MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES

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SOUTH AMERICA
MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES

• PHYSIOGRAPHY
• POPULATION
• CULTURAL PLURALISM
• REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTERACTION

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URBANIZATION

• Urban Geography
• Concerned with the spatial aspects of cities and
  urban networks
  
• Urbanization

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REGIONS OF THE REALM
Caribbean North Andean West Southern Con
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Brazil
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THE NORTH (CARIBBEAN SOUTH AMERICA)

• VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA, GUYANA, SURINAME, FRENCH
  GUIANA
  
• REGIONAL CHARACTER
• VENEZUELA
• POPULATION
• CHIEF RESOURCE
• KEY CITIES

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THE NORTH (CARIBBEAN SOUTH AMERICA)

• COLOMBIA
• MAJOR EXPORTS
• LEADING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
• KEY CITIES
• THE GUIANAS (FRENCH GUIANA, GUYANA, SURINAME)
• POPULATION
• CHALLENGES

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ANDEAN SOUTH AMERICA

• PERU, ECUADOR, BOLIVIA
• REGIONAL CHARACTER
• PERU
• POPULATION
• PRIMATE CITY
• ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

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ANDEAN SOUTH AMERICA

• ECUADOR
• POPULATION
• MAIN EXPORTS
• LARGEST CITY AND COMMERCIAL CENTER
• CAPITAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER
• BOLIVIA
• POPULATION
• MAIN EXPORTS

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THE SOUTH Mid-Latitude South America

• ARGENTINA, URUGUAY, PARAGUAY, CHILE
• ARGENTINA
• POPULATION
• CHARACTERISTICS
• PRIMATE CITY
• EXPORTS

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THE SOUTHMid-Latitude South America

• URUGUAY
• POPULATION
• PRIMATE CITY
• EXPORTS

• PARAGUAY
• POPULATION
• CHARACTERISTICS

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THE SOUTHERN CONE

• CHILE
• POPULATION
• CHARACTERISTICS
• EXPORTS

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BRAZIL

• POPULATION
• GOVERNMENT
• ETHNIC DIVERSITY
• LANGUAGE
• RELIGION
• RESOURCES
• A TWO-CLASS SYSTEM?

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BRAZIL

• GREAT CITIES
• RIO DE JANEIRO
• SAO PAULO
• BRASILIA

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FORWARD CAPITAL

• CAPITAL CITY POSITIONED IN A CONTESTED OR
  POTENTIALLY CONTESTED TERRITORY
  
• USUALLY NEAR AN INTERNATIONAL BORDER
• CONFIRMS THE STATES DETERMINATION TO MAINTAIN
  ITS PRESENCE IN THE TERRITORY UNDER CONTENTION
  
• EXAMPLES

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Sao Paulo

• Status?
• Why?
• Characteristics
• Resources
• Products