Turn in DBQ Get out paper and pencil Latin American...

September 6, 2016Turn in DBQ

Get out paper and pencil Latin American Geography

HW: Maps due 9/19

Vocab due 10/4

This is Latin America.

Latin America is NOT a continent.

Latin America is NOT a country.

Latin America is a cultural region.

Latin America stretches for 5,500 miles from the Rio Grande River in Mexico to Cape Horn at the southern end of South America.

Sub-Regions

“MIDDLE AMERICA”-Mexico-Central America countries-Island nations in the Caribbean

SOUTH AMERICA-12 countries-2 foreign ruled territories

Sub-Regions •Greater Antilles: Larger islands of the Caribbean • Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico,

Hispaniola (includes Haiti & Dominican Rep.)

• More of a Latin heritage

•Lesser Antilles: smaller islands in eastern Caribbean • More of an afro-Caribbean

heritage

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

HIGHLANDS - A mountainous or hilly section of a country

MOUNTAINS – land that is at least 2000 ft high

La Cordillera

La Cordillera is the main mountain chain extending from the Rocky Mountains south to through the Andes

Rocky Mountains

Sierra Madres

Andes

SIERRA MADRES

SIERRA MADRES EAST

SIERRA MADRES WEST

Located in Mexico. Split into Sierra Madres East and Sierra Madres West

The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world and, the 2nd

highest mountains in the world. Stretch along western coast of S.A.

Mount Aconcagua Tallest mountain in South America (22, 834 ft)

Border of Chile and Argentina

GUIANA HIGHLANDS

BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS

VOLCANOES

LOWLANDS

PAMPAS

The pampas are grassy plains that stretch from Argentina into Uruguay. The pampas are a productive farming and ranching region.

LOWLANDS

The Amazon Basin is the worlds largest rain forest occupying 40% of South America.

AMAZON RIVER

The Amazon is the largest river in the world. It begins in the Andes Mountains in Peru and flows east across Brazil. It is 4,000 miles long.

Rio de la Plata• The Rio de la Plata (River of Silver) made

up of the Paraguay, Uruguay and Parana rivers.

• Widest river in the world • Major shipping route for Buenos Aires and

Montevideo .

Angel Falls •Highest waterfall in the world

•Drop of over 3,000 ft.

•Located in Venezuela

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q4YTpa3Bwg

Iguazu Falls

•One of the largest waterfalls in the world.

•On the border of Argentina and Brazil

Iguazu Falls: Planet Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtCBSx7TX_M

Lake Titicaca Highest lake in the world

Border of Peru and Bolivia

Panama Canal Man made canal connecting Caribbean and Pacific

Essential for trade

Made up of series of locks

Panama Canal Timelapsehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_655031&feature=iv&src_vid=-vi19z4LEi0&v=fA-pnN54uPw

Dry Climate

Baja Peninsula, Mexico

Patagonian Plateau, Argentina and Chile

Atacama Desert

•Driest place in the world

•Located in southern Peru and northern Chile, NE Argentina, and SW Bolivia

•Some places haven’t had rain in hundreds of years

ELEVATION & CLIMATE

Tierra Caliente (hot land)

-close to sea level

-Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Amazon Basin

-good for growing

sugar canebananas

Tropical Climate

• Hot and humid temperatures• Rainfall all year• Rainforests

ELEVATION & CLIMATE

Tierra Templada (temperate land)

–areas that lie above 3,000 ft. above sea level-days are hot, nights are cool-good for growing

COFFEETOBACCO

Temperate climate

• warm seasons alternate with cool seasons.• Good area for grazing for livestock and

farming. • Found in Paraguay, Uruguay and northern

Argentina.

ELEVATION & CLIMATE

Tierra Fria (cold Land)

-highlands that are at least 6,000 ft above sea level-nighttime and winter temperatures are cold-Mexico City, Mexico and Bogota, Columbia, and Peru are in the tierra fria.-good for growing hearty crops (similar to Great Plains)

WHEAT BARLEY POTATOES