Key Word List #10 Resources, Industry and Development

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Resources

type and location of major resources:

nitrates (Peru, Chile)

copper (Peru, Chile)

rubber trees (Amazonia)

tin (Bolivia)

iron ore (Venezuela, Brazil)

oil (Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela)

energy

fisheries (Peru, Chile, Mexico)

impacts of resource distributions:

War of the Pacific

per capita incomes

transportation networks

regional development

Ciudad Guyana

boom and bust cycles

coca, another boom/bust cycle?

energy needs to process resources

Industry

general patterns of industrialization

factors supporting industrial concentration

centripetal and centrigual forces

examples of Venezuela and Mexico

impact of NAFTA on Mexican

industrialization

maquiladores

tourism as industry

Economic Development

internal colonialism

neo-colonialism

core-periphery model

dual economies

regional imbalance

economic integration:

Andean Pact

Central American Common Market

NAFTA

MERCOSUR

trade patterns

trade relationships

alternatives to traditional development

patterns:

eco-tourism

debt swaps

empowering indigenous peoples

obstacles?