How have policies such as agrarian reform and frontier colonization impacted the patterns of settlement and primary resource extraction in the region?
What will be an ideal response?
Together, these practices have resulted in the uneven development of the region; the promotion of agricultural frontiers have directed investment and resource extraction in some areas but not others; likewise, agrarian reform efforts have altered the ownership of land; this, in turn, has impacted internal patterns of movement.
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A) an abundant energy source. B) a long duration of time. C) having the right elements. D) the presence of water.
List the potential positive and negative consequences of mass polar tourism for Inuit villages
What will be an ideal response?
A ____________________ rock forms when a pre-existing rock is subjected to high temperatures, high pressures, chemically active fluids, or a combination of these agents.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Glacially deposited strata were important in the development of continental drift theory because ____
A)the distribution of glacial deposits indicated that the entire Earth must have been glaciated at one time B)the distribution of coal-swamp deposits indicated that the entire Earth must have been very warm while glaciers formed C)they indicated that large glaciers affect the rate of continental drift D)the glacial deposits indicated that all of the southern continents must have been closer to the South Pole and contiguous E)they showed how glacier formation remained constant even when continents drifted