Final Geography(Latin America, North America and Oceania)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea(UNCLOS) | a convention that changed the political and economic geography of the oceans forever.established a 12 mile territorial sea for all countries and a 200 mike exclusive economic Zone over which a coastal state would have exclusive economic rights |
| Antarctic Treaty of 1961 | following several countries claims to areas within Antarctica,signed treaty which ensures scientific collaboration, prohibits military activities, protects the environment |
| Australia | home to marsupials,flat land,one of the seven continents and lies north of the Southern Ocean, home to Aborigine population |
| Southern Ocean | This ocean, often not labled on maps, surrounds Antarctica and extends northward toward Australia |
| Great Lakes | formed by melting glaciers |
| Mississippi River | source of power,food, irrigation and transportation within the US |
| Rocky Mountains | extension of the Andes Mountains in South America |
| St. Lawrence Seaway | A canal dug from the St. Lawrence River in Canada to the Great Lakes in Michigan, offers ships a route from the Atlantic Ocean to the interior heartland |
| Dust Bowl | a combination of drought, land mismanagement, erosion, and wind led to forced migration of peo;les from areas such as Oklahoma to other areas such a California |
| North America | economic powerhouse due to abundant land, water, and resources |
| eastern shoreline of North America | Most densely populated region |
| drug trade | Latin america produces 90% of the world's cocaine |
| Columbia | hosts many natural resources inefficient governments make to one of the poorest nations in the region |
| Latin America | region of great diversity and disparity,most people are extremely poor |
| Andes Mountain | mountains in Latin America |
| natural disasters | Latin America is prone to these, hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes |
| Brazil | rainforest cover much of here |
| Cuba | the remaining Communist government in the Latin American region with power held by Fidel Castr. |
| North America | includes Canada, US and Mexico |
| Central America | all of the countries south of Mexico |
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