relatively rare.
D) are a minor inconvenience, but not a real problem.
E) often enter the Caribbean at the Lesser Antilles.
e - Answer-Which of the following is NOT a common form of destruction associated
with hurricanes?
A) high winds
, B) heavy downpours
C) severe flooding
D) coastal storm surges
E) loss of marine biodiversity
e - Answer-What of the following is NOT predicted for the Caribbean as a result of
global climate change?
A) a rise in sea level by 0.6 meters
B) increased frequency and intensity of hurricanes
C) variable rainfall leading to both floods and droughts
D) a loss of biodiversity
E) a decrease in surface temperatures between 1.2°C and 2.3°C
b - Answer-The overwhelming majority of the Caribbean is situated in which two
climate zones?
A) Tropical rainy and subtropical desert
B) Tropical rainy and tropical savanna
C) Tropical savanna and subtropical desert
D) Humid subtropical and desert
E) desert and polar
e - Answer-What practice was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of
the Caribbean?
A) road construction
B) subsistence agriculture
C) suburbanization
D) urbanization
E) sugarcane plantation agriculture
d - Answer-) Which of the following nations (or islands) has lost almost all of its forest
cover?
A) Belize
B) Cuba
C) Dominican Republic
D) Haiti
E) Puerto Rico
e - Answer-Which Caribbean country is the site of a sanctuary for black howler
monkeys created by local farmers?
A) Jamaica
B) Puerto Rico
C) Guyana
D) Cuba
E) Belize
d - Answer-Which set of islands all rest upon a volcanic axis?
A) Cuba, Hispaniola, the Bahamas
B) Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas
C) Dominica, Jamaica, the Bahamas
D) Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
a - Answer-Which Caribbean country has the lowest rate of natural increase in the
region?
A) Cuba
B) Trinidad and Tobago
C) French Guiana
D) Belize
E) Haiti
e - Answer-Which of the following Caribbean nations has the greatest percent of its
population below the age of 15 in the region?
A) Cuba
B) Bahamas
C) Barbados
D) Jamaica
E) Haiti
a - Answer-What percentage of the Caribbean population between the ages 15 and
49 has HIV/AIDS?
A) 1%
B) 4%
C) 9%
D) 12%
E) 16%
a - Answer-Which location in the Caribbean was one of the earliest spots where
HIV/AIDS was detected?
A) Haiti
B) Dominican Republic
C) Puerto Rico
D) Montserrat
E) Jamaica
e - Answer-Caribbean hurricanes
A) originate in the west Atlantic.
B) are not officially hurricanes until they reach winds of 110 miles per hour.
C) are relatively rare.
D) are a minor inconvenience, but not a real problem.
E) often enter the Caribbean at the Lesser Antilles.
e - Answer-Which of the following is NOT a common form of destruction associated
with hurricanes?
A) high winds
, B) heavy downpours
C) severe flooding
D) coastal storm surges
E) loss of marine biodiversity
e - Answer-What of the following is NOT predicted for the Caribbean as a result of
global climate change?
A) a rise in sea level by 0.6 meters
B) increased frequency and intensity of hurricanes
C) variable rainfall leading to both floods and droughts
D) a loss of biodiversity
E) a decrease in surface temperatures between 1.2°C and 2.3°C
b - Answer-The overwhelming majority of the Caribbean is situated in which two
climate zones?
A) Tropical rainy and subtropical desert
B) Tropical rainy and tropical savanna
C) Tropical savanna and subtropical desert
D) Humid subtropical and desert
E) desert and polar
e - Answer-What practice was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of
the Caribbean?
A) road construction
B) subsistence agriculture
C) suburbanization
D) urbanization
E) sugarcane plantation agriculture
d - Answer-) Which of the following nations (or islands) has lost almost all of its forest
cover?
A) Belize
B) Cuba
C) Dominican Republic
D) Haiti
E) Puerto Rico
e - Answer-Which Caribbean country is the site of a sanctuary for black howler
monkeys created by local farmers?
A) Jamaica
B) Puerto Rico
C) Guyana
D) Cuba
E) Belize
d - Answer-Which set of islands all rest upon a volcanic axis?
A) Cuba, Hispaniola, the Bahamas
B) Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas
C) Dominica, Jamaica, the Bahamas
D) Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia
