Chapter 9- South America

Question 1

The South American megacities

Answer 1

São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro

Question 2

How urbanized is South America?

Answer 2

84%

Question 3

Total population of South America

Answer 3

428 million

Question 4

Largest city in South America

Answer 4

Sao Paulo

Question 5

Total population of Middle America

Answer 5

224 million

Question 6

How urbanized is Middle America?

Answer 6

74%

Question 7

Largest cities in Middle America

Answer 7

Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey

Question 8

What is the world city in Middle America?

Answer 8

Mexico City

Question 9

Mesoamerican urbanization

Answer 9

Tikal was a large city-state with thousands of structures and 60k population

Question 10

Who took the Inca empire?

Answer 10

F. Pizzaro

Question 11

Law of the Indies

Answer 11

How cities were planned by colonizers

Question 12

Sister cities

Answer 12

Single conurbation

Question 13

Planned cities

Answer 13

Brasília

Question 14

The Griffin-Ford model of Latin American City Structure

Answer 14

Picture

Question 15

Tianguis

Answer 15

Open air markets

Question 16

Rio de Janeiro

Answer 16

Was capital of Brazil, focus on tourism, always in competition with Sao Paulo

Question 17

Mexico City

Answer 17

Primate city of Mexico, founded by Aztecs as Tenotchitlan, its sinking and struggles to get clean water

Question 18

Curitiba

Answer 18

A smart city that started BRT systems