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Key TermsWeather and

ClimateLatin

AmericaEconomy and

ResourcesPotpourri

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?

EquatorEquator

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

AmericaHint: 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 isEconomy?

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 arelandforms?

Plains

Plateaus

Mountains

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

What israpidly

increasedthe 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.