Chapter 14: Spatial Inequality
Urbanization
The first people to inhabit an area and their descendants: often natives
Indigenous peoples
Severe or unusual weather conditions, such as hurricanes, tornados, and blizzards?
Extreme Weather
Deforestation
Trading goods between lowland and highland areas?
Vertical trade
The unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area so that some places are richer than others
Spatial Inequality
How does traditional culture get passed down to the future generations?
Ancestors/Elders
The scientific study of climate and weather patterns
Meterology
Carbon-Oxygen Cycle
The lowest elevation on mountains where snow remains year-round?
Snow Line
What group of people in Mexico City enjoys the HIGHEST standard of living?
Upper Class
How do Maya children learn skills?
From their parents
What happens when a hurricane reaches a large landmass? Like Mexico or the US.
It loses strength
Why is the Amazon Rainforest dealing with a land use conflict?
Many groups all want a piece
What coast are the Andes Mountains on?
South American
How would you describe the lifestyle of Mexico Cities middle class?
Live in houses/apartments and can usually afford SOME luxuries
Which 2 countries do MOST Maya live today?
Mexico & Guatemala
What is the most dangerous part of a hurricane
Storm Surge
A sustainable conscious group would do what to the rainforest?
Use the resources without destroying them.
What is the method called for growing crops on mountain slopes
Terracing
What is a run-down apartment called in Mexico City?
Tenements
The method of farming to mainly provide food for themselves and families
Subsistence Farming
Where do Atlantic hurricanes form?
Atlantic Ocean with warm ocean water
What is nicknamed the "lungs of the earth"
Amazon Rainforest
What lake is the highest navigable lake?