2/2/26, 9:36 PM Reading Quiz 8: GCU 323: Geography of Latin America (2026 Spring A)
GCU 323 Reading Quiz 8 (2026 Spring A) with Complete
Solutions-Graded A
Due Feb 4 at 11:59pm
Points 40
Questions 60
Available Jan 22 at 12am - Feb 4 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 120 Minutes
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 142 minutes 39.33 out of 40
Score for this quiz: 39.33 out of
40 Submitted Feb 2 at 8:35pm
This attempt took 142 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
0..67 pts
Only Honduras is close enough to the volcanic axis to receive fertilizing deposits of ash
and lava.
northeast
east-central
south-central
southeast
northwest
north-central
west-central
southwest
Correct answer
Question 2
0..67 pts
In Central America, the Spaniards avoided the:
Pacific lowlands
river valleys
more temperate highlands
Caribbean hills and plateaus
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tropical, humid Caribbean lowlands
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,2/2/26, 9:36 PM Reading Quiz 8: GCU 323: Geography of Latin America (2026 Spring A)
Correct answer
Question 3
0..67 pts
In the 1840s, Britain recognized a Indian kingdom on the shores of Honduras and
Nicaragua.
When the United States claimed this was an infringement of the Monroe Doctrine
(1823), Britain withdrew from the area in 1859 and acknowledged Honduran claims to
its north shore region.
Guerro
Tegucigalpa
Miskito
Arawak
Antillian
Correct answer
Question 4
0..67 pts
In Honduras bananas dominated the first half of the twentieth century. Since then,
coffee cultivation, expanding with the arrival of immigrants in the 1960s, has
replaced bananas as the leading
agricultural export.
Costa Rican
Guatemalan
Salvadoran
Mexican
Nicaraguan
Correct answer
Question 5
0..67 pts
Livestock raising is increasingly important in the Caribbean lowlands, often conflicting with
whose economy is supplemented with fishing, hunting, and collection of forest products.
Nicaraguan nationals
Caribbean islanders
Mexican nationals
European immigrants
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indigenous people
Correct answer
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GCU 323 Reading Quiz 8 (2026 Spring A) with Complete
Solutions-Graded A
Due Feb 4 at 11:59pm
Points 40
Questions 60
Available Jan 22 at 12am - Feb 4 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 120 Minutes
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 142 minutes 39.33 out of 40
Score for this quiz: 39.33 out of
40 Submitted Feb 2 at 8:35pm
This attempt took 142 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
0..67 pts
Only Honduras is close enough to the volcanic axis to receive fertilizing deposits of ash
and lava.
northeast
east-central
south-central
southeast
northwest
north-central
west-central
southwest
Correct answer
Question 2
0..67 pts
In Central America, the Spaniards avoided the:
Pacific lowlands
river valleys
more temperate highlands
Caribbean hills and plateaus
https://canvas.asu.edu/courses/239362/quizzes/1830297 1/35
,2/2/26, 9:36 PM Reading Quiz 8: GCU 323: Geography of Latin America (2026 Spring A)
tropical, humid Caribbean lowlands
https://canvas.asu.edu/courses/239362/quizzes/1830297 2/35
,2/2/26, 9:36 PM Reading Quiz 8: GCU 323: Geography of Latin America (2026 Spring A)
Correct answer
Question 3
0..67 pts
In the 1840s, Britain recognized a Indian kingdom on the shores of Honduras and
Nicaragua.
When the United States claimed this was an infringement of the Monroe Doctrine
(1823), Britain withdrew from the area in 1859 and acknowledged Honduran claims to
its north shore region.
Guerro
Tegucigalpa
Miskito
Arawak
Antillian
Correct answer
Question 4
0..67 pts
In Honduras bananas dominated the first half of the twentieth century. Since then,
coffee cultivation, expanding with the arrival of immigrants in the 1960s, has
replaced bananas as the leading
agricultural export.
Costa Rican
Guatemalan
Salvadoran
Mexican
Nicaraguan
Correct answer
Question 5
0..67 pts
Livestock raising is increasingly important in the Caribbean lowlands, often conflicting with
whose economy is supplemented with fishing, hunting, and collection of forest products.
Nicaraguan nationals
Caribbean islanders
Mexican nationals
European immigrants
https://canvas.asu.edu/courses/239362/quizzes/1830297 3/35
, 2/2/26, 9:36 PM Reading Quiz 8: GCU 323: Geography of Latin America (2026 Spring A)
indigenous people
Correct answer
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