Regions of Latin America The Caribbean Central America
Regions of “Latin America” The Caribbean Central America South America
Countries of the Caribbean Sea
Countries of Central America
Countries of South America
Cities Havanna Port-au. Mexico City Prince Caracas Panama City Bogota Lima Brasilia Sao Paulo Santiago Rio De Janiero Buenos Aires
Important Vocabulary • Escarpment-steep cliff or slope between higher land lower land surfaces
Important Vocabulary • Cordilleras-parallel mountain ranges
Important Vocabulary • Altiplano-high plain in Peru & Bolivia that is encircled by the Andes mountain peaks
Satellite Image of Latin America
Land forms of Latin America Panama Canal Llanos Falkland Islands Cape Horn
Bodies of Water Rio Grande Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Lake Nicaragua Lake Maracaibo Amazon R. Pacific Ocean Lake Titicaca Rio de La Plata Atlantic Ocean
Mountains and Peaks Sierra Madre Mts. Mexican Plateau Andes Mts. Mato Grasso Plateau Brazilian Highlands Patagonian Plateau
Andes Mountains (Peru)
Llamas in the Andes
The Sierra Madres, Mexico
Guianan Highlands, Venezuela
Brazilian Highlands
Patagonian Region (Chile)
Ll an os Amazon Basin Mato Grosso Pa mp as Valley s Plains and Basins
Amazon Rain Forest
Mato Grosso
Orinoco Lowlands, the Llanos
Cattle Ranching on the Pampas
Atac ama D esert Deserts
Atacama Desert
Pa nam a. C ana l Others Falkland Islands Cape Horn
The Falkland Islands or Islas Malvinas
Cape Horn
The Panama Canal
Going Through the Panama Canal
Earthquake Zones
Active Volcanoes
The Tropical Hemisphere
Latin American Climatic Zones
Different Climate Zones
Precipitation
Temperatures
Elevation
Altitudinal Zonation: Vertical Climate
Amazon Rain Forest
On the Ground Floor of the Rain Forest
Three-Tiered Vegetation
Three-Tiered Canopy
Minerals of the Amazon Region Amethyst Quartz Diamonds Bauxite
Agriculture and Fishing
Banana Plantation
Harvesting Sugar Cane
Growing Coffee
Rubber Industry
Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
Eco-Tourism
Latin America’s Populatio n Distributi on
Sao Paolo, Brazil
Overcrowding in Sao Paolo, Brazil
Squatter Settlements in Major Latin American Cities
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