World Geo Unit 4: Quiz 2

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a brazilian slum

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favelas

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a major urban area serving as the economic, political, and population center of a country

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primate city

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growing crops to provide for the needs of ones family

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subsistence farming

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people who live in this region

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Native Americans

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settlers from europe who came from _____

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1500s

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_____ settled most of the Caribbean, south and central america

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spain

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________ settled brazil

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portugal

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______settled belize and Guyana

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Britain

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_________ settled suriname

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The Netherlands

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_____ settled french guiana

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france

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______ were brought to the region to work the ______

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Africans, plantations

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People emigrate from here for ______ and ______ reasons, and to escape __________

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political, economic, natural disasters

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many countries in this region have _____ cities

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primate

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What technological advancement prompted many people to move from rural to urban areas?

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mechanized agriculture

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What two groups colonized most of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America?

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Portuguese, Spanish

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People emigrated from Nicaragua for _____ reasons

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political

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Migration from columbia to venezuela is mainly because of _____ factors

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economic

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Most common language?

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Spanish

Front 19

highest population of african descent

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the caribbean

Front 20

In Ecuador and Peru, which group has the most political power and the most money?

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europeans

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_____ are the most culturally diverse places

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cities

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Most of the people trace their heritage back to _______, _____, ____. Other groups include ________, _________, and ______.

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native americans, africans, and europeans; mestizos, mulattoes, and asians

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Besides spanish, some other languages used are: (7)

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Portuguese, english, dutch, french, hindi, urdu, and traditional languages of the native americans

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________ is most widely practiced religion

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roman catholicism

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wealth is _____ distributed

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unevenly

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most people are ____

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poor

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there is a ____ middle class

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small

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a few ______ have control of political power and money

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europeans

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Native Americans fear the loss of their cultural ________. In ______, reservations have been established for Native American communities.

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identity, brazil

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agricultural products grown to be sold

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cash crop

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military rulers

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caudillos

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the value of goods and services within a country

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gross domestic product

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Which South American countries have sufficient energy resources to meet their needs?

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columbia, venezuela

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Caribbeans main export?

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sugar

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In _______ economies, people grow crops for their own use

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traditional

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LDCs are characterized by: (4)

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uneven distribution of wealth, lack of modern tech, high birth rate, gender inequities

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countries in this region are looking to improve their economy by (4)

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reducing reliance on a single crop, promoting use of modern tech, decreasing debt, and lessening foreign control on businesses.

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What makes Central America important to U.S. foreign policy?

Back 38

the panama canal

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what caribbean island is u.s. territory?

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Puerto Rico

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other problems besides political: (3)

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insufficient farmland to feed the people, corrupt governments, guerilla warfare.

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dictatorships impose restrictions (5)

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speech, media coverage, political opposition, judicial system, and elections