Geo chapter 9 section 3

How might the cities of Latin America deal with the increasing demands placed on them by their expanding populations?

Add more jobs to help support the need to bolster the infrastructure to supply fresh water, power and road systems. Create a zone around the city to stop the expansion.

Terraced farming

An ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides or mountain slopes, using step-like horizontal fields cut into the slopes

What factors have drawn people from the countryside into the cities of the region?

Better jobs, school, and Medicare

What are the steps in slash-and-burn farming?

Clear field, burn the debris and then plant crops

Pull factors

Factors that "pull" people toward cities

Push factors

Factors that "push" people to leave rural areas

What are some of the advantages of tourism to the Caribbean?

More businesses, regional ports, reduce income gap, tourists spending money

What are some of the problems of cities in the region?

Pollution from cars and factories. Unemployment and crime increase. Slums spread over larger and larger urban areas. Shortages of drinkable water.

How have humans changed the environment in Latin America to make it more suitable for agriculture?

Slash and burn, irrigate, and terracing

Infrastructure

The basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, water, sanitation, and education systems

Slash-and-burn

A way of clearing fields for planting by cutting trees, brush, and grasses and burning them