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*as of ‘12 NOVEMBER 2023’*
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*AKA* –>
“AMERICA”
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*the americas encompass the totality of the ‘continents’ of ‘north america’ + ‘south america’*
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(together they make up most of earth’s ‘western hemisphere’ and comprise the new world)
(along with their associated islands, they cover 8% of earth’s ‘total surface area’ + 28.4% of its ‘land area’)
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*the topography is dominated by the “american cordillera”*
(a long chain of mountains that run the length of the ‘west coast’)
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(the flatter eastern side of the “americas” is dominated by ‘large river basins’, such as…)
“the amazon river”
“the saint lawrence river”
“the ‘great lakes’ basin”
“the mississippi river”
“la plata”
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(since the “americas” extend 14,000 kilometers (or ‘8,700 miles) from ‘north’ to ‘south’, the ‘climate’ + ‘ecology’ vary widely, from the ‘arctic tundra’ of (‘northern canada’ / ‘greenland’ / ‘alaska’) to the ‘tropical rain forests’ in “central america” + “south america”)
(humans first settled ‘the americas’ from ‘asia’ between ‘42,000 years ago’ + ‘17,000 years ago’)
(a second migration of ‘na-dene’ speakers followed later from ‘asia’)
(the subsequent migration of the “inuit” into the “neo-arctic” around ‘3500 BCE’ completed what is generally regarded as the settlement by the indigenous peoples of ‘the americas’)
(the first known “european” settlement in ‘the americas’ was by the ‘norse’ explorer “leif ericson”)
(however the ‘colonization’ never became ‘permanent’ and was later ‘abandoned’)
(the voyages of “christopher columbus” from ‘1492’ to ‘1502’ resulted in permanent contact with ‘european’ (and subsequently, other ‘old world’) powers, which led to the “columbian exchange”)
(diseases introduced from ‘europe’ and ‘africa’ devastated the ‘indigenous peoples’, and the ‘european powers’ colonized the ‘americas’)
(mass emigration from ‘europe’ (including large numbers of “indentured servants”) and importation of ‘african slaves’), largely replaced the ‘indigenous peoples’)
(“decolonization” of ‘the americas’ began with the ‘american revolution’ in ‘1776’ and “haitian revolution” in ‘1791’)
(currently, almost all of the population of ‘the americas’ resides in ‘independent countries’)
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(however, the legacy of the ‘colonization’ + ‘settlement’ by ‘europeans’ is that the ‘americas’ share many common ‘cultural traits, most’ notably…)
“christianity”
the use of “indo-european languages”
(primarily ‘spanish’ / ‘english’ / ‘portuguese’ / ‘french’)
(…and (to a lesser extent) “dutch”)
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(the population is over 1 billion, with over 65% of them living in 1 of the 3 most populous countries (‘united states’ / ‘brazil’ / ‘mexico’)
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(as of the beginning of the ‘2010s’, the ‘most populous urban agglomerations’ are…)
“mexico city”
(‘mexico’)
“new york”
(‘united states’)
‘sao paulo”
(brazil)
“los angeles”
(‘united states’)
“buenos aires”
(argentina)
“rio de janeiro”
(brazil)
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(all names on the list are considered ‘mega-cities’)
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‘mega-city’ defined as –>
*a ‘metropolitan areas’ over ’10 million inhabitants’*
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