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Latin America Geography Flashcards

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Middle America

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an area culturally distinct from North America but physically part of it

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boundaries of Latin America

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  • Rio Grande

- Tierra del Fuego

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how much of population speaks Spanish? what does remaining speak?

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2/3; Portuguese

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most popular religion

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catholic

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biggest environmental concerns

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  • deforestation

- loss of biodiversity

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grassification

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the conversion of tropical forest into pasture

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urban environmental challenges

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  • air pollution (bad smog in Mexico)
  • water resources (lots of pollution)
  • sinking land (pumping water)
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shield

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large upland areas of very old exposed rocks that range in elevation

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beginning and end of Andes

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  • northwestern Venezuela

- Tierra del Fuego

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amazon basin

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largest river system in world by volume and area

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El Niño

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an abnormally large warm current that appears off the coast of Ecuador and Peru in December
- torrential rain

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climate in Latin America

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tropical & humid

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% of population in cities

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75%

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urban primacy

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a condition in which a country has a primate city 3-4x larger than any other city in the county

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squatter settlements

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makeshift housing on land not legally owned or rented by urban migrants

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what is rural to urban migration?

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peasants pouring into the cities of Latin America

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latifunda

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the long-observed practice of maintaining large estates

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mestizo

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people of mixed Indian and European ancestry

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what country does most of the Asian population in Latin America come from?

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technoctitlan

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the political and ceremonial center of the Aztecs

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countries with largest indigenous populations

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  • Mexico
  • Guatemala
  • Ecuador
  • Peru
  • Bolivia
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macho picchu

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Incan site; shows evidence of the complexity of pre-contact civilizations

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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a treaty signed in 1494 between Spain and Portugal that drew a north-south line

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trade block

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a regional trade alliance formed in an effort to promote internal markets and reduce trade barriers

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FARC

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a guerrilla group in Colombia that gained wealth through drug trade; controls territory

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who is the ELN?

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national liberation army

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how did FARC and ELN gain their wealth?

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drug trade

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why is the drug trade good for Latin Americans?

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generates billions of dollars

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who was Pablo Escobar?

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former leader of Medellin cartel

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status of women in Latin America

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  • work outside home
  • equal rights
  • no abortion
  • male-dominated
  • increasing role in politics

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