1. Cultural geography: Mexico

2. Cultural Geography of Mexico
Essential Questions: How has cultural geography influenced the people in Latin America?
Learning Target: IWBAT analyze how the culture of Mexico is unique.
Formative Assessment(s): Name five important landforms in Latin America. Explain why these landforms are important.

3. bellwork
Write down anything you know about Mexico.
Hero point if you can tell me the capital.
Hero point if you can tell me either of the empires who were there before the Europeans

4. Mexican Fun Fact
Mexico introduced chocolate, corn, and chilies to the world.
Mexican children do not receive presents on Christmas Day. They receive gifts on January 6, the day on which Mexicans celebrate the arrival of the Three Wise Men.
The Chihuahua is the world’s smallest dog and is named for a Mexican state

5. classwork
Using page 192, label the map of Central America with the following 8 countries:
Mexico
Guatemala
Belize
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Shade these countries in purple
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6. classwork
Using page 192, label the map of the Caribbean with the following 4 countries:
Cuba
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Shade these countries in red
Continued on next page!

7. classwork Bogota, Colombia Brasilia, Brazil Quito, Ecuador
Using page 192, label the map of South America with the following 13 countries and their capitals:
Bogota, Colombia
Brasilia, Brazil
Quito, Ecuador
Cayenne, French Guiana
Lima, Peru
Paramaribo, Suriname
Sucre, Bolivia
Georgetown, Guyana
Santiago, Chile
Caracas, Venezuela
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Shade these countries in green
Montevideo, Uruguay
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Asuncion, Paraguay

8. Mexican Fun Facts
Mexico’s flag is made up three vertical stripes. The left green stripe stands for hope, the middle white stripe represents purity, and the right red stripe represents the blood of those who died fighting for Mexico's independence. The picture of an eagle eating a snake is based on an Aztec legend
In the fourteenth century, a group of Aztecs (or Mexicas) settled in Mexico when they saw an eagle (representing the sun) standing on a cactus (a symbol of the heart) clutching a snake (a symbol of the earth)

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10. minerals (gold/silver)
classwork
Natural Resources
Oil/ natural gas
minerals (gold/silver)
Emeralds
Copper
Bauxite
the US?

11. Fun Fact
South America is the largest producer of coffee, with Brazil and Columbia especially dominating the trade.

12. Formative Assessment
Name five important landforms in Latin America. Explain why these landforms are important.