LORAINE MAE R.

ASUNCION

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THESE ARE THE SEVEN CONTINENTS.

THIS IS LATIN AMERICA

Latin America is NOT a continent.

Latin America is NOT a country.

LATIN AMERICA IS A CULTURAL REGION.

ATLANTIC OCEAN
CARIBBEAN SEA

PACIFIC OCEAN

Latin America lies between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Both oceans are important trade routes for Latin America. The Caribbean Sea is another important body of water in Latin America.

Latin America stretches for 5,500 miles from the Rio Grande River in Mexico to Cape Horn at the southern end of South America.

LATIN AMERICA why LATIN?

In the broadest sense, the entire western hemisphere

south of the United States.

In a more restricted sense, comprises those countries of the Americas that developed from the colonies of Spain, Portugal, and France.

8 million square miles of land (16% of the worlds land

surface)

DIVIDED INTO THREE SUBREGIONS:

(based on geography, politics, demographics and culture)

It may be subdivided on linguistic grounds: Hispanic America Portuguese America and French America.

MIDDLE AMERICA
Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

CARIBBEAN
Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Barbados, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Grenada, the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Antigua and Barbuda

SOUTH AMERICA
Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

LINGUISTIC MAP OF LATIN AMERICA

SPANISH PORTUGUESE FRENCH

SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE are the dominant

languages in Latin America.

Spanish - 300 million Portuguese - 150 million, all of whom are from Brazil. In the non-Latin nations of South America and the Caribbean, people speak English, French, Dutch,

Hindi, and a wide range of Creole.

Native Languages Maya, Quechua, Mapuche, Guarani, and Aymara

SLAVE EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS LANDS IN IN THE AMERICA AMERICAS

Carribean 40%

Brazil 38%

LATIN AMERICA HAS:

a.
b. c.

Identifiable geographical region,

Geographical proximity An organization with a common sense of

identity and purpose (economic, political, security/military, etc.) among the member states

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Military dictatorships have generally given way to democratically elected governments.

How does Colombian geography influence the countrys economy and culture, particularly its

situation with narcotics traffic and guerrillas?

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Ratzel believed that states were organic and grew regardless of boundaries;

THE SIZE OF THE STATES GROWS WITH ITS CULTURE

Cultural aspects such as population, religion, and economic growth all reflect the growth of the state. The size of the state dictates the culture within it.

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Economic Growth

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Economic Growth

NAFTA, Chile-Canada, EFTA, Israel-Mexico, Canada-Costa Rica, EU-Mexico, EU-Chile, US-Chile, Korea-Chile, EFTA, Chile, Japan-Mexico, Panama-Singapore, Chile-China, Chile-Japan, Brazil-China

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ANY QUESTIONS?