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Mrs. Jordan

Geography

Latin America Map Activity

Part I:

Next to each country listed below indicate whether the country is in North America, Central America, South America, or the Caribbean using the following abbreviations. Next, use the map on page 361 of your textbook to label countries listed below on the POLITICAL MAPS of Latin America. Write the name of each of the countries in BLACK colored pencil on the appropriate map.

NA – North America

CA – Central America

SA – South America

C - Caribbean

*Mexico, Central America and South America – Political Map #1, The Caribbean Political Map #2

Mexico

Belize

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Cuba

The Dominican Republic

The Bahamas

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands (U.S. and U.K. )

Antigua

Grenada

Barbados

Anguilla

Guadeloupe

St. Croix

Haiti

Jamaica

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Dominica

Martinique

Aruba

Curacao

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

French Guiana

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay

Venezuela

Part II:

Use the map on page 361 of your textbook to label the national capitals of each of the countries listed below on the POLITICAL MAPS of Latin America.

1. Next to each of the Latin American countries listed below, write out the name

of its capital city in the space provided.

2. Indicate the capitals’ locations with a RED star on the map.

Mexico_____________

Belize ________________

Costa Rica_____________

El Salvador ____________

Guatemala ____________

Honduras _____________

Nicaragua ____________

Panama ______________

Bahamas _____________

Cuba _____________

Dominican Republic

Haiti ______________

Jamaica _____________

Argentina _____________

Bolivia _____________

Brazil ____________

Chile _____________

Colombia _____________

Ecuador ______________

Guyana _____________

Paraguay ____________

Peru _______________

Suriname ____________

Uruguay _____________

Venezuela ____________

Part III:

Use the map on page 359 to draw in/label the following places on the PHYSICAL MAP of Latin America using GREEN colored pencil. Draw in and label the waterways and bodies of water using BLUE colored pencil.

Mexico: GREEN

Sierra Madre Occidental

Sierra Madre Oriental

Yucatan Peninsula

Baja California

Mexico/Central America/Caribbean: BLUE

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

Caribbean Sea

Gulf of California

Rio Grande

Panama Canal

South America: GREEN

Brazilian Highlands

Atacama Desert

Andes Mountains

Amazon Basin

Llanos

Pampas

Guiana Highlands

Patagonia

Tierra de Fuego

Gran Chaco

South America: BLUE

Rio de la Plata

Amazon River

Paraguay River

Parana River

Uruguay River

Use the Regional Patterns gallery on page 362 of your textbook to answer the following questions:

1. Look at the “Religions of Latin America” pie graph. What percentage of Latin Americans

practice Roman Catholicism?

2. Look at the “Climates of Latin America Map”. What is the climate in much of the interior of

South America?

3. Look at the “Languages of Latin America Map”. What language is spoken in most countries

of the region?

a. What language do the people of Brazil speak?

b. In what part of South America are “other languages” spoken

4. Look at the “Urbanization of Latin America” map.

a. List the countries in which 75% of the population or more live in urban areas.

b. In what areas can the largest population centers be found?

c. List the Latin American cities with populations of 5 million or more.

Use the “Landforms and Rivers of Latin America” map on page 369 of your textbook to answer the following:

1. What three landforms dominate the landscape of Latin America?

a. Of those listed which covers most of

1. Mexico

2. Brazil

3. Cuba

Use the interactive “Resources of Latin America” map on page 371 to answer the following questions (tap on the map – tap “show all” at the bottom of the resources key – tap the grey finger tab buttons that appear on the map)

1. Where are most of Mexico’s oil reserves located?

2. What part of Latin America is relatively poor in natural resources?

3. What area of South America is rich in oil and natural gas?

Use the interactive “Precipitation in South America” map on page 376 to complete the following.

Tap on “map key” box.

1. What does each color on the map represent?

2. What part(s) of South America experience the greatest annual precipitation?

Use the interactive “Vegetation in South America” map on page 379 to complete the following. Tap on the map – tap “show all” at the bottom of the vegetation key to answer the questions.

1. In what region is the largest rainforest?

2. What type of vegetation covers most of central Mexico?

Use the interactive “Major Rain Forests of Latin America” map on page 457 to complete the following. Tap on the map to answer the questions.

1. In what areas of Latin America has the rainforest contracted in recent years?

a. What factors have contributed to this pattern (read info in paragraphs to the side of the map).

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Latin America: Physical

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Latin America Political: The Carribbean

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