PPT-Physical Geography of Latin America

SSWG7b Describe the location of major physical features and their impact on Latin America MountainsHighlands Major Features Andes Mountains Brazilian Highlands Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Madre Oriental. Challenges and Opportunities in Growing Markets. Sean Darragh. Executive Vice President, Global Strategies. Carmen Stacy. Director, Global Issues & Multilateral Affairs. Critical Markets . . 580 million. Dr. Chris Busey. Assistant Professor of Middle Level & Social Studies Education. Texas State University. Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Agenda. Critical Thinking Through Maps. Analyzing Music for Afro-Latin Themes. Steen Fryba . Christensen, presentation at workshop, Nov. 19. th. 2015:. . New Trends in China – Latin America Relations. George Washington . University. , . Elliot School of International Relations. Chapter 20. Latin American Background. Peoples of Latin America. Peninsulares. - . Spanish-born whites (highest class). Creole. - colonial-born whites (minority). Mestizo. - mixed European and Indigenous descent (majority) . Perspectives on health geography. Why Geography and Health?. As . Dr. Trevor . Dummer. . (2008) stated: . Geography and . health are intrinsically linked. Where we are born, live, study and work directly influences our health experiences: the air we breathe, the food we eat, the viruses we are exposed to and the health services we can access. The social, built and natural environments affect our health and well-being in ways that are directly relevant to health policy. Spatial location (the geographic context of places and the connectedness between places) plays a major role in shaping environmental risks as well as many other health effects. Iran Rodrigues, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Florida . iranmr@ufl.edu. . Overview. Democracy and Justice in Latin America. Political. institutions and Government. Brief Political and Economic history. Revolution and Reaction into the 21. st. Century . By: Roman Gonzalez, . Clark . Lurot. and . Veronica . Pasamante. . Overview. Latin America not as involved w/ WWII . Cold war  new revolutionary motives. WRITERS AND . ARTISTS. WHERE ARE WE?. Week 1: Introduction. . Modern Latin America. , . chs. . 1-2. Week 2: Dimensions of History. Modern Latin America. , . chs. . 3 and 5 and website, Primary Documents 37, 39. Mexico. Central America. Caribbean Islands. South America. Why do we call it . Latin. America?. We call it LATIN America because most of the European countries that colonized this region spoke Spanish or Portuguese. Both of these languages are derived (or come from) the ancient Latin language. Thus we call this region Latin America.. SS6G4 A-B-C. SS6G1. The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean.. . a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map:. . Amazon River. , . Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, . Ch. 47. Learning Latin American Cuisine. All around . latin. America the climate and geography, and rugged mountains and tropical rainforests have and impact on the food.. 3 native cultures have dominated: Aztecs (Mexico), Mayas (Central America), and Incas (South America).. North Africa and Southwest Asia Physical Geography Physical Geography Plate Tectonics Clashing Plates Arabian Plate into Eurasian Plate Separating Plates Arabian Plate pulling apart from African Plate GEOGRAPHY HANDBOOK GEOGRAPHY HANDBOOK Objectives : The student will . . . 1. E xamine the five themes of geography. 2. Explore how they aid geographic observation and analysis 3. Identify some ways in which the geography of the United Geography of Latin America SS6G1ab The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean. a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River , Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains,