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Unit 3: Central and South America Flashcards

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Belize

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Belmopan
Dense tropical forests
Formerly British Honduras

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Guatemala

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Guatemala City
Coffee is the leading export crop
80% of the land is owned by 3% of the people

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Honduras

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Tegucigalpa
Bananas and sugarcane plantations along the north coast
90% of the people are mestizos

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El Salvador

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San Salvador
Small country, densely settled
Political unrest and violence

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Nicaragua

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Managua
Mineral wealth in central highlands
Free elections in 1990 defeated the Sandinistas

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Costa Rica

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San Jose
Highest standard of living in Central America
Large middle class, stable government

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Panama

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Panama City
International flavor-Panama Canal
More traditional away from the canal

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Central America: mostly a \_\_\_\_ or \_\_\_\_\_\_ culture
\_\_\_\_\_ farming
Interior \_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ climate
GDP's under \_\_\_\_\_\_
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Hispanic, mestizo
Plantation
Mountains
Humid tropical
$10,000
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Cuba

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Havana

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Fidel Castro

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Former communist leader of Cuba

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Cuba has _____ Bay

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Guantanamo

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Countries on the island of Hispaniola

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Haiti and Dominican Republic

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Haiti

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Port-au-Prince

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Four Haiti facts

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Poorest countries in the Americas
People practice voodoo
Originally French
Major earthquake in 2010

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Dominican Republic

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Santo Domingo

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Dominican Republic was the first ____ in the Western Hemisphere
Originally _____

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Permanent European settlement

Spanish

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Puerto Rico

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San Juan

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Puerto Rico facts

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US commonwealth

Has a tropical rainforest

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Jamaica

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Kingston

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Jamaica facts

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British background

Big on tourism

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Islands shared by US and UK

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Virgin Islands

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The islands or Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao are called the____

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Netherlands Antilles

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Bahamas

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Nassau

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Industries of Bahamas

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Tourism and banking

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Brazil
Brasilia (Portuguese)
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Uruguay
Montevideo
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
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Paraguay
Asuncion
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Bolivia
La Paz | Sucre
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Peru
Lima
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Colombia
Bogota
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Venezuela
Caracas
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Guyana
Georgetown (English)
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Suriname
Paramaribo (Dutch)
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French Guiana
Cayenne (French)
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Chile
Santiago
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Ecuador
Quito
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Andes mountains
Run along the west side of South America | Highest peak is Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina
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Atacama Desert
Located in northern Chile | Driest desert in the world
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Islands west of Ecuador
Galapagos
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British islands, mostly penguins
Falkland Islands
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Island by French Guiana | Former prison
Devil's Island
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Amazon River
Largest in the world West to east, mostly in Brazil Huge rainforest
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Parana River
In Brazil and Argentina | Iguazu Falls
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Estuary
Opening or mouth of a river that is deep enough for shipping
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Orinoco River
Mostly in Venezuela | Angel Falls-highest in the world
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Southern tip of SA
Cape Horn
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Southern tip island and body of water
Tierra del Fuego | Strait of Magellan
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Most SA countries gained independence in _____
Early 1800's
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Political hero of SA
Simon Bolivar
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Resources in SA
Copper, tin, oil in Venezuela, sugarcane, and coffee
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OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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Indigo
Plant used to make a blue dye
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Llama, alpaca, and vicuña
Animals that graze in the Andes
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Favelas
Slum areas in the major cities of Brazil
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Pampas
Grassy plains of Argentina, support big cattle ranches
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Gauchos
The cowboys of Argentina
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São Paulo
City in Brazil, largest city in the southern hemisphere
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Rio de Janeiro
Former capital of Brazil, a major port, beaches are very popular with tourists
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Lake Maracaibo
Oil-rich lake in western Venezuela
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Climate in northern SA
Tropical in the lowlands
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Climate in central SA
Subtropical and maritime
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Climate in southern SA
Steppe- closer to Antarctica
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Native Indian people
Incas | Now called Quechua
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Major sport
Soccer

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