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South America
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
09/21/2008

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Altiplano
Definition
Elongated basins
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Land alienation
Definition
Take over of Indian lands were they were taxed
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Plural Societies
Definition
Two cultures that live together but do not integrate
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Commercial
Definition
For profit
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Subsistence
Definition
Minimum life sustaining
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South American cultural spheres
Definition
Fivefold Augelli spheres. Tropical plantation sphere, euro sphere ,Amerind subsistence sphere, Mestizo, Undifferentiated sphere
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Free Trade Area of the Americas
Definition
Combining NAFTA into a trading bloc. Integrates North Middle and South America.
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Rural to Urban migration
Definition
Country side to the cities
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Informal Sector
Definition
More of a slum where unlicensed sellers thrive
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Barrios or Favelas
Definition
Poverty stricken live on the street
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Failed State
Definition
Where the government fails and it becomes an anarchy
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Insurgent state
Definition
Where two powers in the government fight for power
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Von Thunen's State Model
Definition
Agricultural activities in a commercial agriculture. Farming to a central city to a profit earning market.
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El Nino
Definition
Abnormal warming of sea surface
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Forward Capital
Definition
Where the state will move its capital to an unfriendly zone, to show its dominance and state its position.
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Growth pole concept
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Where a community starts then fans out creating a ripple effect
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