Population
What is a Megacity?
A city with over 10 million inhabitants
The Panama Canal
True or False:
Latin America has the longest longitudinal extent than any other region.
FALSE!!!
Its LATITUDINAL
Bruh
What is the prominent Religion in Latin America?
Christianity (specifically Roman Catholic)
Define Brain Drain
Immigration of educated people from a particular country to another.
What is the most densely populated parts of Latin America?
Large cities and the Caribbean islands
What area brings in lots of tourists?
Caribbean Islands
Andes Mountains
What are the two major languages spoken?
Spanish and Portuguese
What does NAFTA stand for?
North American Free Trade Agreements.
What are squatter settlements known as in Brazil?
Favelas
What has given poor Latin America communities major economic opportunity and growth?
Illegal drug production
What percentage of all Earth's surface freshwater is found in the Amazon River?
20%
What country has a quarter of their population labeled "nonreligious"?
Cuba
Pacific Ring of Fire
Zone associated with frequent earthquakes and periodic volcanic activity.
When did Latin America become a major spot of emigration?
After WWII
Give examples of what was exchanged in the Columbia Exchange, specifically from the old world
Apples, chicken, bubonic plague, coffee... etc.
Name three levels of the "Mountain Vertical Zonation"
Hint: The triangle visual
Tierra Caliente, Tierra Templada, Tierra Fria, Tierra Helada, Tierra Nevada
Antigua, Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Turks and Caicos..... etc.
What is export-promotion manufacturing?
A policy in Latin America that supported the export of locally produced goods by domestic or foreign companies
What countries have the most recent highest fertility rate? How many kids per family do you think a typical family would have?
Guatemala and Haiti
Name one country in Latin America that has one of the most unequal societies.
Haiti, Colombia, Guatemala, Paraguay, Panama, Chile
Deadliest Hurricane in Latin America since 2000?
Hurricane Jeanne
Name a SINGLE indigenous language spoken in Latin America.
Quechua, Aymara, Guarani, Mayan languages, Oto-manguean, Uto-Aztecan, Arawak, Chibcha
What is import substitution industrialism?
The reduction of the need to rely on imports from other countries and instead basing the industry on domestic industrial development.
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