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Title: SOUTH AMERICA (CHAPTER 5: 222-233)


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SOUTH AMERICA(CHAPTER 5 222-233)
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MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES
  • PHYSIOGRAPHY IS DOMINATED BY THE ANDES MOUNTAINS
    S AND THE AMAZON BASIN.
  • POPULATION IS CONCENTRATED ALONG THE PERIPHERY.
  • CULTURAL PLURALISM EXISTS IN MOST COUNTRIES AND
    IS EXPRESSED REGIONALLY.
  • REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTERACTION HAS BEEN MINIMAL IN
    THE PAST.

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PLATE TECTONICS
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PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
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PRECIPITATION
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THE INCA EMPIRE
  • CULTURE HEARTH-INTERMONTANE BASIN AROUND CUZCO
    (1200-1535 A.D.)
  • ALTIPLANOS WERE KEY TO SETTLEMENT PATTERNS.
  • 20 MILLION SUBJECTS AT ITS ZENITH
  • TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS AND INTEGRATION EFFORTS
    WERE MOST IMPRESSIVE.
  • A HIGHLY CENTRALIZED STATE

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES COLONIAL DOMAINS
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SOUTH AMERICAS CULTURE SPHERES
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CULTURE SPHERES
Tropical-plantation
  • Resembles Middle Americas Rimland
  • Locations, soils, tropical climates favor
    plantation crops, especially sugar.
  • Initially relied on African slave labor

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CULTURE SPHERES
European-commercial
  • The most Latin part of South America
  • Includes the Pampas - temperate grasslands
  • Economically most advanced
  • Transportation networks and quality of life are
    excellent.

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CULTURE SPHERES
Amerind-subsistence
  • Correlates with the former Inca Empire
  • Feudal socioeconomic structure persists
  • Includes some of South Americas poorest areas
  • Subsistence agriculture must contend with
    difficult environmental challenges.

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CULTURE SPHERES
Mestizo-transitional
  • Surrounds the Amerindian-subsistence region
  • A zone of mixture- culturally agriculturally
  • Transitional -- economic connotations

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CULTURE SPHERES
Undifferentiated
  • Characteristics are difficult to classify.
  • Sparsely populated
  • Isolation and lack of change- notable features
  • Development of Amazonia may prompt significant
    changes.

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SOUTH AMERICAS CULTURE SPHERES
Tropical-plantation
European-commercial
Amerind-subsistence
Mestizo-transitional
Undifferentiated
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ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
  • MERCOSUR
  • LAUNCHED IN 1995
  • A SOUTHERN CONE COMMON MARKET
  • INCLUDES BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, URUGUAY, AND PARAGUAY
  • ANDEAN COMMUNITY
  • INITIALLY FORMED IN 1969 (ANDEAN PACT)
  • RESTARTED IN 1995
  • MEMBERS ARE VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA, PERU, ECUADOR,
    AND BOLIVIA

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ECONOMIC INTEGRATION(CONTINUED)
  • GROUP OF THREE (G-3)
  • FORMED IN 1995
  • INCLUDES MEXICO, VENEZUELA, AND COLOMBIA
  • A FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION WHICH AIMS TO PHASE OUT
    ALL TARIFFS BY 2005
  • NAFTA
  • LAUNCHED BY THE US, MEXICO, AND CANADA IN 1994
  • SEEKING TO EXPAND INTO SOUTH AMERICA TO INCLUDE
    CHILE

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POLITICAL MAP
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URBANIZATION
  • THE MOVEMENT TO AND CLUSTERING OF PEOPLE IN TOWNS
    AND CITIES
  • THE PERCENTAGE OF A COUNTRYS POPULATION LIVING
    IN CITIES
  • 79 - CONTINENT-WIDE IN SOUTH AMERICA
  • SOUTH AMERICAS INCREASE BASED ON RATE OF
    NATURAL INCREASE AND INTERNAL MIGRATION
  • THE LATIN AMERICAN CITY MODEL

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GENERALIZED MODEL OFTHE LATIN AMERICAN CITY
Commercial/Industrial
CBD
Commercial Spine
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GENERALIZED MODEL OFTHE LATIN AMERICAN CITY
Commercial/Industrial
Elite Residential Sector
CBD
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GENERALIZED MODEL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN CITY
Commercial/Industrial
Elite Residential Sector
Zone of Maturity
CBD
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GENERALIZED MODEL OFTHE LATIN AMERICAN CITY
Commercial/Industrial
Elite Residential Sector
Zone of Maturity
CBD
Zone in Situ Accretion
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GENERALIZED MODEL OFTHE LATIN AMERICAN CITY
Commercial/Industrial
Elite Residential Sector
Zone of Maturity
CBD
Zone in Situ Accretion
Zone of peripheral squatter settlements
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GENERALIZED MODEL OFTHE LATIN AMERICAN CITY
Commercial/Industrial
Elite Residential Sector
Disamenity
Disamenity
Zone of Maturity
CBD
Zone in Situ Accretion
Zone of peripheral squatter settlements
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POPULATION CARTOGRAM
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SOUTH AMERICA(CHAPTER 5 222-233)
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