World Cities Ii

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In general, all of Eastern Europe is common because of _____

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Communism

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Soviet Style Planning lead to cities that were highly______

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Centralized

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Industrialization was emphasized, but at the expense of the ___________

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Environment

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________ transportation didn't exist in Soviet style cities

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Public

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Majority of the urban land in soviet style cities was owned by who?

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Government

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What type of housing did soviet style cities use?

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Massive Apartment-Block style

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Soviet Cities had fewer _________ than capitalist cities

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Shopping districts

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Least urbanized country in eastern europe?

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Albania

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Urbanization level of East Germany?

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67%

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Urban population of Soviet Style Cities were located near what?

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Factories, Industrialization factors, and large areas of employment

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Communism has no _______ economy

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free-market

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Communism has what type of economy?

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Planned economy

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Smallest block unit that includes area of large housing, park, doctors, groceries, etc...

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Micro-Rain

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Building designs in communist architecture reflected __________

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Socialist Realism

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Big buildings were made to show the _________ of government

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Massive power

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1945: Beginning of ___

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Cold War

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November 9 1989, what happend?

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Wall taken down..End of Cold War

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Turning Point: Former USSR goes toward capitalism

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1991

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How did socialism influence the built environment?

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Neighborhoods of massive apartment blocks

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What urban issues might be anticipated in the near future?

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Further decline in urban environments

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What is true about Peter the Great?

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Language was changed from Russian to French

Important guys had to cut beards

Capital moved to St. Pete

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In the MIddle East -

Religion -
Language -
Common Heritage -

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Islam

Arab

Islamic Heritage

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Sunnis vs. Shiat - Who followed Umar?

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Sunnis

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Medina in Arabic means?

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City

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An Islamic City MUST have (3):

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1. Congregational mosque

2. A bizzare (market) nearby

3. Public Bath (Hammam) to prepare for Friday prayer

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Medinas are almost always ___

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Compact/Crowded

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The maddrassa is what? and is always in an islamic city

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Traditional Islamic School

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Importance of Mosque especially Friday Mosque has caused Islam to be called an .................... Religion!

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Urban

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a ........................ between the members of the Umma and outsiders, resulted in........................ Of neighborhoods.

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Segregation x2

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the .................... of the sexes manifested in ......................

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Segregation

Islamic Housing

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Both ............. and ..............lived within each quarter in Islamic cities

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Rich and poor

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Why might Islam be called an “urban” religion

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All good muslims should live within earshot of a mosque

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Dramatic increases of urban population in ................. countries except: Oman, Saudi Arabia

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Oil

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Cairo, a ............... Muslim city, Istanbul, a .................... In the Muslim world and Tehran ..........................

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Post colonial

Secular

Shiatism

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What is the most common language in the Middle East?

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Arabic

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What is the largest city in the Middle East?

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Cairo

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Modern cities in Middle East built on.........................

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Oil revenue

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Homelessness less common than US

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know

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In Tehran, most are under the age of 30 and are ________ and speak_______

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Perisans - Speak Farci

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North Tehran is much more

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Upscale, Rich

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Esfahan is the #1 ________ place

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Honeymoon

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Sunni vs. Shia Who follow Alli?

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Sunni - didn't follow Allisuccesion
Shia - Believed in Alli

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Persepolis was the first capital

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KNOW

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Wild Driving is noticeable in

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Tehran

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Women's dresses in ________ look distinguishable from other cities

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Iran

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Iran has what type of government

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theocracy

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4 eras of Urbanism in Africa

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1. Ancient or Pre Colonial Area
2. European Exploration/Slave Trade Era
3. Colonial Era
4. Post Colonial Era

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During the Pre Colonial Era, Trade with whom was common in Africa

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Arabs

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Earliest African cities founded by

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Arab traders

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______ at the coast became a large often primate cityin Africa

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Terminus

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______________ and _________ most urbanized area of Africa

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Congo and Gabon

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_______ most predominant disease in Africa

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Malaria

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Ghana was known as the "____" , its capital was

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Gold Coast

Accra

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Accra's #1 problem is

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Waste Management

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68% of people in Accra are what religion?

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Christian

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Kwame Nkrumah

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The Founding Father & first President of Modern Ghana

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Apartheid is intertwined with the city of .....................

