SI material for Midterm One Flashcards
1
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Mexico city it a
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Primate city
2
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Primate city
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big city in a country that dominates cultural, economic, and social cores of the country
3
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Belice
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Belmopan
4
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El Salvador
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San Salvador
5
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Costa Rica
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San Jose
6
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Brasil
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Brasilia
7
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Bolivia
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La Paz
8
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Peru
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Lima
9
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Mexico
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Mexico City
10
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Colombia
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Bogota
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Venezuela
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Caracas
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Chile
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Santiago
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Megacity
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A city with more than 10 million people
14
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El Nino
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When the Pacific waters warm causing unusual weather patterns across continental Americas
15
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Mexico’s climate is primarily
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dry
16
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highest population of South America
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Brasil
17
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highest population density of South America
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El Salvador
18
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negative net migrations
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Mexico
Uruguay
Argentina
Brazil
19
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Positive net migration
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Chile
20
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Brasilia
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is the capital of Brazil and inland, but not a primate city
21
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What country has serious smog issues
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Mexico; Volcano next to city, burning lots of fossil fuels, on a fault line
22
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Mestizo
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people of mixed European and Indian ancestry
Result of Globalization
23
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Spanish city layout
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Basic city layout ; main park ; across is a church
24
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Federal Republic
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Federal government over watches states/provinces
Like D.C
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Continentalism
Issues associated with neighboring countries
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Syncretism
Mixing of cultures
| Tex-Mex
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Maquiladora
Factories on the border
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Two Mesoamerican civilizations that we talked about in lecture
Mayan
Aztecs
Incas
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Squatter settlement
area where people live illegally outside a large city
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Monroe Doctrine
No external involvement in Americas
| Against communism and Europe
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Three major issues that Mexico currently faces
Continentalism, Cultural identity, unequal development
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Mesoamerica
includes Mexico
| Central America: anything between Mexico and Colombia
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largest population in Central America
Guatamala
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Don't have both Pacific and Atlantic coastlines
Belize and El Salvador
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Belize
The only English speaking country in the region; capital is located inland for protection against hurricanes; formally known as the British Honduras; dense jungles and swampy coast lines
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Guatemala
Guatemala city
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El Salvador
San Salvador
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Nicaragua
Managua
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Honduras
Tegucigalpa
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Panama
Panama City
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largest city in Central America
Guatemala
Experiences devastating earthquakes
Has the largest percentage of pureblood Indians in the region
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Honduras info
Very tropical
often nicknamed "Banana Republic"
Poorest country in the region
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Nicaragua info
Largest country in Central America
| Contains the Mosquito Coast
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Costa Rica info
highest standard of living and highest percentage of mestizos
Only Latin American country without a standing army
known for growing coffee
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Panama info
nicknamed "Crossroad of the World" due to its important canal
gained independence from Colombia with the support of the US
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Tijuana
is by Sandiago C.A wall there
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What region did mostly German and Italian immigrants settle?
South Cone
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Globalization
the increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging economic, political, and cultural activities
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Bubble Economy
highly inflated economy that cannot be sustained
| result of rapid influx of international capital into a developing country
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Economic convergence
the notion that globalization will result in the world's poorer countries gradually catching up with more advanced economies
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interconnectedness
Once-distinct regions and cultures now increasingly linked through commerce, communications, and travel
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3 types of regions
Formal
Functional
Vernacular
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Formal regions
defined by some aspect of physical form such as a mountain range, valley, or climate
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Functional regions
where a certain activity or cluster of activities take place
ex: Corn Belt
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Vernacular regions
defined solely in people's minds as spatial stereotypes that have no visible boundaries
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Once part of Colombia
Panama
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Once considered the British Honduras
Belize
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Most populated Central American country
Guatemala
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Tense relations with the US (Fidel Castro)
Cuba
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Yucatan Peninsula
Where the temple the Mayans made is
| Chichen itza
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Jamaica capitol
Kingston
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Elevation of Mexico City
6000-9000 ft
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Africans being shipped to Americas
Stimulus and Involuntary migration
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Caribbean state that had a severe economic downturn after the disintegration of the USSR
Cuba because US threw sanctions on them so no one could trade with them
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Elevation range that Mexico City falls into
Tierra Fria
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Caribbean is predominately
African
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Shifting cultivation
tropical rainforest vegitation
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Blending of African European cultures in the Caribbean
Rastaization
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Hispanolia
Haiti and Dominican Republic
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Capital of Cuba
Havana
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The Caribbean is oriented ____ of South America
North
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Does not hold stake in the Caribbean
Spain
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Difference between a Hacienda and plantation
Hacienda doesn't have slaves
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First country to elect an indigenous person as leader
Bolivia ; he was a Coca farmer
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Venezuela had tense relations with the US because of
OPEC and Huge Chavez
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Core of the Incan Empire
Peru ; Machu Picchu
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Andes Mountains
Prout likes to ski
