The easy‑going Carioca, the annual Carnival, Copacabana Beach, and Sugarloaf Mountain are iconic images of:
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Rio de Janeiro
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São Paulo's economic base was initially tied to the growing and transshipment of:
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coffee
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BrasÃlia:
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has a center that is shaped like an airplane with a residential and governmental axis. - innovative planning and geological location nullify the others
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With nearly 50 million people in an area the size of Austria, it represents a quarter of the national population and one-third of the GNP. What is it?
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Brazil's megalopolis
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Venezuela's Ciudad Guayana does not fit into which of the following categories?
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gateway cities - steel manufacturing, new town and a center for urban growth/migration
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The earliest urban anchor of Portugal's colonial holdings in South America and the second largest city in the entire Portuguese realm at the time was:
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Salvador da Bahia
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A right‑angled gridiron of streets oriented around a central plaza was the urban form required under:
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Spain's "Laws of the Indies"
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Which one of the following South American cities is most vulnerable to sea level rise?
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Buenos Aires - others are land locked, Lima Peru is above sea level
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One reason why affluent gated communities have located in low-income jurisdictions of Buenos Aires' suburbs is because of:
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relaxed land use laws - environmental contamination is higher in low income areas, master planning isn't involed in private communities and the land is taxed based on its worth so no subsidies
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Self-help housing in South America is characterized by all of the following except:
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planned zones of urban expansion
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