TCU Tillman Geography Exam 3
Questions with Complete Solutions
What is Mercosar and which countries are members? - Answer-Launched in 1995 by
countries of the southern cone and Brazil, this common Market established a free
trade zone and customs union linking Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
Venezuela joined in 2012 and Bolivia will fully accede by 2014.
The 3 Megacities of south America - Answer-Informal term referring to the world
most heavily populated cities; this refers to a metropolis containing a population of
greater than 10 million. Brazils Sau Paulo and Rio De Janiero, Argentinas Buenos
Aires
Plaza - Answer-A central square dominated by a church and government buildings
Commercial spine - Answer-Radiating outward from the Urban core along the city's
most prestigious axis, which is joined by the elite residential sector. features offices,
retail facilities, and housing for the upper and upper-middle class
Elite residential sector - Answer-Extension of CBD, featuring offices retail space, and
housing for upper and upper-middle class
Zone of peripheral Squatter Settlements - Answer-home of the millions of
comparatively poor and unskilled workers who have recently migrated to the city
Informal sector - Answer-Dominated by unlicensed settlers of homemade goods and
services, the primitive form of capitalism found in many developing countries that
takes place beyond the control of government. The complement of a country formal
sector.
Barrios or favelas - Answer-term meaning "neighborhood" in Spanish. usually refers
to an urban community in a middle of south american city
Zone of disamenity - Answer-Am inward, narrowing sectorial extension of the zone of
peripheral squatter settlements. Undesirable land along highways, rail corridors,
riverbanks, and other low lying areas.
What the world bank reported - Answer-This social stratum had increased its
presence within the realms income-earning population from 20-29% during the first
decade of this century.
Disparity between the rich and poor with percentages - Answer-Wider in this realm
than any other, the richest 20% of people control about 70% of all wealth while the
poorest 20% own roughly 2% of the wealth
3 subregions of Peru - Answer-Lima and its port lie in the desert coast subregion.
The andean or sierra subregion, The east or Oriente region
, Peru's dessert coast - Answer-Symptomatic of the cultural division prevailing in Peru
that for nearly 500 years the capital city has been positioned on the periphery, not in
a basin of andes.
Sierra subregion - Answer-one-third of the country and its ancestral home of the
largest component in the total population, the speakers of Quechua, the lingua
franca that has emerged during the Incan empire
Peru's Oriente - Answer-the inland-facing slopes of the Andean ranges that lead
down to the Amazon drained rainforest-covered Montana-is the most isolated
Iquitos - Answer-A city that looks east rather than west and can be reached by
oceangoing vessels sailing 3700 km up the amazon river across northern brazil.
What is Boivia's divide? - Answer-The european/indigenous divide. the hispanic
impact by the country's indigenous peoples who make up 55% of the 11.2 million
people
Santa Cruz department - Answer-Stands in sharp contrast to those of the andes in
the west. The hacienda system persists almost unchanged from colonial times, its
profitable agriculture supporting a wealthy aristocracy.
3 subregions of chile - Answer-Middle chile, Atacama desert, plethora of fjords and
islands in the south
Middle chile - Answer-Santiago, the capital and largest city, and valparaiso the chief
port of chile are located here.
Match Ethic group with chile regions - Answer-Middle chile = europeans
North = Mestizos prevailing here
South = indigenous groups farming in the majority
Political and economical success 1st paragraph - Answer-Following the withdrawal
of its vicious military dictatorship in 1990, chile embarked on a highly successful
program of free-market economic reform that brought stable growth, lowered inflation
as well as unemployment, reduced poverty, and attracted massive foreign
investment
Northeast Brazil - Answer-Was brazils source area, its culture hearth. The plantation
economy took root here at an early date attracting Portuguese planters, who soon
began to import the countries largest contingent of african slaves.
Sertao - Answer-The drier inland back country that is not only seriously
overpopulated but also contains some of the worst poverty to be found anywhere in
the americas
Forward capital - Answer-A forward capital is a symbolically relocated capital city
usually because of economic or strategic reasons. A forward capital is sometimes
used to integrate outlying parts of a country into the state. Brasilia is a great
example.
