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Exam 1

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Tropic of Cancer
show Tropical Rainforest (hot with rainy and dry seasons(dry winter)),equator  
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EF   show
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D   show
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show Meditterranean, rare climate of coasts near cold ocean currents, Dry summer, wet winter, specialty crops that will only grow in that climate (California-olives)  
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CF   show
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BW   show
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show Equator, no dry season (hot and rainy)  
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Aw   show
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Bw   show
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show Antarctic peninsula, antarctic circle, tundra, short, cold summer, small plants, on permafrost  
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show Tropical (hot and Rainy)  
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Am   show
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B   show
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BS   show
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C   show
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show Humid(east coasts of continents near warm ocean currents, rainy, deciduous forests, many types of crops)  
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show Marine west coast, near mixing of cold and warm ocean currents at higher altitudes, cool and rainy, temperate rain forests, rarest vegetation type-forestry with little agriculture, 265 days of rain  
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show Arctic (cold)  
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H   show
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continental crust   show
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Oceanic crust   show
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show plate boundary that moves plates together and collide. 3 types oceanic to continental subduction zone, oceanic to oceanic subductions zone, and continental to continental convergence  
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divergent   show
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show plates collide as they are pushed along by convection cells in the mantle  
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Oceanic to Oceanic subduction zone   show
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oceanic divergence   show
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show occurs where rising convection currents in the asthenosphere result in areas of continent breaking apart along the divergent boundary.  
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show 3 climate controls; latitude, land and water, and altitude  
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show low latitudes nearer to the equator receive more direct sunlight than higher latitudes nearer to the poles  
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Maritime   show
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show greater variation in temperature farther away from oceans  
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show temperatures decrease with altitude (for first 10 miles), as you go up a mountain its cooler and as you come down it's warmer  
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show Is an area with average (more or less predictable) temperature and precipitation (map) characteristics, Koppen system  
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show caused by the burning of fossil fuels resulting in greenhouse gassesreleased into the atmosphere.  
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Human population distribution   show
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population equation   show
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show Average number of children women will have during their childbearing years between ages 15-45,  
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show 2.1  
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show >3.0  
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show 2.4  
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TFR decreasing population   show
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show 1.3 or below  
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What percent of the population live in cities?   show
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Population Pyramids   show
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show Slow growth, large working cohort can support smaller cohorts of children and the elderly  
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show With advances in agriculture, fewer farmers can supply more food than ever, creating rural surplus labor.  
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Rural lifestyles   show
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show create disincentives for larger families because children are seen as economic burdens in industrial labor societies where children are not significant,contributors to family income, postindustrial economies most urban  
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What percent of the population is Urban?   show
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show one city within a nation or region has a disproportionate influence on economic, political, and cultural activity, 5 to 10x larger than next biggest city  
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show population of a city grows quicker than social support services (water and power supply, housing, waste disposal) and transportation infrastructure, typical in primate cities in developing and emerging nations  
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Political Identity   show
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show cultural group protects and defends itself against infiltration by other cultural norms.  
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Ethnocentrism   show
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Ethnographic Borders   show
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show around resources like oil, metals, and farmland, and these borders were drawn without any consideration for the ethnic groups already in place.  
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Colonialism   show
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show former colonies regain political independence, economic disadvantage  
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show First to industrialize, driver of globalization, post-industrial economies which control the valuable quaternary sector of the global economy.  
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What percent of the world population controls all of the wealth?   show
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Periphery   show
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show merging or industrial economies (China), or former colonial powers that never kept pace with economic development in the core (Portugal), dependent on investment and information technology from the core,have manufacturing (secondary) sector economies.  
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show Caribbean, natives mostly extinct  
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What is the number one place of export?   show
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show tourism, assembly plants, and offshore banking.  
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Where is the biggest offshore banking site?   show
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In the Caribbean what percent of it is Urban?   show
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show Havana,San Juan, Port-au-Prince, and Santo Domingo  
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show HIV infection  
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What are some environmental challenges of the Caribbean?   show
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show remnant pieces of continents separated from North America by tectonic movement ex. Cuba, Haiti  
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show small volcanic islands resulting from a subduction zone along the Caribbean Plate ex. virgin islands, Granada  
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Rimland Nations   show
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What is the climate and vegetation like on the Caribbean?   show
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show blend of Amerindian, African, and European cultural traditions.  
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show Creole Identity, Matriarchal family, religions, languages, and the arts  
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show the main languages are Spanish (24 million), French (8 million), English (6 million) and Dutch (1/2 million)  
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Brain Drain   show
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Out Migration   show
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show Puerto Rico  
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Why is the Caribbean an attractive place for transnational corporate factories?   show
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show direct foreign investment from core countries like the US, Japan, Taiwan, Canada, and Europe. $3 a day  
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show located in several island nations, focus on secrecy and zero taxation  
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show 30%,  
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show foreign exchange  
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How many people speak Spanish or portuguese in Latin America?   show
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What percent of Latin America is Urban?   show
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show Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo  
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show Has the biggest gap between rich and poor  
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What percent of the population in Latin America is under 15 years old?   show
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show Tropical deforestation in the Amazon Basin and in Central America, the worst air quality in the world (Mexico city)  
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Topography   show
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show reserves of valuable minerals, rich volcanic soils, catchment of rainfall supplying agriculture along rivers and irrigation water in dry areas,  
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Where is the worlds driest desert?   show
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Tierra Nevada   show
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show Cold, Barren, sheep grazing  
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Tierra Fria   show
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show Most populated zone, common in Central America, coffee, corn, wheat  
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show Hot, tropical, coastal, tropical rain forest, tropical agriculture (Bananas,sugar)  
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show clearing forest to create cattle pasture  
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Main characteristics of Latin America   show
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Where is the most desirable location for high income residents?   show
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What are the population sizes in Latin America?   show
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show Aztec/Maya, Inca 13 million, additional 25 million lived in various other smaller cultures  
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show 90% or 40 million, mostly from disease  
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