South America Flashcards
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Physiography
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2
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Climate
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- the Andes contribute to the climate (the ways the Rockies affect Canada)
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Population
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- Darker colours = more concentrated pop.
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Population Cartogram
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Incan Empire
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- Cultue hearth- intermontane basin around Cuzco (1200-1535 A.D.)
- Altiplanos- were key to settlement patterns
- 20 million subjects at it’s zenith
- Transportation networks and integration efforts were most impressive
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Indingenous and Colonial Domains
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Major Geographic Qualities
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- Physiography + Climate is dominated by the Andes Mountains and the Amazon Basin (other minor forms)
- Population is concentrated along the periphery (extensions to interior)
- Cultural pluralism exists in most countries and is expressed regionally
- Regional economic interaction has been minimal in the past
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Culture Spheres
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- Tropical-plantation
- European Commercial
- Amerind-subsistence
- Mestizo-transitional
- Undifferentiated
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Tropical-plantation
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- Locations, soils, and tropical climates favor plantation crops, especially sugar
- Initially relied on African slave-labour
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European Commercial
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- the most “latin” part of South America
- Inclues de Pampas- temperate grasslands
- Exonomically most advanced
- Transportation networks a d quality of life are better than the rest of the realm
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Amerind-subsistence
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- Correlates with the former Inca Empire
- Feudal socioeconomic structure persists
- Includes some of South America’s poorest areas
- Subsistence agriculture must contend with difficult environmental challenges
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Mestizo-transitional
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- Surrounds the Amerindian-subsistence region
- A zone of mixture-culturally & agriculturally
- Transitional - economic connotations
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Undifferentiated
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- Characteristics are difficult to classify
- Sparesly populated
- Isolation and lack of change - notable features
- Devel. of Amazonia may prompt significant changes
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Urbanization
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- The movement to and clustering of people in towns and cities
- The percentage of a country’s population living in cities
- 81%- continent-wide in south america
- South America’s increase based on rate of natural increase and internal migration
- The “Latin American City” model
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The West (andean south america)
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- Peru, ecuador, bolivia, paraguay
- Regional character: amerindian populations, subsistence agriculture, mountainous environments, povery
- Peru- 27.7 mill ppl
- Lima is the prime city
- Economic activities: fishing, irrigated agriculture, suagr, cotton, rice, fruit, oil, minerals (an emergency economy)
