geography "test dec ninth" Flashcards
They wanted the gold and silver of the inca
Spanish
Defendants of the people who may have crossed the land bridge from Siberia to Alaska
Inca
Millions of native people still speak this language
Quechua
Great leader of the independence movement who led the revolution against Spain
Simon Bolivar
Literacy are higher here than in Mexico, Brazil, or Central America
Spanish-speaking South America
Education is very important here
Chile
Spain and Portugal reached an agreement to split South America in this treaty
Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494
The Portuguese put the native people to work but this happened
Many died from disease so they brought in African slaves
More than 500,000 native peoples still live in Brazil, most of them heren
Amazon Rain Forest
Brazil is ranked her as the largest economy in the world with more than 200 million people
8th
They are a leader of making cars, most of which run on what
Ethanol – a fuel that comes from sugar cane
In 1960, 22% of the population lived in cities now the number is over what percentage
85%
The most colorful feast day in Brazil
Takes place to the music of the SAMBA
Carnival
What is the capital of Brazil
Brasilia
What is the economic heart and the biggest city
São Paulo
What is the cultural center of Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
What dots the hillsides of Rio
Desperately poor slums
What are two results of poverty in Rio
Crime waves
Drug abuse
A wide range of plant and animal species
Biodiversity
Cutting down and clearing away of trees
Deforestation
An environmental organization agrees to pay off a certain amount of government debt and the country agrees to preserve a percentage of its rain forests
Debt-for-nature swap
Native peoples cut down rain forests not realizing that the soil isn’t what
The soil isn’t fertile
In what way do rain forests help regulate the Earth’s climate
They absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen
What was formally known as global warming and is when the temperature of the atmosphere beings to rise
Climate change
What percentage of the Earth’s surface do the rain forests cover
6%
What estimated percentage of the plants and animals on earth live in the rain forests
50%
What does democracy depend on
Free and fair elections
Citizen participation
Majority rule with minority rights
Guaranteed freedoms
What has Latin America seemed uninterested in until recently
Democracy
What did many of the oligarchies that developed in Latin America do
Censored the press
Limited free speech
Punished dissent
A military dictator or political boos
Caudillo
