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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Is inhabited only by Polynesians
B has received migrants from Bolivia and Peru to work in its tourism industry
C Has successfully resisted cultural influences from Chile
D retains its own laws even though it is governed by Chile
Question #2
A Focuses only on present relationships in the global economy rather than colonial or pre-colonial periods
B They are expressions of local and global process simultaneously
C At times views the US-Mexico border as an artificial line
D It represents relational geographic thinking
Question #3
A has extremely close relations with the US compared with other Latin American subregions
B It is comprised of Peru, Bolivia and Chile
C Was significantly influenced by a wave of European migration in the early 20th century
D Its culture is heavily influenced by the Incan Empire
Question #4
A Mexico
B Brazil
C Andean South America
D Southwestern portion of the contemporary US
Question #5
A the large number of indigenous peoples in the Andean region
B The shared Spanish language
C the dominance of Catholicism
D the border region between the US and Mexico
Question #6
A was supported by Hugo Chavez, former president of Venezuela
B has effectively eliminated the US from interfering in the region
C attempted to separate northern South America from the southern ones, namely Argentina and Chile
D was supported by the US
Question #7
A France
B Spain
C Portugal
D United States
Question #8
A Possesses very few common characteristics with mainland Latin America
B Is distinctively culturally from Latin America because of its significant African legacy and cultural imprint of European powers, such as France, England and Netherlnds
C is always treated separately from mainland Latin America
D when considered as part of Latin America, supports the notion of continentality as a way to demarcate world regions
Question #9
A There is physical overlap with other world regions
B The Guyanas are an exception due to their cultural distinctiveness from the rest of the region
C It is synonymous with principles of continentality
D It describes the area from Colombia to the Southern tip of South America
Question #10
A They tend to be constructed at various geographic scales
B are “revolutionary.”
C They always have clearly demarcated boundaries
D They tend to be subjective
E They can be based on cultural, economic, or environmental attributes