Key Word List

Environment, Population, and Urbanization

Review physical geography – (previous word list)

Review culture history – from original occupation of region to present (previous word list)

Population growth in Latin America

Largest countries (population)

Growth rates (RNI) and changes in rates: 1950-1970, 1970-1990, 1990-present (& reasons for changes)

Countries with slow rates of growth, high rates of growth (& reasons for differences)

Comparisons (economic & demographic) between Latin America and rest of world

Urbanization

Urban growth rates

Patterns of urbanization

Largest cities

Cities: Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Guatemala City, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Managua, Belmopan, San Jose, Panama City, Bogotá, Caracas, Quito, Guayaquil, Lima, La Paz, Santiago, Asuncion, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro

Migration (& impacts):

rural-rural

rural-urban

regional

international

Problems associated with urbanization

Structural

Environmental

Shantytowns – favelas, poblaciones, rancherias, barrios, trenchtowns

Environmental impacts of intensification and commercialization of agriculture, ranching, forestry, and fishing

Environmental impacts of development

Deserticifcation

Deforestation

Water supply and quality

Global climate change

Loss of genetic diversity

Race, Ethnicity, Class, Nationalism