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Test 3
Central America, Caribbean, South America, and Mexico
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
04/09/2016

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Term

Major climate regions of Mexico,

Central America and the Caribbean.

Definition

Mexico: A, B, and C 

(Tropical, Desert, and Maritime Continental)

Central America: A, B, and H

(Tropical, Desert, and Highland)

Caribbean: A

(Tropical)

Term

Five major economics and

cultural spaces of South America.

Definition

1. Tropical Plantation- Coastal Brazil, Venezuela;

Colombia and Guyana (Coffee)

2. European Commercial Zone: SE Brazil, Argentina

and Chile (wheat/beef)

3. Amerindian Subsistence Zone: Peru, Bolivia, Ecudador,

and Paraguay (least developed

4. Mestizo Transitional Zone: Petty Trade 

5. Undifferentiated: Interior regions fo countries 

Term
Maguiladoras
Definition
Assembly plants along the US-Mexican border
Term
Favelas
Definition
Shantytown (slums) on the outskirts or even well within an urban area in Brazil
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