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LORA INE MAE R. ASUNCION



SECTION 1



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.



Latin America lies

between the Pacific and

Atlantic oceans.

Both oceans areimportant trade routes

for Latin America.

The Caribbean Sea is

another important bodyof water in Latin America.

ATLANTIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN

CARIBBEAN SEA



Latin America

stretches for 5,500

miles from the Rio

Grande River in

Mexico to Cape

Horn at the

southern end ofSouth 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 world’s land

surface)



DIVIDED INTO

THREE SUB-

REGIONS:(based on geography,

politics, demographics

and culture)

It may be subdivided on

linguistic grounds:

Hispanic America

Portuguese America and

French America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_America

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_America

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_America





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_America



Mexico,

Belize,

Guatemala,El Salvador,

Honduras,

Nicaragua,

Costa Rica,

Panama

MIDDLE AMERICA



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

CARIBBEAN



Columbia,

Venezuela,

Guyana,

Suriname,

French

Guiana,

Ecuador,

Peru,

Bolivia,

Brazil,

Paraguay,

Argentina,

Chile,

Uruguay

SOUTH AMERICA



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



EUROPEAN LANDS IN AMERICASLAVE DESTINATIONS IN THE AMERICAS

Carribean – 40% Brazil – 38%



LATIN AMERICA HAS:

a. Identifiable geographical region,

b. Geographical proximity

c. An organization with a common sense of

identity and purpose (economic, political,

security/military, etc.) among the member states



SECTION 2



Military dictatorships have generally given way to

democratically elected governments.



How does Colombian geography influence the

country’s economy and culture, particularly its

situation with narcotics traffic and guerrillas?



SECTION 3



outside

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.



outside

Economic Growth



outside

Economic Growth

NAFTA, Chile-Canada, EFTA, Israel-Mexico, Canada-CostaRica, EU-Mexico, EU-Chile, US-Chile, Korea-Chile, EFTA, Chile,

Japan-Mexico, Panama-Singapore, Chile-China, Chile-Japan,

Brazil-China



outside



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