” Regions of “Latin America” Central America The Caribbean South America South America
Countries of the Caribbean Sea
Countries of Central America
Countries of South America
Cities Mexico City Havanna Port-au- Prince Panama City Santiago Lima Buenos Aires Brasilia Rio De Janiero Caracas Bogota Sao Paulo
Important Vocabulary Escarpment-steep cliff or slope between higher land lower land surfaces
Important Vocabulary Cordilleras-parallel mountain ranges
Important Vocabulary Altiplano-high plain in Peru & Bolivia that is encircled by the Andes mountain peaks
Satellite Image of Latin America
Land forms of Latin America Cape Horn Falkland Islands Panama Canal Llanos
Bodies of Water Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Amazon R. Lake Titicaca Lake Maracaibo Rio de La Plata Rio Grande Lake Nicaragua
Mountains and Peaks Andes Mts. Sierra Madre Mts. Brazilian Highlands Patagonian Plateau Mexican Plateau Mato Grasso Plateau
Andes Mountains (Peru)
Llamas in the Andes
The Sierra Madres, Mexico
Guianan Highlands, Venezuela
Brazilian Highlands
Patagonian Region (Chile)
Valley s Plains and Basins Amazon Basin Pampas Mato Grosso Llanos
Amazon Rain Forest
Mato Grosso
Orinoco Lowlands, the Llanos
Cattle Ranching on the Pampas
Deserts Atacama Desert
Others Falkland Islands Cape Horn Panama Canal
The Falkland Islands or Islas Malvinas
Cape Horn
The Panama Canal
Going Through the Panama Canal
Earthquake Zones
Active Volcanoes
The Tropical Hemisphere
LatinAmericanClimaticZones
Different Climate Zones
Precipitation
Temperatures
Elevation
Altitudinal Zonation: Vertical Climate
Amazon Rain Forest
On the Ground Floor of the Rain Forest
Three-Tiered Vegetation
Three-Tiered Canopy
Minerals of the Amazon Region Diamonds Amethyst Quartz Bauxite
Agriculture and Fishing
Banana Plantation
Harvesting Sugar Cane
Growing Coffee
Rubber Industry
Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
Eco-Tourism
LatinAmerica’s Populatio n Distributi on
Sao Paolo, Brazil
Overcrowding in Sao Paolo, Brazil
Squatter Settlements in Major Latin American Cities