1. IDENTIFY LATIN AMERICA’S MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS
Mountains: Sierra Madre in Mexico
Andes in South America
Mountain ranges were barriers – people settled along the coasts
Incas – lived in the Andes
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4. PLAINS AND RIVERS Ilanos (Colombia and Venezuela)
Cerrado – Brazil (flat-lands)
Amazon River (Brazil)
Orinoco River (northern part of SA, Venezuela)
Parana River (Brazil thru Paraguay and Argentina)
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5. MAJOR ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN
Bahamas (thousands of islands off of the southern tip of Florida)
The Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico)
The Lesser Antilles (smaller islands southeast of Puerto Rico)
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7. Mineral Resources in Latin America
Gold
Silver
Iron
Copper
Bauxite
Tin
Lead
Nickel

8. Energy Resources in Latin America
Oil
Coal
Natural Gas
Uranium
Hydroelectric power

9. Forest Resources in Latin America
Timber

10. Climate and Vegetation
Section 2
Climate and Vegetation

11. CLIMATE AND VEGETATION
Hot and humid Amazon River basin
Dry and desert
Tropical wet
Tropical wet and dry
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12. TROPICAL CLIMATE ZONE Rain Forest Ecosystem
Amazon Rain Forest – 2 million square miles
Savannas – Brazil, Colombia, Argentina
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13. CLIMATE ZONES Semiarid climate – dry with some rain
Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
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14. MID-LATITUDE CLIMATE ZONE
Located south of the equator
(from Brazil southward)
Latin America’s climate is similar to Oregon
Typical vegetation - forests
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16. Human-Environment Interaction
Section 3
Human-Environment Interaction

17. AGRICULTURE RESHAPES THE ENVIRONMENT
Terraced farming – Andes Mountains
Slash and Burn – Amazon River basin
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20. EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION AND MIGRATION TO THE CITIES
Urbanized countries
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
People move to the cities
better jobs, schools, medical care

21. TOURISM Negitive effects congestion and pollution Positive effect
more employment
money for local economies
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22. RESENTMENT IN TOURIST AREAS – CARIBBEAN AND RIO DE JANEIRO
The gap between the rich tourists and less well-off residents causes resentment
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