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(N. AM) African-American Internal Migration
Originated in the south (near Louisiana) and went toward the cities (Philadelphia, Detroit, LA, San Fran, Boston, Chicago) TERM 2
Alberta Resources
DEFINITION 2 Oil drawn from deposits of tar sand TERM 3
Asian International Migration
DEFINITION 3 350 thousand over the Pacific ocean TERM 4
Canada's Language Distribution
DEFINITION 4 French Canada (Maritime) TERM 5
Canadian Devolution/Quebec
DEFINITION 5 1995- Voted to divide Quebec, but lost the vote
Defining Realm Characteristics
European Norms Anglo-American (English Language/Christian Faith) Federal States Highly Urbanized Mobile Populations (Internal) High Incomes Plural Societies Complexity Cultural Pluralism TERM 7
Economic Sectors (4 Types)
DEFINITION 7 Primary- Raw Materials (Resource Extraction) Secondary- Manufacturing Tertiary- Services Quaternary- Information/Management TERM 8
Distribution of Sectors
DEFINITION 8 US- 65% Quaternary Canada- 74% Tertiary/Quaternary TERM 9
Example of Primary
Sector
DEFINITION 9 Agriculture/Energy in the US TERM 10
Example of Secondary
Sector
DEFINITION 10 Industry Location Factors
Main Street
Canada's National Core Quebec, Montreal, Windsor, Toronto TERM 17
Minority Distribution
DEFINITION 17 Native Americans: West <1% African Americans: SE 13% Hispanic: SW 16% Asian: West 5% TERM 18
Minority
Growth/Size
DEFINITION 18 TERM 19
Pacific Hinge
DEFINITION 19 Focus on developments on the West TERM 20
Rain Shadow
DEFINITION 20 Rain on one side of a mountain, and on the other side is dry Windward: Wet Leeward: Dry Example: Rocky Mountains
Religious Distribution
United Church: Canada Mormon: Intermontain West (Utah) Baptist: SE Lutheran: N Central Roman Catholic: SW, NE 3/4 of US say they are Christian 15% of US say they follow no faith TERM 22
St. Lawrence Seaway
DEFINITION 22 An extension into the Great Lakes Includes Southern Quebec TERM 23
Technopole
DEFINITION 23 Centralization of technologies Usually in cities TERM 24
US Population Movement
DEFINITION 24 In the US: 310 million US is the 3rd largest in population/area In Canada: 35 million Canada is the 2nd largest in the world in area California: 38 million NJ: 9 million Wyoming: 500,000 (Smallest population) TERM 25
M. Am Altitudinal
Zonation
DEFINITION 25 Vertical pattern of climate (as you get higher in altitude, it gets colder) Tierra Caliente Tierra Templada (Where most of the population lives) Tierra Fria Tierra Helada Tierra Nevada
Greater Antilles
Cuba Jamaica Haiti/Dom.Rep Puerto Rico TERM 32
Hacienda Plantation Economies
DEFINITION 32 Hacienda: Self-sufficient economy with Spanish origin Plantation: Commercial, mono-crop with N. European origin TERM 33
Haiti
DEFINITION 33 African/French population Corruption Remittances TERM 34
Isthmus
DEFINITION 34 Narrower strip of land connecting two larger land bodies TERM 35
Land Bridge
DEFINITION 35 Mexico Central America
Lesser Antilles
Insular Windward/Leeward Islands Trinidad & Tobago African British Indian Chinese Caribbean's leading oil producer TERM 37
Mainland Description
DEFINITION 37 Mexico Yucatan Peninsula "Euroamerans" TERM 38
Mainland-Rimland Theory
DEFINITION 38 Mainland: Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula Rimland: Islands TERM 39
Maquiladora
DEFINITION 39 An assembly plant that pioneered the migration of industries in the 1970's. Electronic equipment Auto parts Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez (on the border) TERM 40
Advantages/Disadvantages of Maquiladoras
