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35 Cards in this Set
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Latin America
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number 5 population
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unmixed European
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make up - 2-3%
found - large cities,Central/South America |
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Unmixed Europeans control
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economies of these Central/South America Countries (74-85, large number of Latins coming to America for education then back home.
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Unmixed Europeans control in flow of_______ into Latin America
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technology
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Eurogray
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South of Brazil
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Mestizo
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European father & Indian mother
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Mestizo make up
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68%
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Unmixed African make up
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4%
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Mulatto
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European father & African mother
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Characterisics of Mulatto
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-home of Brazil (by Amazon)
-easter coastal areas of Central America -Islands of the Caribbean - largest % (Africans brought) |
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East
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bananas
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West
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sugar cane
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Reasons brought to Latin America:
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1) War in Africa
2)Crops 3)Exposed to maleria (infection) |
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Maleria
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- More than other racial group
- Became sickle cell anemia |
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Group - Indians
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5-8% population
- Bolevia, Paraguay - only 2 land lock countries - Pen, Ecuador, The Amazon |
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Caribean
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alot of islands (some are very large & some are small)
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Amazon
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360ft deep
flows into Atlantic |
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Mid Atlantic Drift
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like a river the ocean goes 9mph
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rono island
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volcanoes
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orangolko
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3rd largest river in South America
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gulf shream
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5-6 miles
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dead spot in Gulf of Mexico
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lack vegatation on sea floor
insufficient oxygen |
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Mobile bay - Thialand
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- natural occuring gubuloie(fish)
- it occurs late aug. & fall months - mobile- occur early morning - all the bottom fish/sea animals come to top of the water |
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bottom Mobile Bay
1990 to 2011 |
9 1/2 to 7 1/2 feet deep
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to become a state
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- territory
- print own currency - common wealth - apply for state hood |
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Puerto Rico was centraly located
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- for industrialization of steel, aluminum, magnesium, and tin
- to serve the expanding middle class market to South and North America |
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Puerto Rico benefited from
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- large quantities of American financial support-operation boot strap
- the amount of money US put into military bases - foreign investments |
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Jamaica are source to sell:
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Bauxite (make alumina to aluminum found in Jamaica, Guyana, and Surinam
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Central America - elevection
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volcanic activity & tatonic plates
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Steapness of land b/c
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volcanic activity
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Argentina - Canada & America = 80%
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argentina far out of trading route
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argentina took grain & change into
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meat products
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plains grasslands =
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very rich supl.
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Peru
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- lowland area related to the sea
- cold |
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Humbold Current of Peru
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- moves to north, has very large concentration of fish in cold water
- more oxygen - plankton = more food supply |
