Name: ____________________________________ Period: ________ Date: ________________ World Cultures 6.0
Chapter 4, Section 2 Notes: Population and Settlement of Latin America
The “Dominance” of Cities
** Interior lowlands of South America sparsely populated; higher population in Central America and Mexico
interior plateaus; dramatic population growth in 1960s and 1970s **
The Latin American City
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Urbanization began in 1950s; today = _______________ urbanized
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_______________________ : a country has a primate city if 3 to 4 times larger than any other city in
the country
o Examples of primate cities =
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Urban form of cities reflects ____________________ origins and _______________________ growth
o Latin American City Model = Figure 4.18 on pg. 143
o What are squatter settlements?
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Rural-to-Urban-Migration
o Since the 1950s, _____________________ began to migrate to ______________________areas
o Mechanization of agriculture, population pressure, consolidation of lands
Patterns of Rural Settlement
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____________________________ people (25% of population) live in rural area
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Rural Landholdings
o Large estates used the best lands, relied on mixture of hired, tributary, and slave labor
o ________________________: Long-observed pattern of maintaining large estates
o _________________________: pattern associated with peasants farming small plots for their
own subsistence
o ________________________: a popular but controversial strategy to redistribute land to
peasant farmers; ex - Mexico’s ejidos
Name: ____________________________________ Period: ________ Date: ________________ World Cultures 6.0
Chapter 4, Section 2 Notes: Population and Settlement of Latin America
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Agricultural Frontiers
o _______________________ settlement is controversial
o Provided peasants with land, tapped unused resources, shored up political boundaries
Population Growth and Movements
** Rapid growth throughout most of the 20th century followed by slower growth – declining TFRs since 1980s **
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European Migration
o Migration encouraged to help ____________________ (farm the land) and “whiten” the
___________________ population (of mixed European and Indian ancestry)
o Millions of Europeans immigrated between _________________________
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Asian Migration
o
Many _________________________________ between 1870s and 1930s
 Former president of Peru a Japanese descendent
o
New wave of immigrants from ______________________ in more modern times
Latino Migration and Hemispheric Change
o
_____________________________ spurred migrations within Latin America, or from Mexico to the U.S.
o
Political turmoil and _____________________ caused migration, too