Transcript Latin America PPT

1. Culture Grams and tiny map
annotations need to be colored
so if it is not, hurry and do it!!!
2. You have a quiz on Thursday
covering the Latin America map
and pg. 1031 in your textbook!
Human
Geo of
Latin
America
Fill in the 8 Blanks…
Latin America is generally understood
to consist of the entire continent of
South America
________________
in addition to
Mexico Central America and the
_______,______________,
islands of the ____________
whose
Caribbean
inhabitants speak a __________
Romance
language. The peoples of this large
area shared the experience of
conquest and colonization by the
Spanish
Portuguese
__________
and ____________
from
the late 15th through the 18th century
as well as movements of
Independence in the early 19th
____________
century.
Cultural
Geography
Spanish:
Portuguese
English:
French:
Dutch:
Diversity in Latin America
• Cultures are diverse
–Each region has its own history, languages,
customs, beliefs, foods, music, etc.
Diversity in Latin America
• Diversity in Races
– Europeans,
Africans, and
Native Americans
are largest groups
– Members of these
groups have
intermarried and
as a result, many
people in Latin
America have
mixed ancestry
and have developed unique cultures over time
“Latin America is known for its racial
and ethnic diversity. Based on available
estimates, about 45 million of the 500 million
people in Latin America are indigenous and
about 90 million (100 million if we include
Haiti) are afro-descendants. This compares to
about 40 million U.S. African Americans and
2.5 million American Indians.”
-- PERLA
(The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America at Princeton University)
Native Americans
• Colonization started in the
1500s
– Natives forced to work on
plantations and in mines
– Wiped out native populations
by European weapons and
disease
• Natives moved to remote
regions to preserve their
cultures
Click this!
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthrop
ology/2011/02/09/%E2%80%98thelast-free-people-on-theplanet%E2%80%99/
Central American &
the Caribbean
Spanish in Caribbean
• Established sugar plantations and forced
natives to work them until the arrival of
African slaves
This has
perpetuated an
economy mostly
based in agriculture.
What are the
downsides to this?
Africans
• Brought to Americas to work
as slaves
– Descendants of slaves live
throughout Latin America
– Specifically Brazil, Panama,
and the Caribbean Islands
Calypso music: island music with
African and Spanish influences
Capoeira: martial arts mixed with
dance to hide slaves training to
defend themselves
Religion
• Main religion is Roman Catholic brought
over by colonizers
– Blended with Native and African practices
(Example: “Day of the Dead” in Mexico-blends
Native American beliefs about the afterlife
with Christian beliefs.
1st Latin
American Pope
from Argentina!
…his parents
were born in
Italy.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/25/
s-pope-francis-latino-new-popeethnicity_n_2947814.html
Socioeconomics
in Mexico
A more ideal
situation
TIME OUT!
Explain what the predominant
religion in Latin America is and
where did it come from?
Describe an example of cultural
blending in Latin America?
Analyze how has colonialism
impacted socioeconomics?
Population
Geography
Economic
Geography
• Many contrasts in
terms of development.
Some countries are
extremely developed,
while others are
extremely
underdeveloped.
Per Capita average income
(top red line is men, lower is women)
For example:
in the US
average male
per capita
income is US$
55,000 while
in Haiti it is
US$ 7,000
Political
Geography
Corruption in Government
After Independence
Political instability led to oligarchies (gov’t by the
few) and military rule
– This authoritarian rule delayed the development of
democracy, which is still having effects on the region
today.
• Mexico:
– Land distribution was unfair (few rich landowners with
poor peasants working on the haciendas (estates or
ranches)
– The Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1929
helped introduce democracy and brought
political stability
• Redistributed land to peasants