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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A tierra templada
B tierra fria
C tierra caliente
D tierra helada
Question #2
A are caused by warm Pacific ocean waters migrating to the South American coast.
B create increased precipitation in Central America in the spring and summer months
C are not affected by climate change.
D are positively correlated with earthquake activity.
Question #3
A were remarkably infrequent in 1998.
B cannot be predicted or prepared for very well.
C have increased in frequency each year since 1998 due to climate change and ENSO events.
D result in increased devastation due to socioeconomic and settlement patterns.
Question #4
A is located in Belize
B suffered deforestation due to encroaching human settlements
C is one of the most deforested areas in Latin America and the Caribbean
D recently experienced reforestation
Question #5
A is the result of adiabatic cooling and condensation
B is created by high pressures and dry conditions 30 degrees north and south of the equator
C is the result of the subduction of the Cocos plate
D occurs along the equator
Question #6
A have abundant ground-level vegetation
B expand 20 to 30 degrees North and South of the equator
C North and south of the rainforest are semi-arid grasslands
D have soils with very low fertility
Question #7
A are only present in tropical areas
B are usually named after the explorer who discovered them
C have very little correlation with climate
D are characterized by the natural plants and animals that dominate them
Question #8
A are no longer seismically active
B are the result of the Nazca and Cocos plates being subducted under the South American and Caribbean plates
C have no peaks taller than 20,000 feet tall
D are moving closer to Africa due to continental drift
Question #9
A has not led to any volcanic or earthquake activity
B forms one half of the fault line that caused the earthquake in Haiti in 2010
C extends over most of Mexico
D encompasses all of the island of Cuba
Question #10
A was used to explain hunter-gatherer societies in the Amazon basin
B suggests that humans have a growing influence on how the environment functions
C is an idea that is very common among contemporary geographers