SS6: Latin America Environmental/Economic forces
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| Causes of air pollution in Mexico City | Vehicle and factory emissions
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| How does Mexico City's geography contribute to the air pollution problem? | Sierra Madre Mountains trap the car and factory emissions
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| Actions that the government of Mexico City has taken to improve air quality | Driving restrictions (ex: can only drive 3 days per week)
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| Factors that contribute to the rain forest being destroyed in Brazil | 1. building new roads
2. logging
3. mining
4. new settlements
5. farming
6. cattle ranching
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| Deforestation | Cutting down trees
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| GDP | Total amount of goods produced in a year
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| Major cause of oil pollution in Venezuela | Oil spills and tanker leaks
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| 3 questions that all economic systems must ask | What to produce -- how to produce -- for whom to produce
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| Mixed economy | Economic system: people - not the government - own land, factories, and businesses
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| Command economy | Economic system: GOVERNMENT decides what is produced and how much is produced
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| Communist countries - economy closely related to | Command economy
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| Trade barrier discourages trade by placing a tax on foreign goods | Tariff
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| What one currency (money) is worth in terms of others | Exchange rate
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| Purpose of a tariff | To increase prices of imported goods
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| NAFTA stands for | North American Free Trade Agreement
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| Purpose of NAFTA | Formed trade agreements between US, Mexico, and Canada
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| Quota | Limits number of products made
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| US decides not to have any trade relations with Cuba. What is the trade barrier? | Embargo
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| Specialization promotes _________ between countries. | trade
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| 1 US dollar = 10 Mexican pesos | Exchange rate
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