1. Ch. 9-1: Physical Geography of Latin America
Objective: Identify important landforms and resources of Latin America

2. Regions of Latin America
Mexico
Central America
Caribbean
South America

3. Mountains and Highlands
The Andes Mountains-
part of the mountain range that runs through a portion of North, Central and South America.
United States- The Rocky Mountains
Central America- The Sierra Madres
South America- the Andes

4. Andes Mountains - Peru
Patagonia – Southern Andes

5. Many volcanoes
The longest mountain range in the world, nearly 5,000 miles long.
Creates a barrier between the coastal cities on the west coast and the interior of the continent.

6. Highlands The Guiana Highlands The Brazilian Highlands

7. The Plains of Latin America
- Well suited for agriculture
Llanos:
Colombia and Venezuela
Pampas:
Argentina and Uruguay
Amazon River Basin:
Brazil

8. The Pampas: Argentina

9. The Amazon River and Other Major River Systems
Brazil
Orinoco River:
Venezuela and Colombia
Paraná River:
Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina

10. The Mighty Amazon
Amazon : Flows 4,000 miles from west to east and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Source is the Andes Mountains close to the Pacific Ocean.

11. The Orinoco River
Flows mainly through Venezuela and Colombia. It creates part of the border between the two countries.

12. The Paraná River
begins in the Brazilian Highlands and flows southward through Paraguay and Argentina. It meets with several other rivers to create the Rio de la Plata

13. Islands of the Caribbean
Three Main Island Groups make up the West Indies:
The Bahamas
The Greater Antilles
The Lesser Antilles

14. The Bahamas
Made up of hundreds of islands off of the southern tip of Florida.

15. The Greater Antilles
Made up of the largest islands in the Caribbean including Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico.

16. The Lesser Antilles
Includes the smaller islands in the region southeast of Puerto Rico.

17. Agricultural Products
Resources
Gold
Silver
Oil
Natural gas
Hydroelectric power
Copper
Timber
Agricultural Products

18. Ch. 9-2: Climate and Vegetation
Objective: Identify Latin American climate and vegetation patterns and their impact on the daily life of the people

19. Climate and Vegetation
Tropical Wet
Rain forest
(Brazil)
Tropical Wet and Dry
Llanos and Pampas
(Venezuela and Argentina)
Semiarid
Patagonia- Argentina
Desert
Atacama Desert-Chile

20. Mid-Latitude Climates
Humid Subtropical
Paraguay, Uruguay, southern Brazil,
Bolivia, and Argentina
Mediterranean
West coast of Chile
Marine West Coast
Southern Chile, eastern Argentina
Highlands

21. Vertical Climate Zones
About 15,000 ft Tierra Helada (Mountain Tundra)
Tree Line
10,000-12,000 ft Tierra Fria (Cloud Forest)
6,000 -6,500 ft Tierra Templada (Wet forest)
2,500- 3,000 ft Tierra Caliente (Dry Forest and swamp)

22. Ch. 9-3: Human-Environment Interaction
Objective: Explain the impact of agricultural techniques on the physical environment.

23. Agriculture
Slash-and-burn technique used to clear the land for farmland in the Amazon River basin.

24. Slash and burn- Panama

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Slash and burn agriculture in Peru

26. Terraced Farming is an ancient technique introduced by the Inca for growing crops on the side of a mountain. This reduces soil erosion.

27. Terraced farming - Peru

28. Urbanization
Push and Pull factors: People are moving from rural to urban areas in search of better opportunities.

29. Push Factors Push factors: reasons people move away from rural areas
Ex: Poverty, poor medical care, poor educational opportunities, low-paying jobs

30. Pull Factors Pull factors: reasons people are drawn to the cities.
Ex: Possibilities for work, education, medical care.

31. Urban Sprawl Unemployment Crime Illegal Drug trafficking Slums
Pollution
Sanitation
Shortages of clean drinking water and housing

32. Tourism Advantages: Creation of new jobs
Reduction of the income gap between rich and poor

33. Tourism Disadvantages: Congestion Pollution Strain on local resources
Resentment and hostility
Large public debt due to building tourist facilities

34. 5 Minute Writing
Humans interact with the environment in different ways. We depend, modify, and adapt to our specific environment.
Identify how Latin Americans have depended, modified, and adapted to their physical world.