WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY-
EXAM #2 (LATIN AMERICA)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
hacienda - ANSWER--extensive land use patterns
-high degree of self-sufficiency
-interior location
-livestock herding
-native amerindian labor
-traditional technologies
Operation Bootstrap - ANSWER--textiles and other labor-intensive industries by
American companies
-competition form Asian countries weakened Puerto Rico's competitive advantage
-emphasis on capital-intensive industries
characteristics of climate - ANSWER--great diversity
-large latitudinal extent and landform configuration
climatic factors - ANSWER--latitude (east)
-landforms (west)
-ocean factors (Pacific coast)
-wind patterns (Caribbean)
Caribbean tourism - ANSWER--major source of income for small islands
-warm all year round and close to the United States
dependent on American visitors
-has been developing in recent decades
Caribbean cultural diversity - ANSWER--13 independent states
-17 dependent territories
-culturally diverse region (religion and language)
-most densely populated
-divided into the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles
where does originally cocaine mostly come from? - ANSWER-Colombia, Peru and
Bolivia
how is cocaine made? - ANSWER--extraction of coca paste from coca leaves and
they refine the paste into cocaine
where are coca plants found? - ANSWER-in the Andes
where is the main distribution center of cocaine? - ANSWER-Mexico
EXAM #2 (LATIN AMERICA)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
hacienda - ANSWER--extensive land use patterns
-high degree of self-sufficiency
-interior location
-livestock herding
-native amerindian labor
-traditional technologies
Operation Bootstrap - ANSWER--textiles and other labor-intensive industries by
American companies
-competition form Asian countries weakened Puerto Rico's competitive advantage
-emphasis on capital-intensive industries
characteristics of climate - ANSWER--great diversity
-large latitudinal extent and landform configuration
climatic factors - ANSWER--latitude (east)
-landforms (west)
-ocean factors (Pacific coast)
-wind patterns (Caribbean)
Caribbean tourism - ANSWER--major source of income for small islands
-warm all year round and close to the United States
dependent on American visitors
-has been developing in recent decades
Caribbean cultural diversity - ANSWER--13 independent states
-17 dependent territories
-culturally diverse region (religion and language)
-most densely populated
-divided into the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles
where does originally cocaine mostly come from? - ANSWER-Colombia, Peru and
Bolivia
how is cocaine made? - ANSWER--extraction of coca paste from coca leaves and
they refine the paste into cocaine
where are coca plants found? - ANSWER-in the Andes
where is the main distribution center of cocaine? - ANSWER-Mexico
