Latin America

MexicoThe Caribbean

Central AmericaSouth America

Which countries are in Latin America?

North America• Mexico

Central America• Belize

• Costa Rica

• El Salvador

• Guatemala

• Honduras

• Nicaragua

• Panama

South America• Argentina• Bolivia• Brazil• Chile• Colombia• Ecuador

• Guyana• Paraguay• Peru• Suriname• Uruguay• Venezuela

Caribbean• Cuba

• Dominican Republic

• Haiti

Territories• Guadeloupe

• Martinique

• Puerto Rico

• Saint-Barthélemy

• Saint-Martin

• Spanish and Portuguese explorers conquered this region during the 15th-17th

centuries, and their languages became the main dialects spoken in the region,Latin America

MexicoThe Caribbean

Central AmericaSouth America • French, Italian, Spanish and

Portuguese are languages derived from the old Latin language, which was spoken throughout the ancient Roman Empire

• Why is the region called Latin America?

COLONIZATION OF SOUTH AMERICA BY SPAIN & PORTUGAL

• The two European powers reached an agreement to divide South America. In the resulting Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), Portugal gained control over the land that became present-day Brazil.

Latin America - Physical Geography

• Andes Mountains – runs along the western side of South America; starts in Venezuela to the north, then passes through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile

• Atacama Desert – a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, west of the Andes mountains

• Amazon Rainforest – covers much of northwestern Brazil and extends into Colombia, Peru and other South American countries; it is the world’s largest tropical rainforest

• Amazon River – it is the largest river in the world river by discharge volume of water in (and by some definitions it is the longest)

ANDES MOUNTAINS

• Andes Mountains – run along the western side of South America; starts in Venezuela to the north, then passes through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile

ANDES MOUNTAINS

• Andes Mountains – run along the western side of South America; starts in Venezuela to the north, then passes through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile

• Atacama Desert – a desertplateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, west of the Andes mountains

ATACAMA DESERT

• Atacama Desert – a desertplateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, west of the Andes mountains

ATACAMA DESERT

• Amazon Rainforest – largest rainforest in the world; primarily in northwestern Brazil, it extends into Peru, Colombia, etc.

AMAZON RAINFOREST

AMAZON RAINFOREST

• Amazon Rainforest – largest rainforest in the world; primarily in northwestern Brazil, it extends into Peru, Colombia, etc.

AMAZON RAINFOREST

• Amazon Rainforest – largest rainforest in the world; primarily in northwestern Brazil, it extends into Peru, Colombia, etc.

• Amazon River – largest river in the world (by discharge volume of water); runs West to East from Andes Mountains, through the middle of the Amazon Rainforest and into the Atlantic Ocean

AMAZON RIVER

AMAZON RIVER

• Amazon River – largest river in the world (by discharge volume of water); runs West to East from Andes Mountains, through the middle of the Amazon Rainforest and into the Atlantic Ocean

AMAZON RIVER

• Amazon River – largest river in the world (by discharge volume of water); runs West to East from Andes Mountains, through the middle of the Amazon Rainforest and into the Atlantic Ocean

LLANOS

• grasslands in Colombia and Venezuela

LLANOS

• grasslands in Colombia and Venezuela

CERRADO

• grasslands in Brazil

CERRADO

• grasslands in Brazil

PAMPAS

• grasslands in Argentina and Uruguay

PAMPAS

• grasslands in Argentina and Uruguay

Mexico

Venezuela

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

Brazil

Bolivia

Argentina

Paraguay

Uruguay

Chile

Cuban and Puerto Rican flags are very similar

Puerto Rico matches the USA color scheme exactly (red stripes and stars in a bluesky)