GEOG 1001 : GEOG Final Exam Study Guide
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Brasilia, significance: city designed for transport, modern city, geographically neutral, populate interior, a planned city, laid out in the shape of a bird. Characteristics of the valley of mexico: one of the world"s largest cities, mexico city, cradle of aztec civilization/plant domestication. Environmental problems: air pollution, can only drive your car on certain days. Smog is a serious problem: water resources, 70% aquifers (underground resource, sinking land, due to removal of water in aquifers. El ni o climatic effects: periodic warming of sea surface temperatures off peru, droughts in ne brazil, floods in s brazil, fewer caribbean hurricanes. Maya: found in southern mexico, guatemala, belize, el salvador, honduras, aultun ha, belize 200-900ad, yucatan peninsula, environment, slash and burn/swidden, overuse of soils, large scale forest clearing = regional climate change. Aztecs: central mexico, tenochtitlan, mexico, pyramids of the sun and moon, masters of water control, developed chinampa (on lake xochimilco, raised fields surrounded by water.
