1. Agenda 9/25/2012 1.Warm-up: Week 5, Day 1. a)Two questions. Two minutes for each question. 2.Intro to South America Power Point 3.Map & Notes on South America: a)Physical Geography Parts 3 & 4 of the World Map Activity is due Friday Sept. 28 in class. Remember this is a test grade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. STAAR Test Questions are very rarely recall of material from the class. Most questions will ask you to use a skill and content knowledge to answer a question. – This is a harder type of question!

6. General Facts: 4 th largest continent in land area In the Western Hemisphere, South of Central America Between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans – 7,000 miles across

7. Mountains: Andes Mountains- some of highest in the world – Run 4,500 miles in western South America. – Once part of the Incan Empire

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

9. Andes Mountains (Peru)

10. The Eastern Flank of the Andes

11. Llamas in the Andes

12. Guianan Highlands, Venezuela

13. Brazilian Highlands

14. Patagonian Region (Chile)

15. Grasslands/Plains Most of South America = mountains and poor soil = unproductive land. Pampas in Argentina & Uruguay = fertile soil for growing crops & grazing cattle.

16. Valleys Plains and Basins Amazon Basin Pampas Mato Grosso Gran Chaco Llanos

17. Amazon Rain Forest

18. Mato Grosso

19. Cattle Ranching on the Pampas

20. Gauchos of the Pampas, Argentina

21. Deserts Atacama Desert Nazca Desert

22. Atacama Desert

23. Nazca Desert

24. Rainforests In northern part = warm, humid climates – Amazon Rainforest- world’s largest – in Brazil. Being cut down (deforestation) for ranches & farms.

25. Amazon Rain Forest

26. On the Ground Floor of the Rain Forest

27. Three-Tiered Canopy

28. Jungle Fauna

29. Deforestation in the Amazon

30. Bodies of Water Amazon River- 2 nd longest in the world, largest in the world = more water. Others are Orinoco R. and Rio de la Plata – Most people live along or near rivers.

31. Bodies of Water Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Amazon R. Orinoco R. Uruguay R. Magdalena R. Sao Francisco R. Lake Titicaca Lake Maracaibo Rio de La Plata Parana R.

32. The Panama Canal

33. Going Through the Panama Canal

35. Climate Warm because near the equator Mountains & Ocean winds = comfortable temperatures More people at higher elevations where cooler.

36. The Tropical Hemisphere

37. LatinAmericanClimaticZones

38. Elevation

39. Altitudinal Zonation: Vertical Climate