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Johannesburg

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In 1886, in Apartheid, it was asserted that no _______ could live within 70 miles of the site of new town.

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Native Tribes

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From Those Europeans’ perspective: Natives were needed for unskilled labor so they could come to the city to .............not to ............

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Work/ Live

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Justification for : From Those Europeans’ perspective: Natives were needed for unskilled labor so they could come to the city to .............not to ............

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Indigenous people weren't from urban areas so they couldn't handle the culture

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Apartheid came to an end in 1993, quote is mentioned from whom?

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Nelson Mandella

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Soweto is ________ a squatter settlement

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NOT

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Why is South Africa so much more urbanized than elsewhere in Africa?

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Because Europeans came and built good infrastructure to support permanent settlements

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May 1899, settlement created by Europeans it was chosen as the headquarters of the railway, so it took the function from Mombasa
It was chosen because of natural advantages of the site

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Nairobi

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Nairobi had access to this country which made it appealing

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Oganda

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Name the Maasai word for the area, enkare nyarobi , “................................",it is located across the Nairubi river

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Cold Water

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........................ : Three major ethnic groups, Africans, Asians and Europeans were largely separated into 3 zones within the city.

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Segregation

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the Growth of _________ as a result of large population growth in Nairobi

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Squatter Settlement

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Nairobi is the The ultramodern city; The .............; The heartbeat of Kenya in which all major ............................ are made

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Capital/ major decisions

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Nairobi is a ___________ city

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Primate

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Why are there such extreme housing contrasts in African cities?

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Because colonial administrators built expensive western style that have set the standard for upper class housing

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Olmec Characteristics:

large .............................
elaborate ..........................
religious rituals adapted by other Mesoamerican civilizations

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Settlements

Trade Routes

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Olmec civilization vanished because of ________ factors

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Unknown

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They produced earliest sophisticated art in Mesoamerica

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Olmec

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Most famous _____ artifacts are 17 colossal stone heads

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Olmec

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Tenochtitlan City expanded into lake area due to the invention of chinampas or floating ................... built by bunching twigs together with mud

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Floating Gardens

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Mayan city characteristics:

Rarely laid out in neat grids
Developed with temples and palaces torn down and rebuilt over and over
City ..................are rare
Temple with the shape of ................ most imposing structures

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Walls are Rare

Temples w/ shape of pyramids

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Why did Meso-American cities keep disappearing?

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They were destroyed by natural disasters
They were conquered and razed during warfare
They were simply abandoned
All of the above / we don’t really know

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The ................. Colonizers landed in the new world in the year.................

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Spanish

1492

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Early in 16th century spanish colonizers occupied the capital of ..................... and arrested their empire.

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Tenochtitlan

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Types of urban settlements in Spanish colonial America
1. ................... cities - (Mexico City; Bogotá)
2. .................. centers - (Potosi, Bolivia)
3. .............. - Santo Domingo, Havana, Lima, Salvador and Rio de Janeiro…

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Capital

Mining

Port

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Which of the following is NOT a type of Spanish colonial city?

Mining towns
Port cities
Agricultural trade centers
Capital cities

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Agriculture Trade Centers

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The law of Indies

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Reason why so many cities in area look similar (Build a plaza, etc)

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Crowley vs. Griffin Ford Model:

Crowley model had Chaotic mix of .......................,........................., and ................. Land uses.

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Residential, Industrial, and Commercial

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Mexico City's Central focus of city was Plaza ______

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de la Constitution

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Mexico City's downtown core stretched outwards towards the .....................

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Suburbs

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..................... spine radiated from the plaza established in Mexico City

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Commercial

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1860 Emperor Maximilian, a French import; ideas about cities from ............ for Mexico City.. built _______

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Paris, Tree-lined Boulevard

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__________ was a broad tree lined boulevard with many elegant shops and homes in mexico city

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Paseo de la Reforma

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Cuba : In 1800, a boom in .............. industry.

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Sugar Cane

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1899, Cuba was an ....................... under U.S. protection

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Sperate-State

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In Cuba, The growth was hugely .................
Class differences were explicitly ..............

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Controlled, Discouraged.

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Economic decline resulted in a decline in ...................... in Cuba

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Built- Enviroment

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Nairobi is suffering form the absence of _____________ for its creation

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Indigenous Rational