2. Physical Geography Patagonia

3. Warm Up Questions What is the location of Patagonia? –Relative and Absolute What country is the Yucatan Peninsula in? Name an island in the Lesser Antilles. What major basin creates the Amazon River? Which country has the lowest literacy rate? Which country has the highest GDP? Which country has the best infant mortality rate? Which country has the longest life expectancy?

4. Machu Picchu

5. Landforms Andes Mountains: South America –Home of the Incas Sierra Madre Mts: Mexico & Central Llanos- Colombia & Venezuela; grassy, treeless plains, herding animals, farms Cerrado- Brazil; savannas, flat, farms Pampas- Argentina & Uruguay; grasslands, rich soil

6. Landforms Orinoco River- Venezuela Amazon River- 4,000 miles Parana River- Brazil; 3,000 miles Greater Antilles- Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico Lesser Antilles- smaller islands

7. Climate & Vegetation Varied Climate- page 207

8. Human-Environment Interaction Slash and Burn Terraced Farming Urbanization –Push-Pull factors Tourism

9. Panama Canal

11. What country is home to the Sierra Madre? 1.Venezuela 2.Ecuador 3.Mexico 1234567891011121314151617181920 21222324252627282930

12. What country is home to Patagonia? 1.Brazil 2.Peru 3.Argentina 1234567891011121314151617181920 21222324252627282930

13. What country contains the Amazon Basin? 1.Brazil 2.Paraguay 3.Uruguay 1234567891011121314151617181920 21222324252627282930

14. What L.A. country holds a famous canal? 1.Cuba 2.Brazil 3.Panama 1234567891011121314151617181920 21222324252627282930

15. What Mountain Range is located along the west coast of S.A.? 1.Sierra Madre 2.Brazilian Highlands 3.Andes Mountains 1234567891011121314151617181920 21222324252627282930