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SI material for Midterm One Flashcards

1
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Mexico city it a

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Primate city

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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

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3
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Belice

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Belmopan

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4
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El Salvador

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San Salvador

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5
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Costa Rica

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San Jose

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6
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Brasil

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Brasilia

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7
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Bolivia

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La Paz

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8
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Peru

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Lima

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9
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Mexico

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Mexico City

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10
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Colombia

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Bogota

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11
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Venezuela

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Caracas

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12
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Chile

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Santiago

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13
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Megacity

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A city with more than 10 million people

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14
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El Nino

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When the Pacific waters warm causing unusual weather patterns across continental Americas

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15
Q

Mexico’s climate is primarily

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dry

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16
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highest population of South America

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Brasil

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17
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highest population density of South America

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El Salvador

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18
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negative net migrations

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Mexico
Uruguay
Argentina
Brazil

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19
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Positive net migration

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Chile

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20
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Brasilia

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is the capital of Brazil and inland, but not a primate city

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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

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22
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Mestizo

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people of mixed European and Indian ancestry

Result of Globalization

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23
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Spanish city layout

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Basic city layout ; main park ; across is a church

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24
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Federal Republic

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Federal government over watches states/provinces

Like D.C

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25
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Continentalism

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Issues associated with neighboring countries

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26
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Syncretism

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Mixing of cultures

Tex-Mex

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27
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Maquiladora

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Factories on the border

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28
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Two Mesoamerican civilizations that we talked about in lecture

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Mayan
Aztecs
Incas

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29
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Squatter settlement

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area where people live illegally outside a large city

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30
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Monroe Doctrine

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No external involvement in Americas

Against communism and Europe

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31
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Three major issues that Mexico currently faces

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Continentalism, Cultural identity, unequal development

32
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Mesoamerica

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includes Mexico

Central America: anything between Mexico and Colombia

33
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largest population in Central America

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Guatamala

34
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Don’t have both Pacific and Atlantic coastlines

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Belize and El Salvador

35
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Belize

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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

36
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Guatemala

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Guatemala city

37
Q

El Salvador

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San Salvador

38
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Nicaragua

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Managua

39
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Honduras

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Tegucigalpa

40
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Panama

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Panama City

41
Q

largest city in Central America

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Guatemala
Experiences devastating earthquakes
Has the largest percentage of pureblood Indians in the region

42
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Honduras info

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Very tropical
often nicknamed “Banana Republic”
Poorest country in the region

43
Q

Nicaragua info

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Largest country in Central America

Contains the Mosquito Coast

44
Q

Costa Rica info

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highest standard of living and highest percentage of mestizos
Only Latin American country without a standing army
known for growing coffee

45
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Panama info

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nicknamed “Crossroad of the World” due to its important canal
gained independence from Colombia with the support of the US

46
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Tijuana

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is by Sandiago C.A wall there

47
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What region did mostly German and Italian immigrants settle?

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South Cone

48
Q

Globalization

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the increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging economic, political, and cultural activities

49
Q

Bubble Economy

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highly inflated economy that cannot be sustained

result of rapid influx of international capital into a developing country

50
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Economic convergence

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the notion that globalization will result in the world’s poorer countries gradually catching up with more advanced economies

51
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interconnectedness

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Once-distinct regions and cultures now increasingly linked through commerce, communications, and travel

52
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3 types of regions

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Formal
Functional
Vernacular

53
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Formal regions

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defined by some aspect of physical form such as a mountain range, valley, or climate

54
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Functional regions

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where a certain activity or cluster of activities take place
ex: Corn Belt

55
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Vernacular regions

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defined solely in people’s minds as spatial stereotypes that have no visible boundaries

56
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Once part of Colombia

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Panama

57
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Once considered the British Honduras

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Belize

58
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Most populated Central American country

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Guatemala

59
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Tense relations with the US (Fidel Castro)

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Cuba

60
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Yucatan Peninsula

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Where the temple the Mayans made is

Chichen itza

61
Q

Jamaica capitol

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Kingston

62
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Elevation of Mexico City

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6000-9000 ft

63
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Africans being shipped to Americas

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Stimulus and Involuntary migration

64
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Caribbean state that had a severe economic downturn after the disintegration of the USSR

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Cuba because US threw sanctions on them so no one could trade with them

65
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Elevation range that Mexico City falls into

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Tierra Fria

66
Q

Caribbean is predominately

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African

67
Q

Shifting cultivation

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tropical rainforest vegitation

68
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Blending of African European cultures in the Caribbean

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Rastaization

69
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Hispanolia

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Haiti and Dominican Republic

70
Q

Capital of Cuba

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Havana

71
Q

The Caribbean is oriented ____ of South America

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North

72
Q

Does not hold stake in the Caribbean

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Spain

73
Q

Difference between a Hacienda and plantation

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Hacienda doesn’t have slaves

74
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First country to elect an indigenous person as leader

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Bolivia ; he was a Coca farmer

75
Q

Venezuela had tense relations with the US because of

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OPEC and Huge Chavez

76
Q

Core of the Incan Empire

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Peru ; Machu Picchu

77
Q

Andes Mountains

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Prout likes to ski

Geog 202 (9 decks)

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