1. LATIN
America

2. Spanish Portuguese French
Latin-Based Languages Spoken in these Countries
Spanish
Portuguese
French
English Spoken in Belize and Guyana; Dutch in Suriname

3. Major Cities of Latin America
Mexico City
Rio de Janiero
São Paulo
Buenos Aires
Caracas
Santiago
Lima

4. Culture of Latin America
Latin America is a mixture of indigenous, African, and Iberian cultures.
Immigrants from Northern Europe and Asia also add to this mix.
Iberian Peninsula

5. Mexico City
Originally the capital of the Aztec Empire Tenochtitlan, which was built on an island in Lake Texcoco.
These people called themselves the ‘Mexica’
The Spanish built Mexico City on the former Aztec capital and drained the lake

6. Mexico City
The largest metropolis in the western hemisphere is the Federal District of Mexico with 8.8 million people
New York has just over 8 Million people

7. Aztec Cities
There was a rectangular public plaza in the center of the city that was bordered with civic and religious buildings. 
Outside this central area were schools, dwellings, and markets

8. Aztec Temples
Used for sacrifices and prayers to specific gods

9. Blood was offered to the gods
Human blood was offered to the gods from the large pyramid temples
Huitzilopochtli was the main Aztec god

10. Mexico City 8th richest city in the world
Richest city in Latin America
Provides many industrial jobs and many service sector jobs

11. African Culture in Latin America
Most of the indigenous people of the Americas died from disease and would not work for the Europeans
Europeans traded with African Kingdoms for slaves to work in the ‘New World’
Portugal and Brazil imported over 3 million africans from the 1500’s-1800’s

12. African influence in Brazil
Afro-Brazilians are mainly Christian but many are followers of Candomblé, which is an animist religion derived from african traditions
Feijoada is the national dish of Brazil which was created by the African population of Brazil.

13. African influence in Brazil
Brazil’s music and dance has a heavy African influence.
Samba, bossa nova, and Capoeira are all styles that originated in Brazil’s african population

14. BRAZILIAN RAINFOREST
Brazil houses 30 percent of the remaining tropical rain forest on Earth .
50,000 square miles of rain forest were lost to deforestation between 2000 and 2005

15. Deforestation
The National Cancer Institute estimates that 70 percent of the anti-cancer plants identified so far are rain forest plants.

16. Deforestation of the rainforest
The rain forest is nearly self-watering. Plants release water into the atmosphere through a process called transpiration.
In the tropics, each canopy tree can release about 200 gallons
Without the rainforest the area would suffer severe erosion and drought.

17. Rio de Janiero
Rio de Janiero was founded on 1 January 1502 and named ‘river of January’
The economy is service and business based
Second wealthiest city in Brazil

18. Home to shipbuilding, oil refineries and Petrobras, Brazil’s oil company that is partly owned by the Brazilian government
In 2006 Petrobras discovered lots of oil off the coast of Brazil
This has lead to an increase of oil business in Rio de Janiero

19. São Paulo Largest and most wealthy city in Brazil
Made its wealth from the coffee plantations nearby
Outgrew Rio de Janiero because of its quick industrialization and immigrant workers

20. Buenos Aires
Capitol of Argentina and 2nd largest city in South America
Busiest port in South America
Located on the Plata river which connects Uruguay, Paraguay and inland parts of southern Brazil to the Atlantic

21. Immigration in Buenos Aires
Many immigrants from Spain and Italy
Northern European countries like Germany, Netherlands, Britain, Scandinavia, and Czechoslovakia because of the mild climate
In 1895, immigrants accounted for 52% of Buenos Aires’ population

22. FAVELAS Favelas are the slums in Brazil
When slaves were emancipated in Brazil they moved outside the large cities
As Brazil became industrialized poorer people moved to the cities and lived in the favelas too.

23. SLUMS
run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in security

24. Urban poverty and the environment
420 million people worldwide do not have access to the simplest latrines. This leads to death and disease.
Water and air pollution endangers the poor and leads to famine and illness

25. The affects of the wealthy
 An urban dweller in New York consumes approximately three times more water and generates eight times more garbage than does a resident of Bombay.
The massive energy demand of wealthy cities contributes a major share of greenhouse gas emissions.

26. Sustainable Development
Development that meets the needs of today without risking the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Results of unsustainable development

27. Sustainable Development
To stop desertification in Patagonia, the government of Argentina began a sustainable cattle raising program
In an effort to reduce emissions (air pollution) Mexico has began to use wind power
Overgrazing in Patagonia
Mexico’s Wind Power

28. I. Landforms and Resources of Latin America A. general information
Stretches 7,000 miles from Mexico to the southern tip of South America
Covers part of North America, all of Central and South America, and the Caribbean Islands

29. B. Andes Mountains
1. Part of a chain of mountains that run through North, central, and South America
a. Rockies in the U.S.
b. Andes in South America

30. Sierra Madre
Andes

31. 2. Caused settlements to be made from North and East
3. Home of Incan civilization in Peru

32. C. Plains
1. Llanos
a. grassy, treeless plains
b. used for grazing and farming
c. located in Columbia and Venezuela
d. similar to Great Plains in U.S.

33. 2. Cerrados
a. flat terrain used for farming
b. located in the Amazon River Basin in Brazil

34. 3. Pampas
a. grasslands with rich soil
b. used for grazing and farming of grains (similar to Great Plains in North America)
c. Located in Argentina and Uruguay

35. Rivers
South America
a. Orinoco River
(1) South America’s northern most river system
(2) flows 1,500 miles along the Columbia-Venezuela border

36. Amazon River
(1) flows 4,000 miles from West to East emptying into Atlantic
(2) empties more water than next 7 largest in the world combined
(3) 2nd longest river in the world
(4) flows in Northern Brazil

37. Parana River
(1) travels from Brazil south and west through Paraguay and Argentina
(2) 3,000 miles long

39. II. Climate and vegetation
A. varied climate
1. Hot and humid Amazon River Basin
2. Dry and desert-like Mexico and Chile
3. Rain forest, desert, and savanna all in this region

40. B. varied vegetation
1. Rain forests
2. Grasslands
3. Desert shrub

41. C. reasons for variations
1. Spans a great distance on each side of equator
2. Big changes in elevation
3. Warm currents of Atlantic and cold currents of Pacific affect climate

42. III. Human-Environment Interaction
A. slash-and-burn
1. Used to clear fields for farming
2. Cut trees, bushes, and grasses
a. ashes fertilize the soil
3. One reason for the shrinking rain forest

43. B. Terraced Farming
1. Used for growing crops on hillsides
2. Technique reduces soil erosion
3. Cut step-like horizontal fields into hillsides

46. C. Urbanization
1. People move to the cities to improve their lives
2. Leave villages for better jobs, education, and medical care

47. 3. Push and pull factors
a. push factors push people to leave rural areas
(1) poor medical care, poor education, no jobs
b. pull factors draw people to the city
(1) better medical care, education, better jobs