10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25pt 5 pt 10pt 15 pt 20pt 25 pt 5pt 10pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20pt 25 pt 5pt Key Terms Weather and Climate Latin America Economy and Resources Potpourri A Little This & A Little That!

Movement of people from one country or region to another

What is migration?

These resources were created over millions of years ago from prehistoric plants and animals

What are fossil fuels?

When people are forced to move from one location to another

What is involuntary migration? Two examples of this are: 1. In the 1800s, the great potato famine which forced millions to leave Ireland to find a better life elsewhere, and many migrated to America. 1.When Nazi Germany systematically exterminated Jews, gypsies and millions of others, as they advanced through Europe in the 1930s and early ‘40s.

A source of information taken from an original document, text or speaker

What is a primary source?

Coal and natural gas are examples of this type of resource

What are nonrenewable resources?

The height of land above sea level

What is elevation?

The condition of the air and sky from day to day

What is weather?

Since Canada is far from the equator, its climate tends to be

What is very cold? Equator Canada

This will affect crops grown on farms in the Andes

What is elevation?

Three factors which affect Latin America’s climate

What are Elevation, the equator and wind patterns?

North America and Latin America are located in this hemisphere

What is the Western Hemisphere? The Western Hemisphere

Much of Mexico is a large, mostly flat area which rises above surrounding land

What is a plateau?

Regions which make up Latin America Hint: Latin America does not include Canada and the United States

What are Middle America (Mexico and Central America), the Caribbean and South America? Latin America is shown above, shaded in green.

Some farms of Latin America can only grow enough to feed their own family, which is called?

What is subsistence farms?

The home of the world’s largest tropical rain forest

What is the Amazon River Basin?

Many people in Latin America leave the rural, country living. They move to the city urban life hoping to find better paying _ _ _ _

What are jobs?

The drop in oil prices in the 1980s probably helped to convince Venezuela to do this to their economy

What is promote investment in other industries, (to diversify)?

A system of producing, distributing, consuming and owning goods, services and wealth

What is Economy?

When a country depends largely on one resource or crop of income, it is known as this

What is a one resource economy?

To reduce their reliance on one natural resource or crop, many Latin American nations have begun to do this

What is build up their industries?

The mountain chain found along the west coast of South America

What is the Andes Mountain Range?

This covers most of the Earth’s surface

What is water?

Mountains, plateaus and plains are examples of

What are landforms? Plains Plateaus Mountains

Recently, an increase in food supply and better medical care has done this to the world’s population

What is rapidly increased the population?

Demographers and geographers use the push-pull theory to explain this movement of people

What is migration? The Push-Pull theory used to explain migration: When people living in a region find it difficult to live, they feel a push to move away in search of better paying jobs or better schools and medical care. The hope for better living conditions pulls them to a new location.