AP Human Geography Map Packet #3:

Latin America
(MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, THE
CARIBBEAN, AND SOUTH AMERICA)
Ecumene of Central and South
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This map packet was last updated September 5, 2018, and is based on the 11th edition of Fougberg’s Human Geography: People,
Place, and Culture.

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 POLITICAL MAP
(REGIONS AND COUNTRIES OF GREATER OCENIA)
Label and outline these countries and regions:
RED (CENTRAL AMERICA): Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
BLUE (CARIBBEAN): Cuba, Jamaica, Aruba, the Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago, Puerto Rice (American
protectorate), Barbados, andGrenada
GREEN (SOUTH AMERICA): Venezuela, Columbia, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina,
Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, The Pampas (multi-national region), Patagonia (national region of Argentina), Galapagos Islands, and the
Falkland Islands.

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PHYSICAL MAP #1: MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA WITH THE CARIBBEAN
WATER FEATURES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA:
Gulf of Panama Colorado River Lake Nicaragua
Rio Grande Rio Santiago Lake Managua Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea Gulf of California Isthmus of Panama
PHYSICAL LAND FEATURES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA:
Chihuahuan Desert Baja Peninsula Isthmus of Tehuantepec SierraMadreOccidental
SierraMadre Oriental Central Mexican Plateau Yucatán Peninsula Sierra Madre del Sur

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 PHYSICAL MAP #2: SOUTH AMERICA
Many of these land and water features can be found by referencing http://www.mapsofworld.com/physical-map/south-
america.htm. For several others, you will need to do an internet search for their exact location.
WATER FEATURES OF SOUTH AMERICA:
Río de la Plata Amazon River Orinoco River São Francisco River Strait of Magellan Chiloé Archipelago
Xingu River Lake Maracaibo Drake Passage Paraná River Madeira River Lake
Titicaca

PHYSICAL LAND FEATURES OF SOUTH AMERICA:

Brazilian Highlands Andes Mountains Gran Chaco Amazon Basin Atacama Desert Tierra del Fuego
Mato Grosso Plateau Bolivian Plateau Guiana Highlands Los Llanos

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 CLIMATES OF LATIN AMERICA
C olor-in the climates using the same colors as on that map, then label each of them.
Highlands Humid Tropical (Rainforest) Humid Subtropical
Desert
Semiarid Tropical Savanna Marine West Coast

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 AGRICULTURE OF LATIN AMERICA
On the map below label the agriculture map, and be familiar with regions that are not only more or less
economically developed, but also the types of agriculture that are dominant in varying countries.

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 SPECIAL CASE STUDY #1: NAMES
MEAN (ALMOST) EVERYTHING

The labels Latino and Hispanic are often used interchangeably by many in American society. These two labels have
specific historical, geographic, cultural, and linguistic references though. Not everyone who is Latino is Hispanic, and not
everyone who is Hispanic is from Latin America. The very boundaries of Latin America are open to debate because of
French-speaking Quebec (remember from Map Packet#2:Anglo America that French-speaking Quebec is within majority
English-Speaking Canada). The French language derives from Latin (like Portuguese and Spanish, hence the name ‘Latin
America’, or Latin-speaking America), however Quebec is notgenerally included as partof Latin America.
Use the links below to identify on this page’s map which areas/people are Hispanic (Spanish speaking) and which areas
are Latino (from Latin America). Use these directions regarding how to appropriately color each country:
DARK ORANGE: Hispanic but NOT within Latin America
LIGHT ORANGE: Hispanic within Latin America

DARK GREEN: Outline the boundary of Latin America

LIGHT GREEN: Shade the non-Hispanic parts of Latin America