GEOG 1001 Midterm: Exam 2 Notes
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Chapter 4 latin america: introduction, profile of realm, 17 nations, rich in natural resources, world"s largest tropical forest, river, and longest mountain chain, imprint of colonizers, esp. Dutch, and french: indigenous & african-descended cultures strong in places, mega-urbanization a recent trend. U. s. /europe and latin america: remittance economies, amounted to ca b in 2003. Cultural coherence & diversity: introduction, 500 year history of dominance and subordination between european colonizers over indigenous and marginalized groups, interplay of assimilation and cultural resistence. 7: mestizo euro-amerind, mulatto euro-african, zambo afro-amerind, other terms, criollo (creole) person born in new world of old. Brazil and argentina: oranges esp brazil. 13: women"s position in rural areas often unchanging, women in powerful roles, new president of chile, rigoberta menchu guatemalan indian awarded. Caribbean realm due to their affinities to caribbean islands: 41m population for realm, most of realm in third world, haiti in fourth world.
