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Chapter 4: Latin America Natalia Dávila Lorena Elizondo Diana Martínez Andrés López

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Chapter 4: Latin America

Natalia Dávila Lorena Elizondo

Diana MartínezAndrés López

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From Mexico to Argentina. Indian

African Slaves New

settlers

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Economy, Population & Megacities.

1960’s primary goods.

NAFTACAFTA

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Brazil 525 millionMexico 108 million.

Sao Paulo.Mexico City.Buenos Aires.Rio de Janeiro.

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Environmental Geography

Atlantic Coastal forestsPacific Forests

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Air Pollution

Water Resources

Sinking Land

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Western Mountains & River Basins

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Plata Basin

3 Rivers:

ParanáParaguayUruguay

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Climate

Most talked-aboutweather phenomenonin the world.El Niño

Desert

Tropical

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Population and Settlement: The Dominance of Cities

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Concentration of People in Cities

El SalvadorMexico CitySao PauloUruguay

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Rural-to-Urban Migration

1950’sMajority in cities

130 million people don’t

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Patterns of Cultural Coherence and Diversity: Repopulating a Continent

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The Decline of Native Populations.

- The Demographic Toll

- Indian Survival

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Patterns of Ethnicity and Culture.

- Languages: - Blended Religions:

SpanishPortuguese

Catholic

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Geopolitical Framework:

Redrawing the Map

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Iberian Conquest and Territorial Division

- Treaty ofTordesillas

- Christopher Columbus

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- Revolution and Independence

- Persistent Border Conflicts

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Regional Organizations- Insurgencies and Drug Trafficking

-TradeBlocks

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Industrializationindustrialized areas tend to be around the capitals

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Agriculture

using machinery, hybrid crops, chemicalfertilizers, and pesticides

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Mining

mining has become more mechanized and less labor intensive

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Neoliberalism as Globalization

a sure path to economic development

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Dollarization

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Social improvements

Racial discriminationStatus of women

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Population Indicators

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Development Indicators