Mrs
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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