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| how much space did you decided to illustrate on paper. |
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| a grandly curving and nearly Continuous chain of mountains stretches along the western edge of the american continents |
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| The zone where on tectonic plate slides under another |
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| The largest feature on the South American lowlands drained by the amazon river it contains the earths largest tropical rain forest |
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| Temperature-Altitude Zones |
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1. Tierra Caliente
2. Tierra Templada
3. Tierra Fria
4. Tierra Helada |
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| 0-3000 feet, "Hot Lands" warmest in the lowlands, high agriculture |
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| 3000-6500 feet, "Temperate Lands" |
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| 6500-12000 feet, "Cool Lands" |
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| 12,000 and above "The Frozen Lands" |
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| A warming of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America that occurs every 4 to 12 years when upwelling of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur. It causes dieoffs of plankton and fish and affects Pacific jet stream winds, altering storm tracks and creating unusual weather patterns in various parts of the world. |
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| A Member of people of central Mexico whose civilization was at its height at the time of the Spanish Conquest in the early 16th Century |
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| A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who Established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest |
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| The theory and system of political economoy prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating bullion, establishing colonies and a merchant, marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade. |
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| People of European Descent born in the Americas who wished to consolidate their control of economic assets in the colonies and relatively wealthy |
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| People of Mixed European, and African, and indigenous descent whose acces to the profits of the colonial system had been restricted due to their race |
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| The largest city within a nation which dominates the country not solely in size the importance of the primate city tends to decline as the ecnonomy grows and that therefore, primacy tends to occur in less developed nations |
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| Residential neighborhood. The word has been adopted to referr to colonia rural serrlements often characterized by poor housing stock, inadequate physical infrastructure, and a weak social infrastructure. |
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| An urban district or quarter in a Spanish speaking country |
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| A shantytown or slum, especially in brazil. |
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| When young adults leave rural communitites that have invested years in nurturing and education |
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| Foreign Direct Investment |
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| and investment abroad usually where the company being invested in is controlled by the foreign corpration |
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| Strucural adjustment Policies |
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| medium-term credit facility developing countries in gaining ecnomoic self-sufficiency. |
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| A large rural estate or plantation in Spanish-speaking countries |
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| A group of cultivated treees or plants. A large estate or farm on which crops are raised, often by resident workers |
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| A policy whereby a major power uses economic and politcal means to perpetuate or extend its influence over underdeveloped nations or areas. |
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| Import Subsitution Industrialization |
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| is a trade and economic policy based on the premise that a country should attempt to reduce its foreign dependency through the local production of industrialized products |
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| Measures, such as the division of large properties into smaller ones, that are taken to bring about more equitable apportionment of agriculturural land |
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| a global financial crisis dimisnished to the ISI Phase |
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| Structural Adjustment Policies |
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| geographical area in which commerce can be conducted without tariffs being applied. |
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| Mexican assembly plants that manufacture finished goods for export to the United States.They take advantage of plentiful lower cost mexican labor |
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| The Free Trade of the Americas |
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| was proposed agreement to eliminate or reduce the trade barriers among all countries in the Americas but Cuba. |
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| The North American Free Trade Agreement |
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| Negotiations between the United States, Mexico and Canada between 1991 and 1993. |
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| The Countries of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States. Represenatives from these countries meet to discuss economic concerns |
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| That any inervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is potentially hostile act against the United States. |
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| a family group that consists of parents, children, and other close relatives, often living in close proximity. |
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| It teaches that women are semi divine, morally supperior to and spiritually stronger than men. |
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| A strong or exaggerated sense of masculinitity stressing attributes sich as physical courage, virility, domination of women, and aggresiveness |
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| Pravalent in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin Americas, that finds free people from social and material oppression |
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| Adherence to the religion and beliefs of a Proestant church. |
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| Tourism involving travel to areas of natural or ecoogical interest, typically under the guidance of naturalist, for the purpose of observing wildlife and learning about the enviroment. |
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| the study of how people,objects, or ideas are, or are not related to one another across space. |
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| is the study of earths physical processes to learn how they work, how they effect humans, and how they are afflected by humans in return |
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| tells you the subject of the map |
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| usually points out some features on the map |
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| is the box that explains what the symbols and color are on the map |
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| run parallel to the equator |
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| when powerful European countries sent explorers to find new lands and forge new trade routes |
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| The tendency of investment funds and busineses to move beyond domestic and national markets to other markets around the globe, thereby increasing the interconnectedness of different markets. |
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| a transfer of money by a foreign worker to his home country |
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| an important distinguishing characteristic of human societies |
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| comprises of all things that people use: clothing, houses, and office buildings, etc |
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| more overall similarity between culture groups-will occur |
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| with a particular group through the same channels that are encouraging homenization. |
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| the right to control their own affairs and especially to retain control of their own resources |
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| the state of relating to, reflecting, or being adaptded to several cultures |
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| Members of a particular culture group share features such as language, and common values that help to define a group |
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| when plates collide and one slips under the other |
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| Volcanoes and earthquakes are particularly common around the edges of the pacific ocean |
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| the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a given year, dived by the number of people in the country |
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| A corp. that has its facilities and other assests in at least one country other than its home country |
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| wealth in the form of money or property used to produce more wealth. |
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| The Movement of goods and capital without government restrictions |
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| where families produces most if its own food clothing and shelter |
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| where children drain the family income |
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| the effort to improve on present living standards in ways that will not jeporadize those of future generations |
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| farming that meets human needs without poisoning the enviroment or using up water and soil resources |
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| the jockeying among countries for territory, resources or influence |
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| a group of people who share language, culture, and political identity |
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| means that a country is self-governing |
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| different people agreeing on political, economic, social or enviromental goal. |
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