Comprehensive Review for Exam 2: Middle America, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and North Africa/Southwest Asia
A comprehensive review for a geography exam covering various regions such as Middle America, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and North Africa/Southwest Asia.
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Comprehensive Review for Exam 2: Middle America, South America,
Sub-Saharan Africa, and North Africa/Southwest Asia
Review Exam 2
Exam 2 will consist of 60 multiple choice question worth 2 points each for a total of
120 points.
Middle America
Be familiar with the following concepts, ideas, or terms : land bridge, archipelago,
culture-hearth, mainland-rimland framework, mestizo, hacienda, plantationmaquiladora,
remittances, tropical deforestation, and mulatto.
1. What country was a British colony until 1981? What two languages are dominant
in this country?
o Belize; English and Spanish.
2. What is a mestizo and mulatto?
o Mestizo: A person of mixed European and indigenous ancestry.
o Mulatto: A person of mixed European and African ancestry.
3. What Caribbean island contains more than one state?
o Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
4. What are characteristics of the tourism industry in the Caribbean?
o Major industry with a focus on resorts, cruises, and cultural heritage.
5. Know the colonial associations of the Greater Antilles islands.
o Cuba (Spanish), Jamaica (British), Hispaniola (Spanish - Haiti, French - DR), Puerto
Rico (U.S. territory).
6. What two cultures represent major cultural hearths in Mesoamerican culture?
o Olmec and Maya.
7. Know the characteristics of haciendas and plantations.
o Haciendas: Large estates focused on subsistence farming.
o Plantations: Large estates focused on cash crops with slave labor.
8. What islands comprise the Greater Antilles?
o Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico.
Sub-Saharan Africa, and North Africa/Southwest Asia
Review Exam 2
Exam 2 will consist of 60 multiple choice question worth 2 points each for a total of
120 points.
Middle America
Be familiar with the following concepts, ideas, or terms : land bridge, archipelago,
culture-hearth, mainland-rimland framework, mestizo, hacienda, plantationmaquiladora,
remittances, tropical deforestation, and mulatto.
1. What country was a British colony until 1981? What two languages are dominant
in this country?
o Belize; English and Spanish.
2. What is a mestizo and mulatto?
o Mestizo: A person of mixed European and indigenous ancestry.
o Mulatto: A person of mixed European and African ancestry.
3. What Caribbean island contains more than one state?
o Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
4. What are characteristics of the tourism industry in the Caribbean?
o Major industry with a focus on resorts, cruises, and cultural heritage.
5. Know the colonial associations of the Greater Antilles islands.
o Cuba (Spanish), Jamaica (British), Hispaniola (Spanish - Haiti, French - DR), Puerto
Rico (U.S. territory).
6. What two cultures represent major cultural hearths in Mesoamerican culture?
o Olmec and Maya.
7. Know the characteristics of haciendas and plantations.
o Haciendas: Large estates focused on subsistence farming.
o Plantations: Large estates focused on cash crops with slave labor.
8. What islands comprise the Greater Antilles?
o Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico.
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