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LATIN AMERICA
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
POPULATION• WHAT IS THE MAIN RELIGION OF THE REGION?• HOW DOES THIS RELIGION IMPACT THE BIRTHRATE
AND POPULATION?
SETTLEMENTS• ARE ALL MAJOR CITIES LOCATED ON THE
COAST OR A NAVIGABLE RIVER?
MIGRATION• WHY DO PEOPLE MOVE TO URBAN AREAS?• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TOO MANY PEOPLE
MOVE FROM RURAL AREAS TO THE BIG CITIES?
RURAL
URBAN
RING OF SLUMS AROUND CITY(FAVELA)
COLONIZATION ANDCULTURE
• WHAT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES COLONIZED THE REGION?
• WHAT DID THE COLONIZING COUNTRIES BRING WITH THEM?
SMALLPOX(AND OTHER DISEASES)
DON’T FORGET THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
WHO COLONIZED/INFLUENCED THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS?
• BRITISH• FRENCH• AFRICAN SLAVES• DUTCH• NATIVE INDIANS• SPANISH• PORTUGUESE
CARIBBEAN = DIVERSITY
BLENDED CULTURESANCESTRY
• MESTIZO – MIXED EUROPEAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN • MULATTO – MIXED EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN
LANGUAGE• CREOLE – MIXED AFRICAN, EUROPEAN, AND INDIGENOUS CARIBBEAN
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