Unit 5 Latin America Review
Vocabulary Terms to Master.
MERCOSUR
Coffee
Sugar
Favelas
Galapagos & Darwin
NAFTA
Mestizo
Mulatto
Shantytowns
Maquiladoras
Location: What to Know for the Map.
Bolded is Non-PreAP; PreAP needs to know all locations
Caribbean Sea
Mexico
Amazon River
Cuba
Madeira River
El Salvador
Paraguay River
Haiti
Parana River
Dominican Republic
Andes Mountains
Costa Rica
Atacama Desert
Nicaragua
Mt. Aconcagua
Honduras
Panama
Argentina
Brazil
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Colombia
Venezuela
Guyana
Human Environment Interaction: Changing the Physical Environment.
Describe the physical environment and major modifications of the environment humans have used to adapt using culture
and technology (innovations) in this region.
Climate and Vegetation
Panama Canal-
Amazon Deforestation (Slash and Burn)
Tourism’s impact
Terraced Farming
Resources
Vertical Economic Activity (p 208) Andes
Urbanization
Movement: Population and Migration/Urban Geography.
Describe the following terms and how they relate to population trends in the past and currently.
Conquest and Conquistadoras (PreColombian
Push - Pull Factors (Maquiladoras)
Cultural Hearths)
Population Pyramids of the Region
Place: Nine Traits Culture:
History-Brief (Highpoints) Central America
Cuban Missile Crisis, Fidel Castro, Maya
History-Brief (Highpoints) Mexico
Father Miguel Hidalgo, Tenochtitlan, Hernan Cortez,
Aztec
History-Brief (Highpoints) South America
Francisco Pizarro, Machu Picchu, Inca
Religion -Dominant
Language-Dominant
Language-Important Secondary Languages?
Political Topics of Significance
Cuba, Drug Trade, Democratization in LA
Urban
Poverty issues
Economic
NAFTA, Maquiladoras, Brazil Oil, Tourism
Regions: How are places categorized?.
Know the characteristics of the following regions and be able to describe on the test why they are considered subregions
within the main formal region.In your description, you can include locations.
Mexico
Caribbean
Brazil
Pampas
Andes Mountain
Central America
Current Topics Essay Paragraph
Check with your PreAP teacher for the Essay Topic for this unit.