Name
Jugert Rina
Class
11
Date
Which different cultures have blended in Latin America?
Use the cluster diagram below to take notes about the history, economics,
culture, and modern life of the following Latin American subregions.
Mexico
Central America & the Caribbean
Mexican culture is a hugely diverse
domain that encompasses vast
differences in identity. The variety of
influences throughout Mexican
history, from the ancient Mayan and
Aztec civilizations to the domineering
European presence, has come to
shape and define the enthralling
country it is today.
The cultures of the Caribbean,
Central America, and South America
have been greatly influenced by
European colonization. Large
portions of these areas' populations
are mestizos, which are people of
Spanish and Native American
descent.
Latin
America
Spanish-Speaking
South America
South America's major cultural and
culinary influences have been
European, African (through slavery),
and Asian, the latter most noticeably
from Japan and China and most
pronounced in Peru and Brazil.It has a
wide variety of agricultural products,
mineral wealth, plentiful freshwater
and rich fisheries. As one of the most
important contributors of the world's
agricultural market, South America
accounts for approximately 10% of
the global agricultural product export.
Brazil
The culture of Brazil is primarily
Western, being derived from
Portuguese culture, as well as the
cultural and ethnic mixing that
occurred between the Indigenous
peoples, Portuguese colonizers and
Africans.