1. The GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA Part I: Mexico Warm Up: Look at the pictures in the slide. These people are involved in the Zapatista movement. What do you think the people might be fighting for?

2. Sierra Madre Occidental, Northern Mexico

3. Copper Canyon, Northern Mexico

4. Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico, it is Mexico’s Grand Canyon

5. Mexico City, Mexico- one of the most populated cities in the world

6. The Zocalo (main square) in Mexico City, Mexco

7. When the Spanish conquered Tenochtitlan (current day Mexico City) they built a cathedral directly over the main pyramid of the Aztecs. Today you can go to Mexico City and still see what is below the cathedral.

8. Teotihuacan- ancient Aztec cities located outside Mexico City

9. A cenote (underground water source)in southern Mexico- the Mayan believed these places to be sacred

10. Chichen Itza, (Mexico) ancient Maya Ruin in the Yucatan peninsula. The Maya would sacrifice humans for the gods and put the hearts on the Chac Mool.

11. Another view Of the chac mool Facing the great pyramid

12. EL Castillo at Chichen Itza, Yucatan Peninsula Mexico

13. San Miguel de Allende, popular city south of Mexico City. Where “Once Upon a Time In Mexico” was filmed.

14. Southern Mexico

15. Palenque, southern Mexico ancient Maya site

16. Tulum, Maya site overlooking the Caribbean Sea-Yucatan Peninsula- WOW!!!

17. Chiapas, Southern Mexico-more tropical

18. San Juan Chamula, state of Chiapas in Southern Mexico- a cathedral

19. Guatemala- an indigenous women with children

20. Antigua, Guatemala overlooking volcano Pacaya- this volcano erupted in 2007

21. Antigua, Guatemala street view

22. Antigua, Guatemala city bus

23. Antigua, Guatemala main square

25. Indigenous woman, Guatemala

26. Antigua, Guatemala market

27. Indigenous women in traditional clothing, Guatemala

28. Indigenous Maya performing a traditional ceremony

29. Main temple, Tikal Guatemala

30. Tikal, Guatemala-ancient Maya site, the Spanish passed it for years because it is located in a dense jungle area

32. Blue Hole, Belize. 1,000 feet across and 400 feet deep. The hole is the opening to what was a dry cave system during the Ice Age. When the ice melted and the sea level rose, the caves were flooded, creating what is now a magnet for intrepid divers.

33. San Ignacio, Belize- city located along the border of Belize and Guatemala

34. Belize jungle

35. People of Belize- they speak Garifuna, a mixture of many languages, English, Spanish, Creole

36. Xunantunich, Maya site in Belize

37. Map of the Caribbean islands

38. Waterfall, Caribbean

39. Caribbean Island, Caribbean Sea

40. Jamaica, the Caribbean

41. Volcanoes in The Caribbean Are the green triangles

42. Costa Rica national park

43. Caracas, Venezuela

44. Angel Falls, Venezuela- the tallest waterfall in the world

45. Orinoco River, Venezuela- One of the longest rivers in South America

46. Native Amazonians- Yanamamo

47. Sugarloaf Mountain, statue of Jesus overlooking Rio de Janeiro

48. Slums in Rio de Janeiro, people build houses out of

49. Rio de Janeiro- Brazil is next to the Atlantic Ocean

50. Rio de Janeiro- Sleeping street Children. Many cities throughout Latin America have a large homeless problem and children end up on the streets

51. Indigenous People in the Andes Mountains in Bolivia

52. Indigenous people- La Paz, Bolivia

53. Mountainous region- Bolivia

54. Indigenous people- La Paz, Bolivia

55. Buenos Aires, Argentina

56. A Gaucho in the Pampas in southern Argentina

57. Llamas in Patagonia, Argentina

58. Paraguay

59. Machu Pichu, Peru ancient Incan city

60. Panama Canal- Panama. It allows ships to pass through and connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Why is this important?

61. Panama Canal was opened 1916. The canal is made up of a series of locks that lower and raise the water level to allow the ships to pass.