GEO 1310 Exam #1- 82 Complete
Questions and Answers
Sierra Madre Oriental - -Mountain range on the east side of Mexico
- Sierra Madre Occidental - -Mountain range on the west side of Mexico
- Cordillera - -Mountain range that parallels a coast
- Central Mesa - -Located in between both Sierra Madre's in the middle of
Mexico
- Central Mesa - --Good for livestock ranching and grazing
-Less than 30 inches of precipitation
- Sierra Madre del Sur - --Home to the largest population of pure blooded
Native American descent
-Chiapas
- Chiapas - -Southern most state of Mexico. Among the poorest population
in Mexico partially due to the rugged landscape (lack of transportation in
these areas)
- Zapatista Movement - -Chiapas protesting NAFTA, worried about the
agricultural impacts the USA would have on farmers in Mexico.
- Central American Mountains - -Mountain range running from Guatemala
through Panama
- Orographic Effect (Rain Shadow Effect) - -Prevailing winds moving east to
west, Caribbean to pacific. Air gets colder as it goes over the mountains.
- Windward Slope - -facing the prevailing winds
Caribbean side--> warm, wet conditions
- Leeward Slope - -In the rainshadow effect, facing away from prevailing
winds
Pacific side--> hot, and dry conditions
- Andes - --Longest Mountain range
-Located down the entire west side of South America
- Alfred Wegener - -Came up with the theory of continental drift
, - Mount Aconcagua - -Tallest mountain in the andes
- Guiana Highlands - -Located towards the top of South America. Runs
through Venezuela, Brazil, Suriname, Guyana
- Guiana Highlands - --Mineral rich region
-Major mineral: Bauxite (which becomes aluminum after becoming alumina)
- Electrolysis - -Smelts alumina into aluminum. Very energy expensive,
which is why recycling aluminum has been so successful.
- Brazilian Highlands - --Located in Brazil
-Formed from lava flows
- Geographic Factors associated with coffee production - --Coffee production
is associated with Brazil and the Brazilian Highlands
-Coffee is a soil robber
Coffee does so well here due to:
-The rich volcanic soils
-The tropical location (coffee cant freeze)
-The slightly higher elevations (does not like how hot it is in lowland tropics)
- Rio Grande - -Border between USA and Mexico, running along the border
of Texas
- Physiographic Boundary - -Any physical feature that is being used as a
political boundary
- Amazon River - -River running from southern Peru all the way through
Brazil
- Amazon River - -Carries more water than any other river in the world. No
bridges or dams across it.
- Drainage Basin - -Area where the river is being drained into
- Parana-Paraguay River System - --Y Shaped
-Running from Brazil through Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay
-Empties into an estuary
- Itaipu Dam - -Hydroelectric power plant on the border of Paraguay and
Brazil. Located on the Parana-Paraguay River System
- Estuary - -The area where a freshwater stream or river merges with the
ocean
Questions and Answers
Sierra Madre Oriental - -Mountain range on the east side of Mexico
- Sierra Madre Occidental - -Mountain range on the west side of Mexico
- Cordillera - -Mountain range that parallels a coast
- Central Mesa - -Located in between both Sierra Madre's in the middle of
Mexico
- Central Mesa - --Good for livestock ranching and grazing
-Less than 30 inches of precipitation
- Sierra Madre del Sur - --Home to the largest population of pure blooded
Native American descent
-Chiapas
- Chiapas - -Southern most state of Mexico. Among the poorest population
in Mexico partially due to the rugged landscape (lack of transportation in
these areas)
- Zapatista Movement - -Chiapas protesting NAFTA, worried about the
agricultural impacts the USA would have on farmers in Mexico.
- Central American Mountains - -Mountain range running from Guatemala
through Panama
- Orographic Effect (Rain Shadow Effect) - -Prevailing winds moving east to
west, Caribbean to pacific. Air gets colder as it goes over the mountains.
- Windward Slope - -facing the prevailing winds
Caribbean side--> warm, wet conditions
- Leeward Slope - -In the rainshadow effect, facing away from prevailing
winds
Pacific side--> hot, and dry conditions
- Andes - --Longest Mountain range
-Located down the entire west side of South America
- Alfred Wegener - -Came up with the theory of continental drift
, - Mount Aconcagua - -Tallest mountain in the andes
- Guiana Highlands - -Located towards the top of South America. Runs
through Venezuela, Brazil, Suriname, Guyana
- Guiana Highlands - --Mineral rich region
-Major mineral: Bauxite (which becomes aluminum after becoming alumina)
- Electrolysis - -Smelts alumina into aluminum. Very energy expensive,
which is why recycling aluminum has been so successful.
- Brazilian Highlands - --Located in Brazil
-Formed from lava flows
- Geographic Factors associated with coffee production - --Coffee production
is associated with Brazil and the Brazilian Highlands
-Coffee is a soil robber
Coffee does so well here due to:
-The rich volcanic soils
-The tropical location (coffee cant freeze)
-The slightly higher elevations (does not like how hot it is in lowland tropics)
- Rio Grande - -Border between USA and Mexico, running along the border
of Texas
- Physiographic Boundary - -Any physical feature that is being used as a
political boundary
- Amazon River - -River running from southern Peru all the way through
Brazil
- Amazon River - -Carries more water than any other river in the world. No
bridges or dams across it.
- Drainage Basin - -Area where the river is being drained into
- Parana-Paraguay River System - --Y Shaped
-Running from Brazil through Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay
-Empties into an estuary
- Itaipu Dam - -Hydroelectric power plant on the border of Paraguay and
Brazil. Located on the Parana-Paraguay River System
- Estuary - -The area where a freshwater stream or river merges with the
ocean
