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September 6, 2016Turn in DBQ
Get out paper and pencil Latin American Geography
HW: Maps due 9/19
Vocab due 10/4
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This is Latin America.
Latin America is NOT a continent.
Latin America is NOT a country.
Latin America is a cultural region.
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Latin America stretches for 5,500 miles from the Rio Grande River in Mexico to Cape Horn at the southern end of South America.
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Sub-Regions
“MIDDLE AMERICA”-Mexico-Central America countries-Island nations in the Caribbean
SOUTH AMERICA-12 countries-2 foreign ruled territories
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Sub-Regions •Greater Antilles: Larger islands of the Caribbean • Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico,
Hispaniola (includes Haiti & Dominican Rep.)
• More of a Latin heritage
•Lesser Antilles: smaller islands in eastern Caribbean • More of an afro-Caribbean
heritage
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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
HIGHLANDS - A mountainous or hilly section of a country
MOUNTAINS – land that is at least 2000 ft high
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La Cordillera
La Cordillera is the main mountain chain extending from the Rocky Mountains south to through the Andes
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Madres
Andes
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SIERRA MADRES
SIERRA MADRES EAST
SIERRA MADRES WEST
Located in Mexico. Split into Sierra Madres East and Sierra Madres West
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The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world and, the 2nd
highest mountains in the world. Stretch along western coast of S.A.
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Mount Aconcagua Tallest mountain in South America (22, 834 ft)
Border of Chile and Argentina
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GUIANA HIGHLANDS
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BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS
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VOLCANOES
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LOWLANDS
PAMPAS
The pampas are grassy plains that stretch from Argentina into Uruguay. The pampas are a productive farming and ranching region.
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LOWLANDS
The Amazon Basin is the worlds largest rain forest occupying 40% of South America.
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AMAZON RIVER
The Amazon is the largest river in the world. It begins in the Andes Mountains in Peru and flows east across Brazil. It is 4,000 miles long.
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Rio de la Plata• The Rio de la Plata (River of Silver) made
up of the Paraguay, Uruguay and Parana rivers.
• Widest river in the world • Major shipping route for Buenos Aires and
Montevideo .
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Angel Falls •Highest waterfall in the world
•Drop of over 3,000 ft.
•Located in Venezuela
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Iguazu Falls
•One of the largest waterfalls in the world.
•On the border of Argentina and Brazil
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Iguazu Falls: Planet Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtCBSx7TX_M
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Lake Titicaca Highest lake in the world
Border of Peru and Bolivia
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Panama Canal Man made canal connecting Caribbean and Pacific
Essential for trade
Made up of series of locks
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Panama Canal Timelapsehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_655031&feature=iv&src_vid=-vi19z4LEi0&v=fA-pnN54uPw
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Dry Climate
Baja Peninsula, Mexico
Patagonian Plateau, Argentina and Chile
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Atacama Desert
•Driest place in the world
•Located in southern Peru and northern Chile, NE Argentina, and SW Bolivia
•Some places haven’t had rain in hundreds of years
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ELEVATION & CLIMATE
Tierra Caliente (hot land)
-close to sea level
-Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Amazon Basin
-good for growing
sugar canebananas
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Tropical Climate
• Hot and humid temperatures• Rainfall all year• Rainforests
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ELEVATION & CLIMATE
Tierra Templada (temperate land)
–areas that lie above 3,000 ft. above sea level-days are hot, nights are cool-good for growing
COFFEETOBACCO
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Temperate climate
• warm seasons alternate with cool seasons.• Good area for grazing for livestock and
farming. • Found in Paraguay, Uruguay and northern
Argentina.
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ELEVATION & CLIMATE
Tierra Fria (cold Land)
-highlands that are at least 6,000 ft above sea level-nighttime and winter temperatures are cold-Mexico City, Mexico and Bogota, Columbia, and Peru are in the tierra fria.-good for growing hearty crops (similar to Great Plains)
WHEAT BARLEY POTATOES