Spatial Inequality
Andes Mountains
Amazon Rainforest
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The unequal distribution of wealth or resources over a geographic area is called?
Spatial Inequality
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Which level of the mountain is the Tierra Helada?
Top
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Why is the rainforest nicknamed "the lungs of the Earth"?
Oxygen provided to the world
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What is vertical trade?
Trading between different elevations
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Which mountain range is known as the “backbone of South America”?
Andes Mountains
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This city was built on the former city Tenochtitlan?
Mexico City
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In which elevation zone would you expect to find the lowest elevation and the hottest climate? Candy*
Tierra Caliente
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Name a group that benefits from the rainforest being cut down
Loggers, Cattle Ranchers
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Where are the Andes Mountains located in South America?
Along the West Coast
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The “have nots” make up how much of the population of Mexico City? *Candy*
Majority
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What is urbanization? *Candy*
Movement of people to cities
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What does the term “terracing” mean? * Candy*
Farming techinque in the mountains
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What term is used to describe the cause of the land conflict in the Amazon Rainforest? *Candy*
Deforestation
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Rural decline occurs when rural populations experience?
Poverty
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Why is the Amazon a difficult place to farm?
The soil is not fertile
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Why are rural farmers in Mexico moving to cities?
Economic Opportunity
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Why is the air thinner as you move up the mountain? *Candy
Gravity pulling air molecules toward the surface
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What group consists of scientists and researchers trying to save the rainforest?
Environmentalists
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What does the HDI stand for? *Candy
Human Development Index
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The nickname "Land of the Eternal Spring" describes which Tierra elevation?
Tierra Templada
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Which factor does not contribute to the human development index? Life expectancy, Population density, Literacty rates, GDP per capita *candy*
Population density
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Mestizos are people who come from a mixture what type of people *Candy*
indigenous and European peoples
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Define the word sustainable and why are rubber tappers an example of a sustainable activity or way of life? *Candy*
An activity that can be maintained over time without harm, rubber tappers use trees that are not harmed from their processes
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Why do loggers believe cutting down the rainforest is a good thing? *Candy*
Helps Brazil's economy
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How is the native Amazonian's (natives) lifestyle a sustainable way of life? *Candy*
They live off the land
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