Mexico, Central America,

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Mexico,Central America, South America

• 5 Themes of Geography

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Location
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Mexico

• Northern and Western Hemisphere
• South of the United States
• East of the Pacific Ocean
• West of the Gulf of Mexico
• North of Central America

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Central America

• Northern and Western Hemisphere
• South of Mexico
• West of the Caribbean Sea
• East of the Pacific Ocean
• North of South America

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South America

• Northern, Southern, and Western Hemisphere
• South of the Caribbean Sea,
• West of the Atlantic Ocean
• East of the Pacific Ocean
• North of Antarctica

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Place
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Mexico

• Central Plateau makes up more than ½ of
  Mexicos area and the majority of Mexicos
  population lives here

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Mexico

• Mountains
• Sierra Madre Occidental
• Sierra Madre Oriental
• Beaches
• Along both the East and West coasts

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Mexico

• Climate
• Tropical Wet and Dry
• Population
• Majority live near in urban areas
• Mexico City is highest populated city in world
• Types of Work
• Factory workers
• Farmers

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Central America

• Central America is an Isthmus that connects North
  America to South America.
• The area is made up of rugged mountains and
  active volcanoes.
• The soil is good for farming.

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Central America

• Climate Tropical Wet, subtropical, and torrid
• Population Migrating to Urban areas from Rural
  areas
• Types of Workers Farmers (coffee, cotton, sugar
  cane, bananas, cacao, and citrus fruit)

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South America

• Andes Mountains 4,500 miles long and up to
  20,000 feet tall
• Highlands
• Pampas (large plants)
• Atacama Desert

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South America

• Amazon River Basin worlds largest tropical
  rainforest that covers 1/3 of the continent
• Amazon River 2nd largest river in the world.
  4,000 miles long and contains 20 of worlds
  fresh water

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South America

• Climate
• Tropical Wet (rainforest)
• Tropical West and Dry (Brazil)
• Humid/Subtropical (Southeast)
• Arid (South)
• Temperate and Windy (Equator)
• Torrid (Atacama Desert)

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South America

• Population
• Migrating from rural areas to urban areas
• Indigenous peoples live in the rainforest and
  Andes Mountains
• Types of Work Farming, gauchos, oil industry,
  and lumber

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Movement
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Mexico

• Mexico blends the cultures of Native Americans
  and Spaniards
• Native Americans Spaniards Mestizoes

55 Mestizoes 30 Indigenous 16 European
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Central America

• Heritage Native Americans, Spaniards, Africans,
  Europeans
• Largest portion of population are the Mestizoes
• Large number of indigenous peoples

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South America

• Heritage Incans, Spaniards, Europeans, and
  Africans
• Africans were brought over as slaves
• Europeans and Africans live in Brazil

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South America

• Indigenous peoples live in the rainforest and
  Andes Mountains
• Mestizoes live throughout South America

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Human Environment Interaction
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Mexico

• Environmental events affecting people
• Hurricanes
• Flooding
• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Drought

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Mexico

• People affecting the environment
• Pollution
• Automobile emissions
• Factories
• Slash and Burn
• Erosion and wearing the soil out

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Central America

• Environmental Effects on People
• Hurricanes
• Flooding
• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Drought

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Central America

• People affecting the environment
• Pollution
• Slash and Burn
• Wearing out the soil

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South America

• Environment affecting people
• Hurricanes
• Flooding
• Volcanoes
• Drought

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South America

• People affecting the environment
• Pollution
• Automobiles
• Factories
• Slash and burn
• Wearing out the soil
• Deforestation

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Regions
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Mexico

• Mestizo Culture
• Mayan/Aztec History
• Catholic
• Farmers and Factory workers
• Spanish

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Central America

• Meztizo
• Catholic
• Farmers
• Mayan/Aztecs
• Spanish

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South America

• Caribbean
• Desert Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia
• Indigenous Peoples Chile, Argentina, Uruguay
• Brazil Native Americans, Africans, Portuguese,
  and diverse