LATIN AMERICA HORIZONS REVIEW1314
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Read the book, look at your notes, etc….
GENERAL INFO/NOTES/BOOK/ETC…
· VOCAB > physiographic region, income gap, natural boundary, mestizo, NAFTA, maquiladora
· 3 Empires that existed in the region ‘pre-Columbus’ and location of each
· Cultural commonalities w/in region
· Effects of El Nino
· Nations that conquered the region and areas/cultures taken over
· Reasons to protect the rainforest
· Geographic factor that most influences what can grow in the vertical climate zones (L.A.N.D)
· Products that were traded between Europe, Africa and the Americas in the Triangle Trade
· Geographic force behind the success of the Triangle Trade
MIGRATION
· Push and Pull ESPN factors of migration for Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Haiti
· Immigration policies and dates regarding immigration from Asia and Lam to the US
· Place where most legal US migrants are from
· Advantages for illegal immigration for US
MEXICO/NAFTA
· What is the major resource of Mexico for export?
· Describe what is unique about NAFTA
· Meaning of NAFTA
· Reasons to like NAFTA in the US/Mexico
· Who doesn’t like NAFTA/why?
· Describe problems associated with Maquilas and Colonias
· Main Maquilla cities along the border between Mexico and the US/Why are they located there?
· Trade Alliance – how is NAFTA an example? What are other examples in the world?
PANAMA CANAL
· Reason to build a canal here
· Purpose of canal (ESPN)
· Design of the present canal: how does it work?
· Major obstacles today in modernization efforts (ESPN)
· Diseases encountered
FOODS/COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE
· Define Columbian Exchange
· Foods that diffused from the Americas and their significance for Africa, Europe, Asia
· Significance of sugarcane to region (think ESPN)
· Significance of the diffusion from the Old World of horses, iron tools, slaves for the Americas.
· What is the irony of the diffusion of the potato from the Americas to Europe?
· Why were spices sought by Europeans back in the ‘old days’?
· Why/how did native populations die out after European contact (3)
· Major impacts of Col. Exchange
· Ways Africans changed Caribbean culture
CHOCOLATE
· # 1 region for growing cacao today.
· Compare the rate of consumption of chocolate to production of cacao
· Empire that took chocolate to Europe
· What region consumes the most chocolate?
· What is the irony of the West African cacao farmer?
· Where are the new markets for consumption and why there?
· Where did cacao originate and where is it grown now?
· Why is cacao hard to grow?
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