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What is the Urban Sprawl?
a poorly planned development that spreads a cities population over a wider and wider area.
What is the name of the mountain chain that runs down the western side of South America?
The Andes Mountains
What is the unlawful use or threat of force or violence against individuals for the purpose of intimidating or causing fear?
Terrorism
What are rain forests
Forests with lots of annual rain and many different types of trees and plants
What is the biggest river in South America?
The Amazon River
September 11, 2001
Where are the Andes Mountains located?
Western South America
What is terraced farming?
When they cut steps out of the sides of mountains to grow things on
All or nothing: How many planes were part of 9/11? And where did they crash?
4 planes, 2 into the Twin towers, 1 into the pentagon, and 1 into a field
What is the difference between a wet climate and a wet and dry climate?
the wet and dry climate has a dry season while the wet does not
What is one push factor and one pull factor of coming to school?
answers may vary
Name at least 2 parts of infrastructure.
sewer systems, transportation, electricity, water, and housing
How many square miles is the amazon?
2 million
What are two advantages of tourism, and two disadvantages of tourism?
Answers may vary
What are sustainable communities?
Communities where people live and work in the same area.
When people come to cities, what two rates rise quickly, and what area developers?
crime, unemployment, slums
What is the main reason people move to cities?
To have a better life
What is a coalition?
an alliance that was made to prevent future terrorist attacks
What is the natural resource that Brazil leads South America in producing?
Hydroelectric power
Why is tourism necessary for some countries to survive?
Money
Name one of the three types of plains in South America
llanos, cerrado, pampas
What type of land does a semiarid climate make?
What is one of the 7 biggest cities in Latin America?
sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Bruno’s Aires, Lima, bogota, Santiago, and Mexico city
What are the three major Island groups in the carribean?
The Bahamas, The Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles
What are biological weapons?
weapons that use bacteria and viruses to hurt people