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geographical boundaries of south america?
panama to tierra del fuego
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geographic boundaries of central america?
guatemala and belize to columbia (not mexico)
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geographic boundaries of middle america?
central america to mexico and carribean
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how did this region come to be termed latin amerca?
latin deriviatives from spanish and portuguese
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the largest river system by volume and ara is located where?
the amazon basin
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amazon basin?
largest upland plateau along atlantic, brazilian shield
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tell me about the andes mountains?
relatively young, created by collision of oceanic and continental plates, active volacnoes and earthquakes because it is still forming
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the treeless plain between two ranges of the andes?
antiplano
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two lakes of antiplane?
titicaca and poopo
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the valley of mexico?
fertile areas, large cities, southern end of mexican plateau
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volcanic axis of central america?
rolling green hills, lakes and volcanic peaks, 40 volcanoes, rich volcanic soil, most of population is located here,
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altitudal zonation
relationship between atitude, temp, and vegetation
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3 River Basins of south america?
orinoco basin, amazon basin, plata basin
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panama isthmus/canal formation and use?
formed 4 million years ago through tectonic activity, cuts ocean distance from NY to CA in half
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where are there dense interior du to pre colonion populations?
mexico and central america
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el nino?
warm currents hit cold coastal waters around christmas every few years
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where is there dense coasts with inaccesible rainforests?
south america
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rural to urban migration?
internal migrants flow from rural areas to cities starting in 50s and intensifying in 60s and 70s to find jobs and schools
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when there is a primate city that is 3 or 4 times larger that other cities in the country is it called?
urban premacy
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latin american urban primate cities:
lima, peru; caracas, venezuela; guatemala city, guatemala; santiage, chile; buenos aires, argentina; mexico city, mexico
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environmental problems in mexico city include..
poor air quality, soil sinkage, overdrawing land water, (since city sits in a bowl) trapped exhaust, smoke, garbage, and fecal matter in air, contaminated water
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most populated countries in latin america?
brazil, mexico, columbia, argentina
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Sao Paolo?
gas pipe explosion that injured many
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the "green city" of brazil?
curitiba
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city form?
focus on market/historic core, spine/elite sector, squatter settlements
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location, demise, fact about Maya:
southern mexico, guatemala, beliz, el salvador, and hoduras; wiped out mostly by disease; impressive calendars and political system, never died out
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location, demise, fact of Aztec:
central mexico; fell to spanish empire in 1521; capital tenochtitlan is now mexico city, human sacrifices to gods
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location, demise, and fact of Inca:
peru, ecuador, bolivia, chile, argentina; treaty of todesillas; architecture still around, six majoy gods rep sun, moon, etf
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people of mixed european and indian descent?
mestizos
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people of mixed european and african descent?
mulato
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the blending of two or more cultures which produces a 3rd culture that exhibits traits from both culture parents?
cultural sycretism
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practiced by indigenous people of mexico?
day of the dead
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the patron saint of mexico seen by an indian shepard boy in 1531
the virgin of guadalupe
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brazilian carnival?
three day carnival featuring african musical traditions, reign of momo
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becomes famililar with after falling victim to a magicians spell by having a black magic object hidden in their home
umbanda
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informal economy?
self employed, low wage, unregulated, untaxed
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formal economy?
government sanctioned, taxed
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income distribution?
wealth still held by elites, not very distributed through classes
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a large estate or ranch?
hacienda
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primary export dependancy:
19th century most of income was from exports of one or two crops
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in 60s and 70s latin america ________ because you cant depend on one or two crops
industrialized
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theory that the expansion fo european capitalism created latin americas underdevelopment
dependency theory
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neoliberal policies
stress privatization, export production, direct foreign investment, and few restrictions on imports
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dolarization
when a country completely changes its currency to the US dollar
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impact of remittances?
helo sustain economy or last resort?
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a conditional cash transfer program in Brazil that gives incentive to parents to keep their kids in school
bolsa familia
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treaty of todesillas?
pope drew N-S line dividing land between spain (west) and portugal (east)
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