1. 1. Culture Grams and tiny map annotations need to be colored so if it is not, hurry and do it!!! 2. You have a quiz on Thursday covering the Latin America map and pg in your textbook!

3. Human Geo of Latin America

4. Fill in the 8 Blanks…
South America
Mexico
Central America
Caribbean
Latin America is generally understood to consist of the entire continent of ________________ in addition to _______,______________, and the islands of the ____________ whose inhabitants speak a __________ language. The peoples of this large area shared the experience of conquest and colonization by the __________ and ____________ from the late 15th through the 18th century as well as movements of ____________ in the early 19th century.
Romance
Spanish
Portuguese
Independence

5. Cultural Geography

6. Spanish:
Portuguese
English:
French:
Dutch:

7. Diversity in Latin America
Cultures are diverse
Each region has its own history, languages, customs, beliefs, foods, music, etc.

8. Diversity in Latin America
Diversity in Races
Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans are largest groups
Members of these groups have intermarried and as a result, many people in Latin America have
mixed ancestry
and have developed unique cultures over time

9. “Latin America is known for its racial and ethnic diversity
“Latin America is known for its racial and ethnic diversity. Based on available estimates, about 45 million of the 500 million people in Latin America are indigenous and about 90 million (100 million if we include Haiti) are afro-descendants. This compares to about 40 million U.S. African Americans and 2.5 million American Indians.” -- PERLA
(The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America at Princeton University)

10. Native Americans Colonization started in the 1500s
Natives forced to work on plantations and in mines
Wiped out native populations by European weapons and disease
Natives moved to remote regions to preserve their cultures
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11. Spanish in Caribbean Central American & the Caribbean
Established sugar plantations and forced natives to work them until the arrival of African slaves
This has perpetuated an economy mostly based in agriculture. What are the downsides to this?

12. Africans Brought to Americas to work as slaves
Descendants of slaves live throughout Latin America
Specifically Brazil, Panama, and the Caribbean Islands
Calypso music: island music with African and Spanish influences
Capoeira: martial arts mixed with dance to hide slaves training to defend themselves

14. Religion Main religion is Roman Catholic brought over by colonizers
Blended with Native and African practices (Example: “Day of the Dead” in Mexico-blends Native American beliefs about the afterlife with Christian beliefs.
1st Latin American Pope from Argentina!
…his parents were born in Italy.

16. Socioeconomics in Mexico
A more ideal situation

17. TIME OUT!
Explain what the predominant religion in Latin America is and where did it come from? Describe an example of cultural blending in Latin America? Analyze how has colonialism impacted socioeconomics?

18. Population Geography

20. Many contrasts in terms of development
Many contrasts in terms of development. Some countries are extremely developed, while others are extremely underdeveloped.
Economic Geography

21. Per Capita average income (top red line is men, lower is women)
For example: in the US average male per capita income is US$ 55,000 while in Haiti it is US$ 7,000

24. Political Geography

26. Corruption in Government

27. After Independence Mexico:
Political instability led to oligarchies (gov’t by the few) and military rule
This authoritarian rule delayed the development of democracy, which is still having effects on the region today.
Mexico:
Land distribution was unfair (few rich landowners with poor peasants working on the haciendas (estates or ranches)
The Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1929 helped introduce democracy and brought political stability
Redistributed land to peasants