2. ” Regions of “Latin America” Central America The Caribbean South America South America

3. Countries of the Caribbean Sea

4. Countries of Central America

5. Countries of South America

6. Cities Mexico City Havanna Port-au- Prince Panama City Santiago Lima Buenos Aires Brasilia Rio De Janiero Caracas Bogota Sao Paulo

8. Important Vocabulary Escarpment-steep cliff or slope between higher land lower land surfaces

9. Important Vocabulary Cordilleras-parallel mountain ranges

10. Important Vocabulary Altiplano-high plain in Peru & Bolivia that is encircled by the Andes mountain peaks

11. Satellite Image of Latin America

12. Land forms of Latin America Cape Horn Falkland Islands Panama Canal Llanos

13. 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

14. Mountains and Peaks Andes Mts. Sierra Madre Mts. Brazilian Highlands Patagonian Plateau Mexican Plateau Mato Grasso Plateau

15. Andes Mountains (Peru)

16. Llamas in the Andes

17. The Sierra Madres, Mexico

18. Guianan Highlands, Venezuela

19. Brazilian Highlands

20. Patagonian Region (Chile)

21. Valley s Plains and Basins Amazon Basin Pampas Mato Grosso Llanos

22. Amazon Rain Forest

23. Mato Grosso

24. Orinoco Lowlands, the Llanos

25. Cattle Ranching on the Pampas

26. Deserts Atacama Desert

28. Others Falkland Islands Cape Horn Panama Canal

29. The Falkland Islands or Islas Malvinas

30. Cape Horn

31. The Panama Canal

32. Going Through the Panama Canal

33. Earthquake Zones

34. Active Volcanoes

36. The Tropical Hemisphere

37. LatinAmericanClimaticZones

38. Different Climate Zones

39. Precipitation

40. Temperatures

41. Elevation

42. Altitudinal Zonation: Vertical Climate

44. Amazon Rain Forest

45. On the Ground Floor of the Rain Forest

46. Three-Tiered Vegetation

47. Three-Tiered Canopy

48. Minerals of the Amazon Region Diamonds Amethyst Quartz Bauxite

49. Agriculture and Fishing

50. Banana Plantation

51. Harvesting Sugar Cane

52. Growing Coffee

53. Rubber Industry

55. Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

56. Eco-Tourism

58. LatinAmerica’s Populatio n Distributi on

59. Sao Paolo, Brazil

60. Overcrowding in Sao Paolo, Brazil

61. Squatter Settlements in Major Latin American Cities