1. COACH HOWELL SOCIAL STUDIES 06 SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2013
UNIT 3: LATIN AMERICA
COACH HOWELL
SOCIAL STUDIES 06
SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2013

2. TABLE OF CONTENT
1. MAP

5. COUNTRIES
JAMAICA
CUBA
DOMINICIAN REPUBLIC
HAITI
BAHAMAS
PUERTO RICO

7. COUNTRIES GUATEMALA BELIZE EL SALVADOR HONDURAS NICARAGUA COSTA RICA
PANAMA

8. ASSESSMENT
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE HANDOUT

9. TABLE ON CONTENTS
MAP
GEOGRAPHY

10. GEOGRAPHY
The greatest geographic barrier for Haiti and Cuba in attempting to trade with Central America are the high costs to ship goods overseas to trade .

11. GEOGRAPHY
The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea are extensions of the Atlantic Ocean.

12. GEOGRAPHY
Many Central Americans have modified their physical environment in order to improve their lifestyles. An Example is peasants burning down the rainforest in order to clear land for farming.

13. GEOGRAPHY
The natural rivers that are not navigable are a geographic factor that makes it difficult for the Panamanian government to control its own internal territory.

14. NATURAL DISASTER
Tsunamis, landslides, and fire/floods all can happen as a result of an earthquake.

15. POPULATION DENSITY
Geographic Factors for Patterns of Population are mild climate, proximity to water, natural resources, and fertile soil.

17. POPULATION DENSITY
Jamaica has a high population density because of it is a small island compared to the size of its population. (2.6)

18. POPULATION DENSITY
The population density in Panama is low since the landscape provides little land for the population to inhabit, the low population density is accounted for by the few people who likely are centered around trade and commercial areas with a few other villages.

19. ASSESSMENT

20. TABLE OF CONTENTS
MAP
GEOGRAPHY
GOVERNMENT

21. GOVERNMENT de·moc·ra·cy
noun \di-ˈmä-krə-sē\ : a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting
: a country ruled by democracy
: an organization or situation in which everyone is treated equally and has equal rights
Communism
Communism is a political and economic system in which the major productive resources in a society—such as mines, factories, and farms—are owned by the public or the state, and wealth is divided among citizens equally or according to individual need.

22. GOVERNMENT
Cuba turned to communism in the 1960s and has been accused of human rights abuse. This is why the United States used sanctions against Cuba since the years of the Cold War through today.

23. GOVERNMENT
Rule by many: United States:: Rule by one: Cuba

24. GOVERNMENT
Cuba, under Castro, would be considered an unlimited government.

25. GOVERNMENT Democracy is a limited government
In a limited government the government has limited power and there are human rights present.
Communism & dictatorship is a unlimited government
In a unlimited government the government has unlimited power and can do whatever they want to its citizens and there are not many human rights.

26. GOVERNMENT
When a government moves from limited to unlimited, a loss of human rights is most likely to happen.

27. GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
Capitalism : private ownership of goods and services
Communism : government ownership of goods and services.

28. TABLE OF CONTENTS
MAP
GEOGRAPHY
GOVERNMENT
ECONOMY

29. TRADE
Trading between countries on the Atlantic Ocean and those on the Pacific Ocean increased in the 20th century because of the opening of the Panama Canal.
find a clip about the Panama Canal

30. TRADE
The greatest geographic barrier for Haiti and Cuba in attempting to trade with Central America are the high costs to ship goods overseas to trade .

31. ECONOMY
Haiti is the most underdeveloped nation in the Caribbean because of its lack of resources, little foreign commerce or trade, and dependence on foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGO’s).

32. ECONOMY
If Cuba changed to a free enterprise system, over time you could expect more economic freedom for individuals, voluntary exchange of goods and services by producers and consumers, and the ability to own private property.

33. PRODUCTION
An educated work force is the missing factor of production that accounts for the lack of development of many Latin American countries today.

34. PRODUCTION
Capital is the most lacking production factor in the economy of Haiti.

35. ECONOMY
Economic interdependence- The nations increased their economic interdependence by trading more with each other.

36. WARM UP 1. Grab your binder 2. Take your seat
3. Turn to the culture section in your Unit 3 Latin America notes

37. TABLE OF CONTENTS
MAP
GEOGRAPHY
GOVERNMENT
ECONOMY
CULTURE

38. CULTURAL TRAITS
Haiti still has many characteristics of France since they conquered its people years ago.

39. CULTURE
Mayan cities have been uncovered in the Yucatan Peninsula near Cancun. Mayan villages still exist today near the mountains of northern Guatemala. Through cultural diffusion the Mayan culture spread throughout a large section of Central America.

40. CULTURE
The basic institutions to all cultures are religion, language, and traditions.

41. CULTURE
Central America is defined as a culture region because it has different groups of people, but shared colonial past.

42. CULTURE
Countries in Central America were part of the Era of Exploration when the Spanish came to the New World to search for gold and riches. The effects that were brought by this exploration that we can still see today is………..

43. Enslaving of the native people by Spanish impact a change in language so that most people of Central America speak Spanish today.

44. Enslaving of the native people by Spain impacted a change in religion, mostly to Catholicism, which is evident today.

45. Colonizing of these areas by Spain brought many Europeans to the area who brought other ways of life, including architecture and dress.

46. ASSESSMENT MAKE ME A VENN DIAGRAM
On one side choose a country from Central America
On the other side choose a country from the Caribbean
Find me 5 cultural traits
Tell me if they share the traits or are they different (describe the traits for me)
CUBA
HONDURAS
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