exam 1, part 1 | GEO 373 - Latin America, Quizzes of Geography

Download exam 1, part 1 | GEO 373 - Latin America and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 MERCOSUR DEFINITION 1 southern common marketplace established by Argentina, brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay TERM 2 FARC DEFINITION 2 armed forces of colombia TERM 3 Shining path DEFINITION 3 Peruvian guerilla movement TERM 4 Quechua DEFINITION 4 the language of the incas TERM 5 HDI DEFINITION 5 human development index TERM 6 Marie price and Catherine cooper DEFINITION 6 -countries of region are close - region occupies all parts of continent TERM 7 Maquiladoras DEFINITION 7 assembly plant in mexico for export markets to U.S. TERM 8 ISI DEFINITION 8 import substituting industrializationnationalistic policy that discourages imports TERM 9 General augusto pinochet DEFINITION 9 dictator of chile TERM 10 Desaparacidos DEFINITION 10 victims of forced disappearances TERM 21 cocos plate DEFINITION 21 small plate south of mexico TERM 22 Nazca plate DEFINITION 22 larger plate west of south america TERM 23 Caribbean plate DEFINITION 23 by cuba and central Americalying under the Caribbean sea TERM 24 Guiana highlands DEFINITION 24 dissected topographyold rocksgood minerals TERM 25 Patagonia DEFINITION 25 low mountain ranges and valleyssouthern end of south america TERM 26 Pampas DEFINITION 26 grassland east of the andes TERM 27 Chaco DEFINITION 27 lowlandhot climate TERM 28 amazon basin DEFINITION 28 1.2 billion acresspread over most of SA20% of world's fresh water TERM 29 Sierra madre oriental DEFINITION 29 The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. TERM 30 sierra madre occidental DEFINITION 30 The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico. The name Sierra Madre means "Mother Mountains".