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Key TermsWeather and
ClimateLatin
AmericaEconomy and
ResourcesPotpourri
A Little This &A Little That!
Movement of people from one country or region
to another
What is migration?
These resources were created over millions
of years ago from prehistoric plants and
animals
What are fossil fuels?
When people are forced to move
from one location to another
What is involuntary migration?
Two examples of this are: 1. In the 1800s, the great potato famine which forced millions to leave Ireland to find a better
life elsewhere, and many migrated to America.
1.When Nazi Germany systematically exterminated Jews, gypsies and millions of others, as they advanced through
Europe in the 1930s and early ‘40s.
A source of information taken from an original
document, text or speaker
What is a primary source?
Coal and natural gas are examples
of this type of resource
What are nonrenewable
resources?
The height of land above sea
level
What is elevation?
The condition of the air and sky
from day to day
Since Canada is far from the equator, its
climate tends to be
What is very cold?
EquatorEquator
Canada
This will affect crops grown on
farms in the Andes
What is elevation?
Three factors which affect Latin
America’s climate
What are Elevation, the equator and
wind patterns?
North America and Latin
America are located in this hemisphere
What is the Western
Hemisphere?
The Western Hemisphere
Much of Mexico is a large, mostly flat area
which rises above surrounding land
What is a plateau?
Regions which make up Latin
AmericaHint: Latin America does not include
Canada and the United States
What are Middle America (Mexico
and Central America), the Caribbean and
South America?Latin America is shown above, shaded in green.
Some farms of Latin America can only
grow enough to feed their own family, which is called?
What is subsistence
farms?
The home of the world’s largest
tropical rain forest
What is the Amazon River
Basin?
Many people in Latin America leave the rural,
country living. They move to the city urban life hoping to find better
paying _ _ _ _
The drop in oil prices in the 1980s probably
helped to convince Venezuela to do this
to their economy
What is promote investment in other
industries, (to diversify)?
A system of producing,
distributing, consuming and owning goods,
services and wealth
When a country depends largely on
one resource or crop of income, it is known as this
What is a one resource
economy?
To reduce their reliance on one natural resource
or crop, many Latin American nations have
begun to do this
What is build up their industries?
The mountain chain found along the west coast of South America
What is the Andes Mountain Range?
This covers most of the Earth’s
surface
Mountains, plateaus and plains are examples of
What arelandforms?
Plains
Plateaus
Mountains
Recently, an increase in food supply and better medical care has done this to the world’s population
What israpidly
increasedthe population?
Demographers and geographers use the push-pull theory to
explain this movement of people
What is migration?The Push-Pull theory used to explain
migration: When people living in a region find it difficult to live, they feel a push to move away in search of better paying jobs
or better schools and medical care. The hope for better living conditions pulls them to a
new location.