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