1. Describe the pictures to the left. Explain what is significant about each of the pictures. How do these pictures relate to the Latin American unit? How do these pictures relate to the Red Goes Green initiative?

2. Latin America: Climates and People Pages 443-447

3. Tropical Climate 75% of Latin America lies in the tropics Tropical wet climate: Amazon Basin, some Caribbean islands, parts of Central America Much of Latin America has a wet and dry climate Half the year is rainy/other half is dry Lowlands of Mexico, western Central America, southern Brazil

4. Other Climates Temperate Paraguay, Uruguay Warm and cool season Dry Climates Northern Mexico, Argentina Baja Peninsula Atacama Desert in Chile is VERY dry

5. Natural Resources Gold and silver: Brazil, Mexico, Peru Copper: Chile Oil: Mexico and Venezuela Cash crops: bananas, sugar, tobacco, coffee, rubber

6. Peoples of Latin America 80 million Native Americans lived in Western Hemisphere before Columbus Mestizos: People of mixed European and Native American ancestry Africans: brought as slaves between 1500-1800 Millions of American Indians speak their native languages still today Most Latin Americans are Roman Catholic. Variety of ethnicities and cultures Most spoken language = Spanish Brazilians speak Portuguese, though

7. Population Patterns Concentration of people in temperate highland areas and coastal plains Only 6% of Latin America is suitable for farming Interior region: Native American and/or mestizo culture European culture in the cities Has over 500 million people living there