WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
PPP stands for? - Answer-Purchasing Power Parity
What does GNI pc leave out in terms of development? - Answer-· Education
· Health
· Inequality (distribution of income)
· Subsistence Agriculture
· Informal Economy
What are the primary economic sectors? - Answer-agriculture, mining, fishing,
forestry
What are the secondary economic sectors? - Answer-manufacturing
What are the tertiary economic sectors? - Answer-services (warehouses, storage)
What are the quaternary economic sectors? - Answer-IT research and development
When was the era of colonialization? - Answer-Circa 1500-1850
Who were the major European powers? - Answer-Spain, France, Portugal, Britain,
the Netherlands
Why colonize? - Answer--Extraction of resources (Gold)
-Expansion of territory (Glory)
-Religion (God)
What were the consequences of colonization? - Answer-Death of 50 million
indigenous people across the region (90% of the population of the region and 20% of
the global population at the time)
-Transatlantic Slave Trade- 9 million slaves over a 250-year period
-Massive changes to land tenure and agricultural practices
-Decimation of many indigenous peoples' ways of life
-Cultural losses/change (E.g., food, religion, and language)
What was the Columbian Exchange? - Answer-exchange of people, animals, plants,
diseases, pests, etc. between Europe and Latin America
What does hybridization mean? - Answer-Meshing of indigenous beliefs and/or
African beliefs with those from colonizers (Spain, Portugal, etc.)
What was the goal of post-colonial Latin America? - Answer-Raise overall standard
of living through industrialization
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
PPP stands for? - Answer-Purchasing Power Parity
What does GNI pc leave out in terms of development? - Answer-· Education
· Health
· Inequality (distribution of income)
· Subsistence Agriculture
· Informal Economy
What are the primary economic sectors? - Answer-agriculture, mining, fishing,
forestry
What are the secondary economic sectors? - Answer-manufacturing
What are the tertiary economic sectors? - Answer-services (warehouses, storage)
What are the quaternary economic sectors? - Answer-IT research and development
When was the era of colonialization? - Answer-Circa 1500-1850
Who were the major European powers? - Answer-Spain, France, Portugal, Britain,
the Netherlands
Why colonize? - Answer--Extraction of resources (Gold)
-Expansion of territory (Glory)
-Religion (God)
What were the consequences of colonization? - Answer-Death of 50 million
indigenous people across the region (90% of the population of the region and 20% of
the global population at the time)
-Transatlantic Slave Trade- 9 million slaves over a 250-year period
-Massive changes to land tenure and agricultural practices
-Decimation of many indigenous peoples' ways of life
-Cultural losses/change (E.g., food, religion, and language)
What was the Columbian Exchange? - Answer-exchange of people, animals, plants,
diseases, pests, etc. between Europe and Latin America
What does hybridization mean? - Answer-Meshing of indigenous beliefs and/or
African beliefs with those from colonizers (Spain, Portugal, etc.)
What was the goal of post-colonial Latin America? - Answer-Raise overall standard
of living through industrialization
