Modern Nations Flashcards
This country’s culture contains many European and Native American influences and has artists, such as Frida Kahlo, that stem from the well known folk art
Mexico
Despite the beautiful landscapes, this places is highly polluted (by cars and industrial areas) and gets the pollution trapped in its bowl like geography area
Mexico
This country has built many maquiladoras(more than most countries) and has a lot of companies in the north that assemble pieces of a product from other countries.
Mexico
This country hasn’t had a war since 1800’s and also doesn’t have an army
Costa Rica
Has many Mayan ruins as well as mountains, lakes and volcanoes which provide fertile soil.
Guatemala
Highest murder rate in Central America and also offers volcano surfing to attract tourism
Nicaragua
Country best known for their canal which shortens distance and travel time between Pacific and Atlantic oceans
Panama
This is a common wealth of the US
Puerto Rico
Is 90 mi from Florida and has command economy, so the communist government decided supply and demand decisions.
Cuba
This country’s main income source is remittances and as many outbreaks in violence caused by political views.
Haiti
This country is the fifth largest in the world and is home to 187 million people.
Brazil
In this city, it’s very filled with favelas. What’s the city that’s home to these and what are favelas.
Rio De Janeiro, favelas are overcrowded slums
In what year did Brazil move its Capitol from Rio to Brasilia
1960
Name three common exports from Brazil
Oranges, bananas, coffee
85% of Argentinians are what ethnicity.
Spanish (branching from Spain) and Italian
Beef products are this country’s chief exports
Argentina
What country borrowed money from foreign banks in the 1900’s and created debt
Argentina
What was the name of the man from the army who took control of Argentina as well as his wife’s name
Juan Perone and Evita Perone
In what year was Juan thrown over and what year did the military take back over?
1955 and 1970
In what country did the Mayans leave ruins of mountains, forests, and lakes
Guatemala
In what year did Guatemala and the rest of Central America make a free trade barrier?
2004
This country has the highest murder rates in Central America
Nicaragua
This country hasn’t had a war since the 1800’s
Costa Rica
In what year did the US give control of the Panama Canal back to Panama
1999
The main income for Haitians
Remittances
The main income for Haitians
Remittances
Remittances definition
Money sent home by someone who’s working abroad
Since what year has Puerto Rico been commonwealth of the US
1952
What is common wealth
A self governing territory of another country
In 1998 this country elected Hugo Chavez as president
Venezuela
This country lies along the Caribbean Sea and is the leading producers of oil and natural gas
Venezuela
In Colombia, what percentage of people live in plateaus and valleys of the Andes
80%
Name at least five examples of Colombia’s exports
Sugarcane, coffee, bananas, coal, copper, oil
This country’s landscape ranges from dry deserts to ice formation
Chile
This country has the largest fishing industry in South America
Chile
What three subregions is Latin America divided into?
Middle America, the Caribbean, South America
Why is Central America an isthmus?
Because it links north and South America
What is a quota
A limit put on an amount of imported goods
What are tariffs
Taxes put on imported items
Interdependence
Relying on other countries
Mixed economy
Includes different types of economy’s. USA is a mix of market and command
Market economy
Individuals make their own decisions on what to own and do and can make as much money as they can
Command economy
Government makes key decisions
Traditional economy
Individuals decide what to produce
Nonrenewable resources
Resources that can’t be used again and are limited
Renewable resources
Resources that can be used again
What countries make up the greater Antilles
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica
What are the Antilles
The sections of islands from the Caribbean Sea
Andes stretches along what coast
The pacific coast
What is escarpment
A series of ridged cliffs
Llanos are what
Tropical grasslands more northern in South America covering Venezuela and Colombia
Pampas are what
A well known plain converting the majority of Argentina and and Uruguay
What are tributaries
Small rivers that flow into large rivers
Estuaries are what
Where fresh water and ocean water meet
The Aztec people lived in what’s now____
Mexico
The Olmecs lived in what part of which country
The southern part of Mexico
Where did the Mayans live
The Yucatan peninsula of Mexico
