GEO Flashcards
What is GDP?
measure used to evaluate the health of a country’s economy
What is HDI?
Human development index, measures development in three areas: health, education, and standard of living.
Why is called Latin America?
Spanish and Portuguese, are classified as Romance languages, which are derived from latin
When the mayan civilization exist?
a.d 250
One example of indigenous people in Latin America ?
Tupi Guarani
What is a megacity?
A large city with more than ten million people.
How has Brazil deforestation impact climate change?
Impact climate change by more carbon dioxide is released and less absorbed.
What is adaptation?
two adapt at a certain place
What are indigenous people?
Native people that live in a country
What is substantial farming?
A form of farming that all the plantations are used to maintain the farmers and the farmer.
Spatial inequality
Unequal distribution of resources.
Urbanization:
Process of making a place more urban
Traditional Culture
Acts or information that represent something or meanful things.
Agribuisness
farming and cultivation of the soil
Describe why the mayan civilization is considered a advanced civilization?
They develop written language hyrglophis and invented the concept of zero.