Latin America (Central and South) Unit
Assignments
1. Vocabulary Words—pampas, regionalism, Tierra caliente, Tierra fria, Tierra templada,
mestizo, conquistador, viceroy, mercantilism, Creole, peon, oligarchy, coup de etat,
embargo
a. Assignment—you are going to write a short story about a horse named Mr.
Don. Mr. Don is a special horse who can travel through time. In your story,
you are going to include all of your vocabulary words from the unit. YOU
MUST SHOW AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD WHEN YOU USE IT. STORY
DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LONG, JUST LONG ENOUGH TO 1) MAKE SENSE AND 2)
USE ALL OF THE VOCAB WORDS CORRECTLY.
2. Map Studies—pages 440, 450, 459, 472, 492, 506—Complete Sentences
3. Short Answers (Builders/Shapers, Geographic Connections, Tradition and Change,
Science and Technology)—pages 444, 477, 491, 512—Complete Sentences
4. Map Quiz
5. *Map/Graph Skills Worksheet
6. Skill Lesson 11—Complete Sentences
7. Intro to South America Computer Notes
8. Rain Forest Internet Find
9. *Central America Guided Reading and Quiz—worksheet and reading
10. *Brazil Guided Reading and Quiz—worksheet and reading
11. *Andean Countries and Southern Grasslands Quiz—worksheet and reading
*There will be a limited number of copies in the classroom. Additional copies of both the
readings and the worksheets can be found on the wiki page.
12. Paragraph responses—Full 5 sentences
a. #7 page 443 (geography)
b. # 6 page 447 (city location)
c. #8 page 454 (Incan roads vs. U.S. roads)
d. #6 page 492 (Farming)
e. #7 page 496 (Mexico)
f. #7 page 499 (Argentina)
g. #5 page 502 (Brazil)
h. # 7 or #8 page 511 (Puerto Rico)
i. #7 page 515 (drug war)
13. Trip to Latin America—Directions to be posted on wiki page.
Vocabulary—define only today
pampas, regionalism, Tierra caliente,
Tierra fria, Tierra templada, mestizo,
conquistador, maize, quipu, hacienda,
viceroy, mercantilism, Creole, peon,
caudillo, oligarchy, coup de etat,
embargo, liberation theory, free trade,
inflation