1. LATIN AMERICA LATIN AMERICA IS A REGION WITH UNIQUE PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS

2. PHYSICAL FEATURES/CLIMATE WHAT ARE THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN? HOW HAVE THE PHYSICAL FEATURES IMPACTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA?

3. CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS HOW HAVE PRE-COLONIAL AND COLONIAL SOCIETIES INFLUENCED THE CULTURES OF LATIN AMERICA? WHAT INFLUENCED HAS RELIGION HAD ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA?

4. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY/NATURAL RESOURCES HOW HAVE NATURAL REXOURCES ENHANCED OR DETERRED FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN? WHAT ARE LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS OF DEFORESTATION IN LATIN AMERICA?

5. VOCABULARY ESCARPMENT, LLANOS, TIERRA CALIENTE, PAMPAS, TIERRA FRIA ANDES, TIERRA AMAZON RIVER BASIN, CONQUISTADOR, CHAMPAS, MESTIZO, MULLATO, DIALECT, PRIMATE CITY, DEFORESTATION, SLASH AND BURN, ECOSYSTEMS, CASH CROP, CANOPY

6. STANDARDS SSWG7: THE STUDENT WILL DESCRIBE THE INTERACTION OF PHYSICAL AND HUMAN SYSTEMS THAT HAVE SHAPED CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA: EXPLAIN WHY THE REGION IS KNOWN AS LATIN AMERICA; DESCRIBE THE LOCATION OF MAJOR PHYSICAL FEATURES AND THEIR IMPACT ON LATIN AMERICA; DESCRIBE THE MAJOR CLIMATES OF LATIN AMERICA AND HOW THEY HAVE AFFECTED LATIN AMERICA; EXPLAIN HOW GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES AND CLIMATIC PATTERNS AFFECT POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; AND ANALYZE THE IMPACT OF DEFORESTATION ON LATIN AMERICA AND EXPLAIN ACTIONS BEING TAKEN.