DEFINITION 40 Advantages: Mexico gains jobs Owners benefit from cheaper labor costs, saving costs Disadvantages: Regional development Development of an international growth corridor
Rimland Description
Islands "EuroAfricans" TERM 47
Tierra Templada
DEFINITION 47 Where most of the population lives Coffee Corn Wheat Vegetables TERM 48
Tourism
DEFINITION 48 State/economic options Clean industry Educational Disjunctive development (low wages) Degrades fragile environmental resources Inauthentic representations of native cultures TERM 49
Transculturation
DEFINITION 49 When the new society is being transformed by the native society TERM 50
Trinidad
DEFINITION 50 Located in the Lesser Antilles African, British, Indian, Chinese cultures Caribbean's leading oil producer
S. Am Altiplano
Inca Empire domain Between the Andes Mountains Amerin TERM 52
Amazon Basin
DEFINITION 52 TERM 53
Barrio/Favela
DEFINITION 53 "Neighborhood" Urban community Low income Inner city TERM 54
Columbia Insurgency
DEFINITION 54 By McColl Devolutionary process within a country
- Contention
- Equilibrium
- Counter offensive Government of country trying to get their country back TERM 55
Cultural Distribution/Spheres
DEFINITION 55 Tropical Plantation Extension of mainland / rimland theory Coastal European-Commercial Amerind-Subsistence Altiplano Mestizo-Transitional Skirts altiplano (interior) Undifferentiated Interior Southern tip Sparse population
Plate Tectonic Location
On the west coast TERM 62
Population Distribution
DEFINITION 62 Periphery- Inland (Altiplano) Cultural Pluralism Regional Economic Interaction Urban (80%) TERM 63
Pre Columbian Civilizations
DEFINITION 63 The Inca Empire Massive cultural hearth Altiplano (high plains) Europeans came in, dispersed Land alienation TERM 64
Religion
DEFINITION 64 Shamanism (Ecuador) 90% Christianity TERM 65
South America's Future
DEFINITION 65 Need for stability Cultural inequality Socioeconomic polarization (growth gap) The shadow of the United States China calling (largest trade partner)
The Guianas
Rimland and S. America African and Indian cultures TERM 67
Venezuela
DEFINITION 67 Llanos Lake Maracaibo Orinoco River Angel Falls Oil producing state (one of the 5 largest in the world) Mestizo & Roman Catholic population TERM 68
Colombia
DEFINITION 68 Exports Cocaine- leading economic activity Violence Spanish The insurgent state TERM 69
Ecuador
DEFINITION 69 Main exports Transit country for cocaine originating Shamanism TERM 70
Peru
DEFINITION 70 Capital & Primate City: Lima Economic activities Inca Empire hearth
Brasilia
Capital of Brazil Forward capital Development TERM 77
Chile
DEFINITION 77 16 million population Elongated state Exports 95% White / European Amerin, Mestizo, Middle East Spanish Christian TERM 78
Argentina
DEFINITION 78 40 million population 90% urbanized Buenos Aires: A classic primate city Pampas- fertile plains Patagonia- Southern plateau Exports are varied 95% white, remainder Mestizo Christian Spanish, but many others TERM 79
Paraguay
DEFINITION 79 Transition zone Over 90% Mestizo Landlocked Poor economy Triple Frontier An area with dominant terrorist organization (Hezbollah) in Paraguay, Brazil & Argentina TERM 80
The
CBD
DEFINITION 80
The Disamenity
Sector
Penetrating toward the CBD for work Low income TERM 82
The Elite Residential
Sector
DEFINITION 82 Upper Class TERM 83
The Zone of Maturity
DEFINITION 83 Middle class TERM 84
The Zone of Situ Accretion
DEFINITION 84 Depressions Poverty TERM 85
Triple Frontier
DEFINITION 85 An area of dominant terrorist organization (Hezbollah) in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina
