1. Chapter 4:
Latin America
Natalia Dávila
Lorena Elizondo
Diana Martínez
Andrés López

2. Africa
n
Slaves
New
settle
rs
Indian
From Mexico to Argentina.

3. 1960’s
primary
goods.
NAFTA
CAFTA
Economy, Population & Megacities.

4. Brazil 525 million
Mexico 108 million.
Sao Paulo.
Mexico City.
Buenos Aires.
Rio de Janeiro.

5. Atlantic Coastal forests
Pacific Forests
Environmental Geography

6. Sinking Land Air Pollution
Water Resources

7. Western Mountains & River Basins

8.  3 Rivers:
Plata Basin
 Paraná
 Paraguay
 Uruguay

9. Most talked-about Desert
weather phenomenon
in the world.
El Niño
Tropical
Climate

10. Population and Settlement:
The Dominance of Cities

11.  El Salvador
 Mexico City
 Sao Paulo
 Uruguay
Concentration of People in
Cities

12. Rural-to-Urban Migration
1950’s
Majority in cities
130 million people don’t

13. Patterns of Cultural
Coherence and Diversity:
Repopulating a Continent

14. The Decline of Native
Populations.
- The Demographic Toll
- Indian Survival

15. Patterns of Ethnicity and Culture.
- Languages: - Blended
Religions:
Spanish Catholic
Portuguese

17. Geopolitical
Framework:
Redrawing the Map

18. Iberian Conquest and Territorial Division
- Christopher - Treaty of
Columbus Tordesillas

19. - Persistent Border
- Revolution and Conflicts
Independence

20. Regional Organizations
-Trade - Insurgencies and
Blocks Drug Trafficking

21. Industrialization
industrialized areas tend to be around the capitals

22.  using machinery, hybrid crops, chemical
fertilizers, and pesticides
Agriculture

23.  mining has become more mechanized and
less labor intensive
Mining

24.  a sure path to economic development
Neoliberalism as Globalization

25. Dollarization

26.  Racial discrimination
 Status of women
Social improvements

27. Population Indicators

28. Development Indicators