1. BR: D9
Mexico
Cuba
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico (U.S.)
Belize
Again, do your best to label the map of Latin America! Use a pencil, so that you can correct it if wrong ;) Key:
Honduras
Guatemala
Jamaica
Nicaragua
French Guiana (Fr.)
El Salvador
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Suriname
Panama
Guyana
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Brazil
Brazil
Guyana
Guatemala
Argentina
Suriname
Honduras
Chile
French Guiana (France)
Belize
Uruguay
El Salvador
Puerto Rico (US)
Paraguay
Nicaragua
Bolivia
Dominican Republic
Costa Rica
Peru
Panama
Haiti
Ecuador
Jamaica
Colombia
Cuba
Venezuela
Mexico
Bolivia
Chile
Paraguay
Argentina
Uruguay

2. World Geography
Next Up: Ch. 7.1, Part II: Waterways & Natural Resources
We finish Ch. 7.1 today!

3. Waterways
Latin America has many different waterways, many natural, and some manmade. These waterways are crucial to the economy and livelihood of many of the people who live there.
There are many mighty rivers in Latin America. The largest is the Amazon River Basin, as we’ve discussed previously, which flows over 4,000 miles. It has many different large tributaries as well feeding into it.
The second largest river system (called La Plata River Basin) in Latin America is formed by the Paraná, the Paraguay, and the Uruguay drain the eastern half of South America. They flow into a large estuary, where their waters and the ocean mix, called Rio de la Plata. It supports many birds, fish, and even freshwater dolphins.

4. Other Waterways
As mentioned last time, the Llanos Region is fed by a waterway, called the Orinoco, where it gets most of its fertile soil. VID
There aren’t many large lakes in Latin America, but Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela is one. It is best known for its fantastic lightning storms
Another is Lake Titicaca, between Bolivia and Peru. This lake is very important to the locals, some of whom live on the lake year-round, and have for generations: VID
And last but not least, the Panama Canal, which is a very important international waterway VID , VID,

5. Other Natural Resources
Latin America is also home to many other natural resources, but many political and economic difficulties have made exploiting and using them difficult.

6. Other Natural Resources
As the largest country in Latin America, Brazil has many natural resources. Over half of Brazil is covered in forests, which provide timber, as well as many other products, like rubber, Brazil Nuts, and Cacao, which is used for chocolate.
Brazil also has many different minerals, which they have mined, such as gold, bauxite (used to make Aluminum), tin, as well as large amounts of iron, supporting a strong steel industry. Sometimes though, poor infrastructure has led to disaster, like the Bento Rodrigues Dam Disaster in late 2015: VID
Brazil does lack oil and gas reserves, so it depends on imports, often from nearby Venezuela, which has large amounts of oil and gas supplies, as does Mexico. Silver can be found in Peru and Mexico, and Copper is mined extensively in Chile. The Caribbean generally has few mineral resources, and depends heavily on tourism.

7. Classwork:
Make sure to finish your Latin America Physical Map Assignment.
Keep working in the meantime on your PBL Tourism Brochures!