Latin America Economic Geography Agriculture Subsistence Farming Cash

Latin America Economic Geography

Agriculture Subsistence Farming – Cash Crops small family owned farms Tea with low production Coffee Sugar Plantation Agriculture Large farms that grow Cocao cash crops People build terraced fields in mountainous areas

Cash Crops in Latin America

Latin America U. S. Rich Middle Class Poor Rich Large Disparity Poor

Terraced Fields People build terraced fields in mountainous areas such as the Andes.

Deforestation People practice slash and burn farming in Latin America They cut down trees and burn them to fertilize the soil Rainforests are being destroyed for timber, ranching, and farming

Ranching Latin America has many cattle ranches Cowboys in Argentina are called Gauchos work on the Pampas

Haciendas were large land holdings in Latin America Some haciendas could be farms, ranches, or mines Haciendas were owned by wealthy landowners and poor people worked the land

Minerals Ecuador, Venezuela, and Mexico have oil Ecuador and Venezuela are members of OPEC Chile has large deposits of copper Venezuela and Brazil have iron ore

Mining

NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement U. S. Members are United States, Canada, and Mexico Canada NAFTA is a trade agreement that abolishes tariffs between the three countries Mexico

Pollution Mexico City has severe air pollution