1. Warm Up 3-1
Choose a famous person you like and pretend you are interviewing them. Write down three questions you would ask them and then answer the questions as if they were answering the question.
Talk and stay at the bell.

2. Warm Up 3-2 Make a timeline using whatever information you want.
A good topic would be your family birthdates.
Talk and stay at the bell.

3. Warm Up 1 – You have 3 minutes to finish this warm up.
The three main factors of production are-
Water, air, and land
Land, labor, and capital
Raw materials, goods in process and finished products
Labor, wants and needs

4. Warm Up 1
Write about a fairy tale or fable you were told as a kid. Something you used to believe growing up.

5. Talk and Stay Begins at the Bell
Turn to page 186 and get out your notes.

6. Continue Warm Up 4- Talk and Stay at the bell.
Which of the following is NOT considered when measuring a country’s standard of living?
Average food consumption
Access to education
Production levels
How long citizens live

7. Turn to page 200 and get out the notes we began last time.

8. Continue Warm Up 1
Make a Family Tree. You can start with your parents or your grandparents.

9. Warm Up You need out a pencil for the CBA.
Be in your seat and quiet when the bell rings.
Failure to do so will result in an office referral.

10. Finish Warm Up 1
Using the information you provided in your family tree put it into a timeline the best you can.

11. Physical Geography of Latin America
Chapter 9
Physical Geography of Latin America

12. Landforms
Andes Mountains- in the South American continent is part of a chain of mountain ranges that run the length of the Americas.
Called the Rockies in U.S. / Sierra Madre in Mexico / Andes in South America
-There are many active volcanoes throughout the region.

14. Guiana Highlands mountainous or hilly
Brazilian Highlands sections of the country

15. Llanos- (Colombia and Venezuela) grassy, treeless areas used for livestock grazing and farming.

16. Cerrado- (Brazil) savannas with flat terrain and moderate rainfall that make them suitable for farming.

17. Pampas- (Argentina and Uruguay) – plains of grasslands and rich soil.

18. Orinoco River- northern part of the continent. 1,500 miles long.

19. Amazon River- runs west to east
Amazon River- runs west to east. The Amazon carries more water to the ocean than any other river in the world. 4,000 miles long. Over 1,000 tributaries.

21. Parana River- It’s origins are in the highland of southern Brazil
Parana River- It’s origins are in the highland of southern Brazil. 3,000 miles long.

22. Caribbean
The Bahamas- hundreds of islands

23. The Greater Antilles- Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
(Hispaniola- Haiti and Dominican Republic)

24. The Lesser Antilles- islands found southeast of Puerto Rico.

25. Resources
Mineral Resources- gold, silver, iron, copper, bauxite (aluminum ore), tin, lead, and nickel
Mines- precious gems, titanium, and tungsten
South America is among the world’s leaders in the mining of raw materials.
Energy Resources- oil, coal, natural gas, uranium, and hydroelectric power

26. Climate and Vegetation
Most of region located in “low latitudes” – Tropical Climate
Humid Subtropical- mild, short winters & long, humid summers
Desert Climate- near Peru & Chile – hot & dry
Steppe-vast plain without trees.
Highland climate- mild

27. Human-Environment Interaction
Agriculture
Slash-and-burn- a technique to cut trees, brush, and grasses and burn the debris to clear a field.

28. Terraced farming- farmers and workers cut step-like horizontal fields into hillsides and slopes, which allow steep land to be cultivated for crops.

29. Urbanization
Push factors- factors that “push” people to leave rural area.
Medical care
Poor education
Low-paying jobs
Ownership of land by a few rich people

30. Pull factors- factors that “pull” people toward cities.
Higher-paying jobs
Better schools
Better medical care

31. Rapidly growing cities problems:
Slums spread
Unemployment increases
Crime increases
Air Pollution
Drinking water shortage
Local governments cannot afford facilities to handle the population increase.
Infrastructure- includes such things as sewers, transportation, electricity, and housing.

32. Tourism
Advantage
Tourist come and spend money in an area. This creates jobs and provides new income to the local people.

33. Disadvantages
Congestion
Pollution
Resentment between rich tourist and the local people
Local debt for expansion

35. FDI = Foreign Direct Investment