Questions with Complete Solutions
What is Mercosar and which countries are members? - Answer-Launched in 1995 by
countries of the southern cone and Brazil, this common Market established a free
trade zone and customs union linking Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
Venezuela joined in 2012 and Bolivia will fully accede by 2014.
The 3 Megacities of south America - Answer-Informal term referring to the world
most heavily populated cities; this refers to a metropolis containing a population of
greater than 10 million. Brazils Sau Paulo and Rio De Janiero, Argentinas Buenos
Aires
Plaza - Answer-A central square dominated by a church and government buildings
Commercial spine - Answer-Radiating outward from the Urban core along the city's
most prestigious axis, which is joined by the elite residential sector. features offices,
retail facilities, and housing for the upper and upper-middle class
Elite residential sector - Answer-Extension of CBD, featuring offices retail space, and
housing for upper and upper-middle class
Zone of peripheral Squatter Settlements - Answer-home of the millions of
comparatively poor and unskilled workers who have recently migrated to the city
Informal sector - Answer-Dominated by unlicensed settlers of homemade goods and
services, the primitive form of capitalism found in many developing countries that
takes place beyond the control of government. The complement of a country formal
sector.
Barrios or favelas - Answer-term meaning "neighborhood" in Spanish. usually refers
to an urban community in a middle of south american city
Zone of disamenity - Answer-Am inward, narrowing sectorial extension of the zone of
peripheral squatter settlements. Undesirable land along highways, rail corridors,
riverbanks, and other low lying areas.
What the world bank reported - Answer-This social stratum had increased its
presence within the realms income-earning population from 20-29% during the first
decade of this century.
Disparity between the rich and poor with percentages - Answer-Wider in this realm
than any other, the richest 20% of people control about 70% of all wealth while the
poorest 20% own roughly 2% of the wealth
3 subregions of Peru - Answer-Lima and its port lie in the desert coast subregion.
The andean or sierra subregion, The east or Oriente region
, Peru's dessert coast - Answer-Symptomatic of the cultural division prevailing in Peru
that for nearly 500 years the capital city has been positioned on the periphery, not in
a basin of andes.
Sierra subregion - Answer-one-third of the country and its ancestral home of the
largest component in the total population, the speakers of Quechua, the lingua
franca that has emerged during the Incan empire
Peru's Oriente - Answer-the inland-facing slopes of the Andean ranges that lead
down to the Amazon drained rainforest-covered Montana-is the most isolated
Iquitos - Answer-A city that looks east rather than west and can be reached by
oceangoing vessels sailing 3700 km up the amazon river across northern brazil.
What is Boivia's divide? - Answer-The european/indigenous divide. the hispanic
impact by the country's indigenous peoples who make up 55% of the 11.2 million
people
Santa Cruz department - Answer-Stands in sharp contrast to those of the andes in
the west. The hacienda system persists almost unchanged from colonial times, its
profitable agriculture supporting a wealthy aristocracy.
3 subregions of chile - Answer-Middle chile, Atacama desert, plethora of fjords and
islands in the south
Middle chile - Answer-Santiago, the capital and largest city, and valparaiso the chief
port of chile are located here.
Match Ethic group with chile regions - Answer-Middle chile = europeans
North = Mestizos prevailing here
South = indigenous groups farming in the majority
Political and economical success 1st paragraph - Answer-Following the withdrawal
of its vicious military dictatorship in 1990, chile embarked on a highly successful
program of free-market economic reform that brought stable growth, lowered inflation
as well as unemployment, reduced poverty, and attracted massive foreign
investment
Northeast Brazil - Answer-Was brazils source area, its culture hearth. The plantation
economy took root here at an early date attracting Portuguese planters, who soon
began to import the countries largest contingent of african slaves.
Sertao - Answer-The drier inland back country that is not only seriously
overpopulated but also contains some of the worst poverty to be found anywhere in
the americas
Forward capital - Answer-A forward capital is a symbolically relocated capital city
usually because of economic or strategic reasons. A forward capital is sometimes
used to integrate outlying parts of a country into the state. Brasilia is a great
example.
