LATIN AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY Lesson 2 Earthquake Zones Active

Physical Features RAIN FOREST mixed Dense _________ with mountainous terrain and dry, arid lands

Physical Features AMAZON RIVER __________ World’s widest river (2 nd Longest)

Areas of Importance ANDES MOUTAINS __________ 2 nd highest mountain range in the world

Areas of Importance YUCATAN PENINSULA __________ Location of resort areas like Cancun and Cozumel

Snow at the Equator – temperature drops 3. 5ºF per 1000 ft. elevation Globalization

Machu Pichu – terraced mountain top Inca city Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price,

Terraces at Machu Pichu Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff 11

Minerals of the Amazon Region Amethyst Quartz Diamonds Bauxite

Rain forest • Produces 20% of all the oxygen in the world • Although

Squatter Settlements in Major Latin American Cities

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LATIN AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY Lesson #2

Earthquake Zones

Active Volcanoes

Physical Features RAIN FOREST mixed Dense _________ with mountainous terrain and dry, arid lands Tropical Islands (Caribbean)

Physical Features AMAZON RIVER __________ World’s widest river (2 nd Longest)

Areas of Importance ANDES MOUTAINS __________ 2 nd highest mountain range in the world Runs the length of the continent

Areas of Importance YUCATAN PENINSULA __________ Location of resort areas like Cancun and Cozumel Always tropical warm and humid

Snow at the Equator – temperature drops 3. 5ºF per 1000 ft. elevation Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff 8

Andes Mountains (Peru)

Machu Pichu – terraced mountain top Inca city Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff 10

Terraces at Machu Pichu Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, Wyckoff 11

Llamas in the Andes

The Sierra Madres, Mexico

Guianan Highlands, Venezuela

Patagonian Region (Chile)

Amazon Rain Forest

Cattle Ranching on the Pampas

Gauchos of the Pampas, Argentina

Atacama Desert

Cape Horn

The Panama Canal

Latin American Climatic Zones

Very Varied Climate Zones

Native Indians of the Amazon

Minerals of the Amazon Region Amethyst Quartz Diamonds Bauxite

Rain forest • Produces 20% of all the oxygen in the world • Although tropical forests cover less than 7% of the earth's surface they are home to approximately 50% of all living things on earth. • About 1. 2 billion people in the world rely on the rainforest for their survival • destruction of the rainforest creates greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change • approximately 121 useful drugs currently on the market are obtained from plants there

Deforestation in the Amazon

Agriculture and Fishing

Banana Plantation

Harvesting Sugar Cane

Growing Coffee

Rubber Industry

Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

Drug Trafiking Routes

Latin America’s Population Distribution

Squatter Settlements in Major Latin American Cities