1. Latin America: The United States’ Southern Neighbors Regional Boundaries

2. Standards
SS6G1 The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert.
Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.

3. Essential Question
What is Latin America?

4. A Region - an area that shares common characteristics
What is Latin America?
A Region - an area that shares common characteristics

5. Where in the World is Latin America?

6. Latin America is NOT a country.
It is NOT a continent.
Latin America is NOT a country.
Latin America IS a cultural Region.

7. Latin America stretches …..
5,500 miles
From the Rio Grande River in Mexico to Cape Horn at the southern end of South America.

8. Regions of “Latin America”
The Caribbean
Mexico
Central America
South America

9. Latin America
Caribbean
Mexico
Central America
South America

10. Mexico

11. Central America

12. Caribbean (West Indies)

13. South America

14. Latin America KEY MEXICO CARIBBEAN ISLANDS SOUTH AMERICA
CENTRAL AMERICA

15. Satellite Image of Latin America
Countries of Latin America

16. Mexico

17. Sierra Madre Mountains

18. Guatemala
has one of the highest poverty rates in L.A.

19. Belize

20. El Salvador

21. Honduras
Along with Guatemala, Honduras has one of the highest poverty rates in Latin America.

22. Nicaragua

23. Costa Rica

24. Panama
isthmus – strip of land

25. Panama Canal

26. Caribbean Sea

27. Gulf of Mexico

28. Pacific Ocean

29. Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

30. Caribbean Sea

31. Cuba

32. Dominican Republic

33. Haiti

34. Bahamas

35. Galapagos Islands

36. Brazil

38. French Guiana

39. Suriname

40. Guyana

41. Venezuela

42. Colombia

43. Ecuador

44. Peru

45. Chile

46. Argentina

47. Bolivia

48. Paraguay

49. Uruguay

50. Andes Mountains

51. Amazon River

52. Atacama
Desert

53. Topography of Latin America
Altiplano

54. Valleys Plains and Basins
Llanos
Amazon Basin
Define the following terms:
Mato Grosso
Gran Chaco
#1 Altiplano.
#2. Pampas
Pampas

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

56. Bodies of Water Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Orinoco R. Amazon R.
Pacific Ocean
Lake Titicaca
Uruguay R.
Rio de La Plata
Atlantic Ocean

57. Mountains and Peaks Sierra Madres Mts. Guiana Highlands
Brazilian Highlands
Andes Mts.
Patagonian Plateau

58. Deserts
Atacama Desert

59. one of the most spectacular waterfalls in
Diverse Landscapes
Iguaçu Falls
one of the most spectacular waterfalls in
the world.
Taller than Niagara Falls
most imposing natural attractions in Argentina.

60. The Sierra Madres, Mexico

61. Important for raising livestock
Brazilian Highlands
Important for raising livestock
Pg. 190 in Textbook – How do the Brazilian Highlands compare in elevation to the Andes region?
The Andes = approximately 13,000 feet are 8 times higher than the Brazilian Highlands at 1,600 feet.

62. Patagonian Region (Chile)
Andes to the west cause this region to be dry, windy & barren.

63. Important source of compounds that can be used to develop medicines.
AMAZON RAIN FOREST
Important source of compounds that can be
used to develop medicines.
AMAZON RAIN FOREST

64. The world’s largest rain forest occupying 40% of South America.
LOWLANDS
The Amazon Basin.
The world’s largest rain forest occupying 40% of South America.

65. AMAZON RIVER BASIN: WORLD’S SECOND LARGEST RIVER
Begins in the Andes
River flows nearly 4,000 miles.
It length is about = to the distance from New York City to Rome, Italy.
Funnels 20% of all the freshwater that flows on Earth.

66. It begins in the Andes Mountains in Peru and flows east across Brazil.
AMAZON RIVER
It begins in the Andes Mountains in Peru and flows east across Brazil.

67. The Eastern Flank of the Andes

68. Andes Mountains (Peru)

69. ANDES MOUNTAINS

70. Llamas in the Andes Related to the camel Useful pack animals
Can carry as much as 130 lbs.
Are sure footed on mountain trails.

71. PAMPAS OF ARGENTINA
Fertile South American lowlands

72. LOWLANDS PAMPAS Pampas – productive farming region of S. America
Lowland area in Latin America.
Grassy plains that stretch from
Argentina into Uruguay.

73. Cattle Ranching on the Pampas

74. Gauchos of the Pampas, Argentina

75. PANAMA CANAL

76. The Panama Canal Human made allows ships to travel between the
Atlantic & Pacific Oceans.

77. ATACAMA DESERT Coastal desert
2. So arid that no rainfall has been recorded.

78. Patagonian Plateau, Argentina and Chile
Atacama Desert, Chile
The Atacama - one of the driest places on Earth. In some parts no rain has fallen for 400 years.
Dry Climate
Baja Peninsula, Mexico
Patagonian Plateau, Argentina and Chile

79. Good for growing Sugar Cane Bananas ELEVATION & CLIMATE
Tierra Caliente (hot land)
close to sea level
-Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Amazon
Basin
Good for
growing
Sugar Cane
Bananas

80. Harvesting Sugar Cane

81. Tierra Templada (temperate land)
ELEVATION & CLIMATE
Tierra Templada (temperate land)
areas that lie above 3,000 ft. above sea level
days are hot, nights are cool
Mexican central plateau and valleys in the
Andes Mountains
good for growing
Tobacco
Coffee

82. Growing Coffee

83. Tierra Fria (Cold Land)
ELEVATION & CLIMATE
Tierra Fria (Cold Land)
highlands that are at least 6,000 ft above sea level
nighttime and winter temperatures are cold
Mexico City, Mexico and Bogota, Columbia are in the tierra fria.
-good for growing
POTATOES
WHEAT
Wheat
BARLEY

84. Earthquake Zones

85. The Tropical Hemisphere
Most of Mexico, all of Central America, & the Caribbean, & most of South America lie in the tropical zone, between the Tropic of Cancer, & the Tropic of Capricorn.

86. Latin
American
Climatic
Zones

87. Vegetation

88. Amazon Rain Forest

89. Three-Tiered Vegetation

90. Native Indians of the Amazon

91. Jungle Fauna: the animal life of a region

92. Deforestation in the Amazon

93. Original Forest Cover
Current Forest Cover
Future Forest Cover

94. Eco-Tourism

95. Drug Trafficking Routes