1. FIRESTARTER FOR WEDNESDAY OCT. 18, 2017
WHAT MIGHT A LARGE CLUSTER OF POPULATION REVEAL?
RELIABLE WATER SOURCES
FERTILE SOIL
GOOD AGRICULTURAL CLIMATE
ALL OF THE ABOVE

2. OBJECTIVE FOR WEEK 2.3 (10/16-10/20/17)
TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN ELEMENTS OF THE PHYSICAL AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN, AND CENTRAL AMERICA.

3. AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2017
TO CONTINUE STUDYING/PRACTICING FOR VOCABULARY MINI ASSESSMENT
TO WORK ON VOCABULARY MINI ASSESSMENT
TO LEARN SOME FAST FACTS ABOUT MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (IF WE HAVE TIME)

4. 10. haciendas
huge expanses of farm or ranch land granted by the Spanish monarch.

5. CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING
WHY WOULD SPAIN GIVE OUT THESE LARGE RANCHES TO PEOPLE?
WHAT KINDS OF ANIMALS WOULD BE FOUND THERE?

6. Ch. 9 Central America and the Caribbean

7. DETAILS ABOUT CARIBBEAN & CENTRAL AMERICA
CARIBBEAN-INCLUDES GROUP OF ISLANDS SOUTH OF FLORIDA (U.S.) AND EAST OF MEXICO.

8. 11. Isthmus
a narrow strip of land that connects two larger
land areas

9. 12. Caribbean Sea
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North
South America

10. 13. Archipelago
a large group of islands

11. 14. Greater Antilles
an island group in the Caribbean made up of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico

12. 15. Lesser Antilles
a small island group in the Caribbean that stretch from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago

13. CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING…
CARIBBEAN IS MADE UP OF TWO AREAS:
GREATER ANTILLES:
CUBA
JAMAICA
PUERTO RICO
HISPANIOLA
LESSER ANTILLES:
VIRGIN ISLANDS
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

14. CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING
WHICH ISLAND IS FURTHEST TO THE WEST?
WHICH ISLAND IS FURTHEST TO THE EAST?

15. Central America

16. 16. Ecotourism
the practice of using an area’s natural environment to attract tourists

17. 17. Panama Canal
a link between the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean

18. 18. Havana
the capital of Cuba

19. FAST FACTS ABOUT MEXICO, CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA

20. FAST FACTS ABOUT MEXICO
OFFICIAL NAME: United Mexican States FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic of federated states (democracy) CAPITAL: Mexico City POPULATION: 120,286,655 OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish MONEY: Peso AREA: 758,449 square miles (1,964,375 square kilometers) MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Sierra Madre MAJOR RIVERS: Rio Grande, Yaqui

21. FIRESTARTER FOR THURSDAY OCT. 19, 2017
A COUNTRY’S POPULATION CAN GROW THROUGH:
LOW BIRTHRATE AND HIGH DEATH RATE
CULTURAL DIFFUSION
NATURAL INCREASE AND MIGRATION
GLOBALIZATION

22. OBJECTIVE FOR WEEK 2.3 (10/16-10/20/17)
TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN ELEMENTS OF THE PHYSICAL AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN, AND CENTRAL AMERICA.

23. PREPPING FOR SIX WEEKS EXAM
AGENDA FOR TODAY OCT. 19, 2017
COMPLETE MAP ACTIVITY
FAST FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES WE HAVE DISCUSSED (MEXICO, CARIBBEAN, AND CENTRAL AMERICA)
PRACTICE FOR WEEK 2.3 EXAM
PREPPING FOR SIX WEEKS EXAM

24. Fast Facts about Central America

25. BEGIN READING IN TEXT ABOUT SOUTH AMERICA
FRIDAY OCTOBER 20, 2017
PREPARE FOR EXAM WEEK 2.3
TAKE EXAM WEEK 2.3
BEGIN READING IN TEXT ABOUT SOUTH AMERICA