拉丁美洲简介 Latin America

What do Tierra Fria, Tierra Templada, and Tierra Caliente have in common? All are climate zones from the Latin American mountain regions Ancient Mayan ruins can be found in which region of Mexico? Yucatan Peninsula
Cattle on the Pampas
Shade trees on the llanos
A small pond on the llanos
Rainforests
Rainforests cover much of Latin America. Rain forests are near the equator. Amazon rainforest covers almost 2 million acres.
Countries of the Caribbean
Hale Waihona Puke Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico (US)
Physical Features
Major Mountain ranges Andes Mountains Sierra Madre Mountains-Oriental and Occidental Rainforests Coastal Desert--Atacama Desert Amazon River Basin
ANDES
Peaks in the ANDES
Looking up
Inca city of Machu Pichu
Sierra Madres
Sierra rocky cliffs
Green slopes
Looking across the range
Amazon River Basin Over 1000 tributaries feed the Amazon River. Drains an area almost the size of the USA. nd Amazon 2 largest river in the world. Drains 60 times more water then the Nile.
Cultural heritage
music--African influences, calypso, steel drum bands, reggae traditional dances Spanish and Portuguese languages
Cultural landscape
Mountain Ranges Sierra Madres Andes In Mexico 2nd highest 3 different range in the areas world. ORIENTAL Run from Chile OCCIDENTAL to Panama DEL SUR
Name the major mountain ranges of Mexico? Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre Occidental
What is the most important and populous region of Mexico? Central Plateau
Economic Characteristics
diverse economies subsistence farming plantation agriculture slash and burn agriculture cash crops and food crops haciendas cattle ranches and gauchos
Amazon River Basin (dark green)
Amazon flowing through the rainforest.
Grasslands Pampas In Argentina Used for grazing and farming
Llanos In Venezuela Used for grazing and farming
Who provided the labor on the Haciendas? Indians What is a mestizo? Person of mixed Spanish and native Indian ancestory What economic alliance is Mexico a member of? NAFTA
What is an EJIDOS? Farmland owned collectively by members of a rural community What is a HACIENDA? Large Spanish-owned estates of land, usually run as a farm or cattle ranch
Which native civilization was conquered by Cortez and the Spanish in Mexico? the Aztecs
What three cultures make-up Mexico? Ancient Indian, colonial Spanish and modern Mexican
Water fall in the forest
Deserts
Atacama Desert Driest desert in the World. Sheltered from the rainforest by the Andes
Atacama
Archipelagoes (groups of islands)
What is an isthmus? A narrow strip of land with water on both sides
What is the main economic activity of Central America? Agricultural
Latin America and the Caribbean
Countries of Mexico and Central America
Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
pyramids and cathedrals haciendas and ejidos (communal land) ruins at Machu Picchu ruins at Tikal
Latin America
From Mexico to Chile and Argentina
Countries of South America
Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
Bahamas Hundreds of islands off the tip of Florida and to the North of Cuba Greater Antilles Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola
Lesser Antilles Smaller islands to the South of Puerto Rico
ceremonial and civic center
Tikal is the "New York City" of the Maya, its skyscraper-like pyramids soaring up out of the jungle canopy.
Gauchos in Argentina
Cultural Characteristics
Indian civilizations--Aztec, Inca African traditions--slaves influences of European colonization--Spanish predominance of the Roman Catholic religion rigid social structure—no movement
deforestation destruction of the rainforests oil resources--Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico Heavy smog and pollution-Mexico City
disparity of income distribution NAFTA member diverse mineral resources copper in Chile iron ore in Venezuela and Brazil
Bahamas
Bahamas from space
The Beach
Warm Blue Water
FIN
Latin America--Test Review
What is the main language of Latin America?
Spanish
What is the main religion of Latin America? Roman Catholic
Mestizos-European and Native location of settlements--coastal in South America Megacities with large squatter settlements rapid population growth out-migration
Latin America
in Pictures
Squatter City in Brazil
Native American heritage
Mayan
Inca
Inca Chieftain
Steel Drums
Steel Drum Band
Cathedral in Mexico
Tropical Grasslands--Pampas, Llanos Archipelagoes groups of related islands Reversed seasons south of the Equator Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Vertical Zonation of Climates in Mexico Tierra Templada-temperate Tierra Fria-cold Tierra Caliente-hot
Cathedral in Mexico
Macchu Picchu
in Peru
Macchu Picchu is an ancient city that the Inca claimed was the center of the earth.
Tikal
in Guatemala
ancient Mayan city