GPY Final Exam
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- Problems with the Brandt Line
- China should be above, Russia should be under, doesn't show development, doesn't account for wealth, Australia and New Zealand should be above
- Is in think seams, close to the surface and very cheap to mine, compared to most Eastern coal in the U.S.
- Powder River Basin coal
- Palm that covers over 4 million hectares (10 million acres) in NE Peru
- Aguaje
- Arithmetic density of South America
- 52.9
- Largest landlocked country
- Kazakhstan
- White water (Sediment rich), black water (poverty), clear water
- Rivers of the Amazon
- High-altitude crop cultivation in South America includes _____.
- Potatoes
- Periphery contrasts were cast spatially in terms of "north" (core) and "south" (periphery)
- Brandt Line
- The best way to regenerate a forest is to _____ the size of clearings and make sure they occur in areas where fragments of original forests exist.
- Limit
- Native livestock...
- Llama
- Highway __ ___ is a major route for ______ exports from Mato Gross.
- BR 163; soybean
- Area of highest deforestation in Brazil
- Mato Grosso
- These animals take a long time to mature and reproduce.
- Problem with hunting monkeys/tapirs
- Population growth in the Amazon has been ______ in most rural areas.
- Negative
- River that runs through South America...home to the Itaipu dam.
- Parana River
- _____ are not good for the environment.
- Biofuels
- The capital of Peru.
- Iquitos
- Over 300 woody species of plants in 1 hectare (2.47 US acres). More biologialy diverse than eastern Amazonia.
- Western Amazonia
- South America is almost ___ percent urban.
- 80
- Raise in the land from the moving of a river..causes sediment to rise and creates hill-like areas
- Restinga
- 2,500 to 3,000 species (freshwater)
- Fish of the Amazon
- Landlocked countries tend to have low ____ __ _____.
- Standards of living
- Fruit tree grown in the Amazon rainforest.
- Camu Camu
- Distantly related to domestic pigs, hunted for meat and hides
- Peccaries
- Alternative to coca farming...
- U.S. places offering employment in the area.
- Sugarcane is the dominant influence on _____ culture and economy.
- Brazil's
- Taking things out of the forest, but not to the entirety
- Forest Degradation
- Chile is separated by _____, _____, _____ and _____.
- Deserts, mountains, ocean and politics
- Wind supplies 3% of the energy and powers 1 million homes in _____.
- Texas
- Most of South America's population lives along the ______.
- Coastlines
- The number of plant and animal species in a given area and the variety of genetic materials these organisms contain.
- Biodiversity
- Largest producer and user of energy in the world.
- The United States
- Physiological density of South America
- 1050.7
- Populations concentrated in cities/small towns...vast areas of the Amazon have few people.
- Migration in the Amazon
- Chile has problems with _____.
- Isolation
- ____ is on the rise in the Pantanal wetlands.
- Tourism
- Expensive woods are difficult to grow...easily grown timbers are cheap and good for local market.
- Timber Exports vs. Local Needs
- Costs of Natural Hazards have risen __ times since the ____.
- 9; 1960s
- The Itaipu dam has the largest _____ power station in the world.
- Hydroelectric
- Said that Amazonia is an impoverished landscape, in that it cannot support large, sedentary socities.
- Betty Meggers
- Arithmetic density of Middle America
- 175.8
- Physiological density of Middle America
- 976.5
- Primates, anteaters, sloths went north to Central America, Mexico...Carnivores, deer, squirrels went south to South America
- Great Faunal Exchange
- Removal of forest completely
- Deforestation
- Brazil is a _____ State, has ___ million people, abundant _____ _____ and a growing _____.
- Federal; 184; Natural resources; economy
- Low in protein nutrients, compared to maize, beans and native grains.
- Manioc
- Rice is often grown on _____ because they're full of ______.
- mudflats; sediments
- Biofuels release _____ from the soil.
- Carbon
- Most coca and cocaine comes frome _____.
- Amazonia
- Palm oils are one potential _____.
- Biofuel
- Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola form the _____ _____.
- Greater Antilles