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| How does a transportation barrier differ from a transportation corridor? |
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| A barrier makes transportation difficult; a corridor is a pathway along which good and people move |
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| What geographic features of South America are barriers to trade? |
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| The dense rain forest and the mountains of the Andes |
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| What resources are important to South American export economies? Name 3. |
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| minerals, large farms producing agricultural products such as beef, wool, and coffee |
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| Which countries are the industrial leaders in South America? Name 4! |
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| Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Brazil |
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| How are South American nations trying to improve their economies? |
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| They are trying to improve by cooperating to create a Free-Trade Zone (called MERCOSUR!!) and reduce trade barriers. THIS HAS NOW BEEN DONE THROUGH MERCOSUR! |
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| Why have many South Americans moved from rural to urban areas? |
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| They move because of jobs, schools, and health services. Also, there has become less land to farm where they lived in the rural areas |
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| What have been the effects of urbanization? Name 3! |
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| Some of the effects of urbanization are overcrowding of the cities, shortage of housing, and the creation of more slums |
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| What are some of the literary accomplishments of South American writers? |
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| Some have won Nobel Prizes and South American writers have created a unique style of magical realism |
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