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Latin America: The Realm of Diversity Intro: The region known as Latin America extends through the greatest latitudinal span of any world region, from the northernmost part of Mexico at about 32ْ N to the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego at 32ْ S. The very name "Latin America" identifies a cultural rather than physical region. Two Latin-based languages, Spanish and Portuguese, help give this region a strong cultural unity. A long history of colonial control by European countries accompanied by large-scale migrations has created a distinctive cultural blend with Amerindian peoples. The physical geography of the region is equally diverse. The west coasts of South America and Middle America are part of the Ring of Fire that circles the Pacific Basin. South America's Andes Mountains that span the western edges of the continent contain the world's second-highest average mountain heights. This region is also home to the world's tallest waterfall, the world's largest rainforest and is home to the world's greatest "living laboratory." Overview: You will be drawing a sketch map, completing a political map, conducting individual research and presenting your research to the class as you learn about the physical geography of Latin America. Directions: Save this activity and study it when it is returned to you. The map test and future map final will be drawn from this activity. 1. Draw a sketch map of Latin America, to include the following areas: Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean Islands, and other islands as indicated. Use a sheet of plain white paper. Your map should fill the page. Color the entire map using map pencils of traditional mapping colors (i.e., lakes and rivers blue, plains green, highlands and deserts tan…) Refer to the physical map in your textbook or atlas for topographic colors. Create a key and compass rose, and give your map a title. Locate and label the following: Yucatan Peninsula Greater Antilles Atlantic Ocean Atacama Desert Pampas Gran Chaco Parana River Panama Canal Pacific Ocean Andes Mountains Mount Aconcagua Amazon Basin Orinoco River Guiana Highlands Caribbean Sea Lesser Antilles Lake Titicaca Falkland Islands Amazon River Llanos West Indies Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Madre Oriental Drake Passage Galapagos Islands Tierra del Fuego Brazilian Highlands Strait of Magellan 2. Locate and label the following political locations in Latin America. Use the map provided. You may have to draw some locations on the map. Mexico Costa Rico Guatemala Belize El Salvador Honduras Cuba Havana Jamaica Haiti Chile Mexico City Suriname Panama Venezuela Caracas Columbia Bogota Ecuador Peru Lima Buenos Aires Nicaragua Guyana French Guiana Brazil Brasilia Bolivia La Paz Paraguay Uruguay Argentina Santiago Grading Guideline for mapping activity: Sketch map is accurate, reflects scholarly work, using appropriate colors, symbols Sketch map includes map title, key and compass rose All locations are accurately located Political Map locations are accurately located 35 points 15 points 25 points 25 points
