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World Studies Ch. 9 > Modern Nations > Flashcards

Modern Nations Flashcards

1
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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

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Mexico

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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

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Mexico

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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.

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Mexico

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This country hasn’t had a war since 1800’s and also doesn’t have an army

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Costa Rica

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Has many Mayan ruins as well as mountains, lakes and volcanoes which provide fertile soil.

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Guatemala

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Highest murder rate in Central America and also offers volcano surfing to attract tourism

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Nicaragua

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Country best known for their canal which shortens distance and travel time between Pacific and Atlantic oceans

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Panama

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This is a common wealth of the US

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Puerto Rico

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9
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Is 90 mi from Florida and has command economy, so the communist government decided supply and demand decisions.

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Cuba

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10
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This country’s main income source is remittances and as many outbreaks in violence caused by political views.

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Haiti

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This country is the fifth largest in the world and is home to 187 million people.

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Brazil

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In this city, it’s very filled with favelas. What’s the city that’s home to these and what are favelas.

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Rio De Janeiro, favelas are overcrowded slums

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13
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In what year did Brazil move its Capitol from Rio to Brasilia

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1960

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Name three common exports from Brazil

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Oranges, bananas, coffee

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85% of Argentinians are what ethnicity.

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Spanish (branching from Spain) and Italian

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Beef products are this country’s chief exports

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Argentina

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What country borrowed money from foreign banks in the 1900’s and created debt

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Argentina

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What was the name of the man from the army who took control of Argentina as well as his wife’s name

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Juan Perone and Evita Perone

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In what year was Juan thrown over and what year did the military take back over?

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1955 and 1970

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In what country did the Mayans leave ruins of mountains, forests, and lakes

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Guatemala

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In what year did Guatemala and the rest of Central America make a free trade barrier?

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2004

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This country has the highest murder rates in Central America

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Nicaragua

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23
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This country hasn’t had a war since the 1800’s

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Costa Rica

24
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In what year did the US give control of the Panama Canal back to Panama

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1999

25
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The main income for Haitians

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Remittances

26
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The main income for Haitians

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Remittances

27
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Remittances definition

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Money sent home by someone who’s working abroad

28
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Since what year has Puerto Rico been commonwealth of the US

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1952

29
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What is common wealth

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A self governing territory of another country

30
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In 1998 this country elected Hugo Chavez as president

A

Venezuela

31
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This country lies along the Caribbean Sea and is the leading producers of oil and natural gas

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Venezuela

32
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In Colombia, what percentage of people live in plateaus and valleys of the Andes

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80%

33
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Name at least five examples of Colombia’s exports

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Sugarcane, coffee, bananas, coal, copper, oil

34
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This country’s landscape ranges from dry deserts to ice formation

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Chile

35
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This country has the largest fishing industry in South America

A

Chile

36
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What three subregions is Latin America divided into?

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Middle America, the Caribbean, South America

37
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Why is Central America an isthmus?

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Because it links north and South America

38
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What is a quota

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A limit put on an amount of imported goods

39
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What are tariffs

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Taxes put on imported items

40
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Interdependence

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Relying on other countries

41
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Mixed economy

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Includes different types of economy’s. USA is a mix of market and command

42
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Market economy

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Individuals make their own decisions on what to own and do and can make as much money as they can

43
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Command economy

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Government makes key decisions

44
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Traditional economy

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Individuals decide what to produce

45
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Nonrenewable resources

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Resources that can’t be used again and are limited

46
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Renewable resources

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Resources that can be used again

47
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What countries make up the greater Antilles

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Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica

48
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What are the Antilles

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The sections of islands from the Caribbean Sea

49
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Andes stretches along what coast

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The pacific coast

50
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What is escarpment

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A series of ridged cliffs

51
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Llanos are what

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Tropical grasslands more northern in South America covering Venezuela and Colombia

52
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Pampas are what

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A well known plain converting the majority of Argentina and and Uruguay

53
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What are tributaries

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Small rivers that flow into large rivers

54
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Estuaries are what

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Where fresh water and ocean water meet

55
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The Aztec people lived in what’s now____

A

Mexico

56
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The Olmecs lived in what part of which country

A

The southern part of Mexico

57
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Where did the Mayans live

A

The Yucatan peninsula of Mexico

World Studies Ch. 9 (2 decks)

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