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Unit 2. South America. Continent vs. Culture Region. South America. Latin America. In The News. Physical Geography. Map. Andes Mts. Amazon River Amazon Rainforest Pampas Atacama Desert Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Straits of Magellan. Complicated Notes from several sources.
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Unit 2 South America
Continent vs. Culture Region South America Latin America
Physical Geography Map • Andes Mts. • Amazon River • Amazon Rainforest • Pampas • Atacama Desert • Atlantic Ocean • Pacific Ocean • Straits of Magellan Complicated Notes from several sources
Atacama Desert Driest Place on Earth Some Places have NEVER seen rain Yes- People DO live here
Human Geography Handouts: • South American Factoids • Graph Reading Practice • Map Reading Practice • Aztecs • Incas • Columbian Exchange • Notes/Slide
Meso- American Civilizations Aztec- Tenochtitlan (Districto Federal) Mexico City Mayan- Chichin Itza Observatory Secrets of the Dead: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/episodes/aztec_massacre/1/
* Volcanoes
Welcome to the “West Indies” Caribbean
American Experience http://video.pbs.org/video/1747929120
Economy Create a Chart Terms and Definitions • Major Export • Major Import • Agricultural Products • Natural Resources • Subsistence Farming • Export • Import • Petroleum- Fuel/Gasoline • Hydro Electric- “water” • Timber/Lumber- wood