PPT-SOUTH AMERICA

Session 4 Session 4 Agenda Cover South America facts Major Landforms Rivers Historic information Major Countries and Cities Major National Parks and UNESCO sites 60 minutes. South America Lake Titicaca Strait of Magellan ATLANTIC OCEAN Caribbean Sea SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 2057520 10 1057520N 2057520 3 57520S 4 057520S 5 057520S Equator K South Georgia Island UK National boundary National capital LEGEND 250 500 250 500 mi km Representing the Earth: Globes. Why is a globe more accurate than a map?. . A globe is shaped like the Earth and provides a true picture of the size and shape of landmasses and of distances across land masses.. World Map Pictures. Koala~ Australia . Red Back Spider~ Australia . Epacris-. Impressa. ~ Australia . Eucalyptus~ Australia . Pangolin~ China . Panda~ Asia . Frangipani~ Thailand. Musa . Ornata. (small banana plant)~ Asia . Continents. There are seven continents and 4 Oceans on the earth.. A . continent. is a great . landmass. .. From . largest . to . smallest . in size: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.. What types of societies did they create in Mesoamerica up to 1000 CE?. Who were the Maya?. What type of civilization did they create?. How were Mayan families organized?. How was this organization reflected in the larger social and political structure of Mayan society?. Which . Europeans. Discovered North America and Canada First?. Vikings:. 981: . Bjarni. . landed in Newfoundland by accident. Leif Erikson . in 1001  Heard about . Bjarni. & made his own trip to Newfoundland (. imperialism. . The European nations had been gobbling up colonies all during the 1800's, now America wanted a slice of the world pie. . There were several influences pointing toward imperialism… . Yellow journalism. Aftermath of Lexington and Concord. After the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord in April of 1775,. about 20,000 Minutemen swarmed around Boston, where they outnumbered. the British. .. Even though they were fighting, for the first year of the war, they . Colonization of Latin America. Before Europeans arrived the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations ruled different parts of today’s Latin America. These indigenous people had developed their own cultures with unique languages and religions.. Viva la revoluciones vatos!. Causes of Mexican Independence. Liberalism. Political thoughts spread from U.S.. Home Rule but not independence. Economics. Mercantilism. Creoles desire free trade. Taxation . Latin . America’s native civilizations and varied . landscapes. , resources. , . and colonial . influences have left the region with a diverse cultural mix. .. Section . 1: Mexico. Section 2: Central America and the Caribbean. Alicia . Bárcena. Executive Secretary. 1. The Global Economy Marked by Uncertainty. Global economy will grow 3.1% in 2013 & 3.8% in 2014.. Slow recovery of the US . (1.9% for 2013). Europe grew by 1.2% in the second quarter after 6 quarters of negative growth (-0.4% for 2013). a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Amazon Rainforest, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert. .