GEO 1310 Exam 1 Brian Cooper Latest Update

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Amazon River - CORRECT ANSWER: -carries the LARGEST VOLUME OF FRESH

WATER than any other river on the planet bc it has a huge *drainage basin* that drains a large ass area. Drains an area w a lot of rain fall

-drawbacks: due to its size no bridges or dams (matter of cost) not a lot of people live in this area either so no need to make a bridge. Not a local market.

Andes - CORRECT ANSWER: -the longest land mountain range; can be found on the

leftmost side of South America -created by *subduction zone* where dense stuff sank and caused the Western land to buckle

Argentina - CORRECT ANSWER: this country: -has great soils in *the pampas*; a major wheat producing area; their *beef cattle production* is grass fed and high quality stuff -is ran by *Juntas* like a dictatorship; they ran a campaign of violence/terror against their own ppl called the *"dirty war"* bc if they heard that you were talking bad about their rule then you were taken in the middle of the night and known as *the disappeared* (about 15,00 in all) -by 1982 more curiosities formed, so started a war to get the country back together/distract them; so they invaded the *Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)*; Argentina lost horribly/humiliatingly; the Juntas stepped down back to a democracy; Argentina stills says they own this too

Belize - CORRECT ANSWER: this country: -has the 2nd largest *barrier reef* in the world 1 / 2

-is 1 of 2 Central American countries not recognized by most Central Americans; bc they think that the *British Empire* "stole" it when it was originally a part of Guatemala -considers English one of its main languages (may be another reason for Central Americans' judgement)

Bolivia - CORRECT ANSWER: this country: -has the highest % of pure blooded *American-Indians* in Latin America -*Evo Morales* was the first president of full decent -is a *landlocked state* bc they have no coast; lost war of pacific so they lost that land, BUT has a navy anyways bc they share *Lake Titicaca* w/ Peru.Lake Titicaca- highest fresh water lake on the planet.*graden- downward block in the earth. so much depth. Tectonic active area.Inca Empire- huge empire! v advanced. to get their man back they paid the highest ransom in history.

Brazil - CORRECT ANSWER: this country: -very diverse -is one of the most resource rich landmasses on Earth, they won the *resource lottery* think of land as a lottery ticket...the more land you have the more lotto tickets you have...the more of a chance you have at striking a good resource; luck is involved bc resources are concentrated in certain areas, and they got lucky they have the largest resources -is the world leader in *sugarcane* production; they sell so much, but still have extra which helps them bc they don't have oil. so the *petrobras* company fermented sugarcane to create *ethyl alcohol (ethanol)*; was very successful, but people were drinking the gas pumps & then driving drunk.-most of the population on the coast, but empty areas are not good. *Rio de Janerio* was the capital, but they built a new city *Brasilia*, as a *forward capital* to move people inwards/relieve pressure from the coast although it failed in doing so, and this failure caused the uprising of *favelas* and ultimately a *plural society* -they cleared the *Amazon Basin* for beef cattle production, which caused *tropical deforestation*, which caused the endangerment of animals -BUT after all of these setbacks, Brazil's people are unified and pressure is minimized by the nationalization of *soccer (futbol)*, which brings the country together, basically a

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