Latin America and the Latin America and the America and the America and the Caribbean Caribbean Caribbean Caribbean Mexico and Central mountain ranges: Diverse economies Indian civilizations America Andes, Sierra Madres Subsistence farming African traditions Mexico Wildlife migration patterns Plantation agriculture Influence of European Belize (e.g., Monarch butterflies) Slash-and-burn agriculture colonization Guatemala Rain forests Cash crops and food crops Predominance of Roman El Salvador Coastal desert: Atacama Haciendas Catholic religion Honduras Reversed seasons of Cattle ranges, gauchos Rigid social structure Nicaragua the equator Deforestation Mestizos Costa Rica Amazon Basin Destruction of rain forests Location of settlements: Panama Grasslands: Oil resources: Ecuador, coastal in South America pampas, llanos South America Tropical climates Venezuela, and Mexico Megacities, squatter Colombia predominate. smog, pollution: settlements Venezuela Volcanoes and earthquakes Mexico City Rapid population growth Guyana Archipelagoes Disparity of income Out-migration Suriname Vertical zonation distribution (tierra Cultural heritage French Guiana North American Free Trade African influences, caliente, tierra templada, Ecuador Agreement (NAFTA): calypso, steel drum bands, tierra fria) Peru Mexico, Canada, United reggae Bolivia States. Traditional dances Brazil Diverse mineral resources Spanish, Portuguese Paraguay (e.g., copper in Chile, iron languages Argentina ore in Venezuela and Cultural landscape Uruguay Brazil) Pyramids, cathedrals Chile Haciendas, ejidos Caribbean (communal land) Cuba Machu Picchu Haiti Tikal Jamaica Cities as centers of culture and Dominican Republic trade Puerto Rico (U.S.) Mexico City Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires Santiago
Latin America and the Caribbean Mexico and Central America Mexico Belize Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama South America Colombia Venezuela Guyana Suriname French Guiana Ecuador Peru Bolivia Brazil Paraguay Argentina Uruguay Chile Caribbean Cuba Haiti Jamaica Dominican Republic Puerto Rico (U.S.) Latin America and the Caribbean mountain ranges: Andes, Sierra Madres Wildlife migration patterns (e.g., Monarch butterflies) Rain forests Coastal desert: Atacama Reversed seasons of the equator Amazon Basin Grasslands: pampas, llanos Tropical climates predominate. Volcanoes and earthquakes Archipelagoes Vertical zonation (tierra caliente, tierra templada, tierra fria) America and the Caribbean Diverse economies Subsistence farming Plantation agriculture Slash-and-burn agriculture Cash crops and food crops Haciendas Cattle ranges, gauchos Deforestation Destruction of rain forests Oil resources: Ecuador, Venezuela, and Mexico smog, pollution: Mexico City Disparity of income distribution North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Mexico, Canada, United States. Diverse mineral resources (e.g., copper in Chile, iron ore in Venezuela and Brazil) America and the Caribbean Indian civilizations African traditions Influence of European colonization Predominance of Roman Catholic religion Rigid social structure Mestizos Location of settlements: coastal in South America Megacities, squatter settlements Rapid population growth Out-migration Cultural heritage African influences, calypso, steel drum bands, reggae Traditional dances Spanish, Portuguese languages Cultural landscape Pyramids, cathedrals Haciendas, ejidos (communal land) Machu Picchu Tikal Cities as centers of culture and trade Mexico City Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires Santiago