World Geo Latin America Ch. 9 (mom)

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Orinoco River

1500 miles and winds through the northern part of the continent, mainly in Venezuela. It flows to the Atlantic Ocean.

Which river drains the largest rain forest in the region?

Amazon River

What are 3 major island groups of the Caribbean?

Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles

Mineral Resources of Latin America

Gold, silver, iron, copper, bauxite, tin, lead and nickel

Based on landforms and climate, which areas of Latin America would be the least agriculturally productive?

High-altitude zones in the mountains, semiarid and desert zones such as the Atacama Desert in Chile.

What are the settlement patterns of South American in terms of the interior and the coast?

On the west coast, the Andes Mountains were a barrier that tended to limit settlement there. Along the eastern coast of South America, most of the early settlements were along the coast.

Which is the northernmost of the great rivers of South America

Orinoco

What are the major rivers of Latin America

Orinoco, Amazon, Parana

In what part of the region are savannas most common?

South America

What characteristics do the pampas and Ilanos have in common?

They are plains that provide soil for growing crops and grass for grazing livestock

What Caribbean Island is rich in natural gas, and what impact has this had on the economy?

Trinidad...factories have sprung up to manufacture menthanol and ammonia. It attracts developers.

What two countries does the Orinoco River drain?

Venezuela and Colombia

Who has major oil reserves?

Venezuela and Mexico

The Lesser Antilles

are smaller islands in the Caribbean: Windward Islands and Leeward Islands.

pampas

areas of grasslands and rich soil. found in northern ARgentina and Uruguay.

What are some of the disadvantages of tourism in the region?

congestion, pollution, gap between rich and poor, large public debt, strain on local communities, influence of non residents on local affairs, profits not being reinvested in tourist country

slash-and-burn

cut trees, brush and grasses burned the debris to clear the field.

Rain Forests

dense forests made up of different species of trees

what is the main disadvantage of the slash-and-burn method of growing crops?

exhausts the soil

push factors

factors that push people to leave rural areas

Terraced farming

farming technique useful in the mountainous regions

gaucho

horsemen of the pampas

How have the Andes Mountains affected settlement in South America?

it has made it more difficult because they are a barrier movement into the interior. So more settlement has occurred along the eastern and northern coasts.

What are advantages to toursim

jobs which reduce the income gap

The Greater Antilles

larger islands of the Caribbean: Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.

Andes Mountains

located in South America, they are a part of a chain of ranges that run through the western portion of North, Central, and South America. In the US they are called the Rockies and the Sierra Madre in Mexico.

cerrado

located in the interior of Brazil.

cattle and wheat grain

main products of the pampas

What factors must people in the region consider when they are deciding whether to move from the country to the city?

medical care, jobs, education and opportunity

Parana River

origins in the highlands of southern Brazil. Travels about 3,000 miles south and west through Paraguay and Argentina.

pampas

plains located in South America

Amazon River

4000miles from west to east emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. It starts in the Andes Mountains of South America, close to the Pacific.

Where are some of the largest plains found in Latin America?

Pampas of Argentina and Uruguay, Llanos of Columbia and Venezuela and cerrado of Brazil

Where are the Andes Mountains located?

along the Pacific Coast of South America

terraced farming

an ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides or mountain slopes.

Amazon River

fed by over 1,000 tributaries and it carries more water to the ocean than the next seven largest rivers of the world combined.

pull factors

get people toward the cities

Hanos

grassy, treeless areas used for livestock grazing and farming

What factors tend to pull people into the cities from their farms?

higher-paying jobs, better schools, better medical care

Energy resources of Latin America.

oil, coal, natural gas, uranium and hydroelectric power

How do the veritical climate zones of Latin America affect agriculture?

people grow different crops depending on the elevation at which they live

What are disadvantages to tourism

pollution, congestion, and debt incurred by local governments.

What are some factors that are pushing farmers off the land and into the cities?

poor medical, poor education, low paying jobs, few pole owning most of the land

What is the dominant vegetation of the Amazon river basin?

rain forest

cerrado

savannas with flat terrain and moderate rainfall that make them suitable for farming.

infrastructure

sewers, transportation, electricity and housing

What agricultural technique involves using ashes to fertilize the soil?

slash and burn

What are some of the problems that afflict cities throughout the region?

slums, unemployment, crime, pollution

Why is there great variety in the climate and vegetation in Latin America

there is great distance from north to south variations in elevation and ocean currents

Where are most of the mountains of South America located?

western coast of South America


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