Insights into Havana's History and Migration

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College Biology
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2023
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URP3001 - Module 4 Quiz Havana was founded in 1514 on the Caribbean coast of Cuba, but the area's swampy and unhealthy nature forced colonists to relocate. The relocation of Havana was the result of problems with the original city's: site What happened to Havana after 1991 during the "Special Period in a Time of Peace"? Rural populations in eastern Cuba illegally migrated westward to the capital. - they migrated as farming dwindled, especially sugar cane In 2006, the Union of Spanish American City Capitals declared what city to be the cultural capital of Spanish America? San José What crop had consolidated Central America's national capitals by the end of the 19th century? coffee With one exception, the capital cities of Central America are connected by what road, which is often called the region's "backbone"? Pan-American Highway Which of the following is not associated with the concept of "enclave urbanism"? Interconnected Neighborhoods - enclave urbanism is essentially segregation where "classes" can go about their lives in gated communities without interacting with the other According to the Griffin-Ford model, what category of land use borders the "spine" of a Latin American city? elite residential land use Havana's prosperity during the first hundred years of its existence was tied to its role as: a transshipment point for goods bound for Seville. - it was much bigger than even mining Which one of the following is proportionally the least important constituent of the ethnic geography of Central American cities? Asian - makes up about 1.6% of the demographic The large tract of open space surrounded by colonial buildings in the center of Mexico City is known as the: Zocalo - or central square