Exam 3: Middle and South America

Briefly describe the four temperature-altitude zones of the Middle/South America region.

What term refers to cultural borrowing by immigrants?

What term refers to the system via which climates in Middle and South America are divided?

What term refers to the highest temperature-altitude zone, above 12,000 feet?

What city now lies on the ruins of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán?

Following the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1334, _____________ took all lands to the east of the demarcation point (46˚ W longitude), and ___________________ took all the lands to the west.

In Middle and South America, rural women rarely, if ever, migrate to the city.

Why don't authorities in Middle and South America evict squatters after a settlement is established on private land?

Foreign intervention in the national politics of countries in Middle and South America has usually aided in installation of stable, democratic governments.

What is the term for nature-oriented travel experiences in unfamiliar environments?

What countries are presently located on the island of Hispaniola?

Soybeans are an important and major export for Brazil.

The radical Catholic movement that saw Jesus Christ as a radical social revolutionary calling for the redistribution of wealth was known as ________________.

In which ocean do trade winds originate?

Many women in the region are done parenting by age 40, allowing for a second career in the formal economy.

In recent years China has begun interest in Brazil and investing in which industry?

Which of the following is NOT a major crop from Middle and South America that has become globally popular?

Chiapas is a state of ________________.

The formal establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994 instigated a rebellion in what Mexican state?

Since the mid-1980s, the Movement of Landless Rural Workers has coordinated the occupation of land equivalent to the size of: