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LATIN AMERICA MENTAL MAPS
Directions: Hand drawing maps will help you increase your memory skills when learning locations on a map.
For the remainder of the semester, you will be required to hand draw all of your maps. Mental Maps are not
graded on artistic ability, but on your correct locations of countries, cities, and physical features on the map.
You will create 2 maps. One map will be the physical features of Latin America. You must include all of the
items in the cut list provided and color the mountains BROWN, all water features BLUE, plains GREEN, and
deserts YELLOW.
Your second map will be the political map of Latin America which will include all countries, capitals, and
major cities. Each country will be colored a different color that share a border. Make sure you include all of the
listed items below on your map.
Your mental maps MUST include all of TODALS (Title, Orientation, Date, Author, Legend and Scale) to receive
full credit on your mental maps.
You will use your mental maps to study for map quizzes and tests. Mental maps will also be taken as a separate
daily grade.
Latin America Physical Maps (pages 191)
Landforms:
Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Brazilian Highlands, Guiana Highlands,
Patagonia, Llanos, Amazon Plain, Pampas, Baja California, Yucatan Peninsula, Tierra del Fuego, Atacama
Desert
Bodies of Water:
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Orinoco River, Amazon
River, Parana River, Rio de la Plata, Panal Canal
Islands:
Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Netherlands Antilles, Falkland Islands, Galapagos Islands
Latin America Political Map (pages 193)
Countries:
Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,
Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname,
Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Cities:
Buenos Aires, Lima, Bogotá, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Tijuana, Mexico City, Ciudad Juarez, Santiago.
Other:
Tropic of Cancer, Equator, and Tropic of Capricorn