Study Guide Latin America

Study Guide -- Latin America

Yellow highlighted areas = period 6 class only

MAP identifications: you must be able to correctly SPELL the capitals and countries

1. Map Identifications: Be able to identify the major countries, capital cities, rivers, mountains and oceans in Latin America.

2. Main ideas -three cultures of Mexico -Mexico’s important economic activities - the 5 regions of Mexico, major characteristics of each region -similarities and differences between Central America/Caribbean - the three ancient civilizations of Latin America Where were they located? Accomplishments? (be able to tell the difference btw. the three civs.) - Changes in Cuba - Rainforest preservation in Costa Rica 3. Countries we studied in depth: Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela

4. Issues we studied in depth: *struggle for democracy: how colonialism and the income gap have limited democracy in Latin America * income gap - causes/solutions Why is there so much poverty in large urban centers such as Mexico City, Lima, Sao Paulo, Guatemala City, etc? What are living conditions like?

CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE… Vocabulary Terms: Caudillo ecotourism Oligarchy mestizo Junta favelas Tenochtitlan Chiapas PRI peninsulares NAFTA criollos Samba Capoeira Biodiversity Deforestation

People: Miguel Hidalgo Benito Juarez Pancho Villa Porfirio Diaz Vicente Fox Felipe Calderon Enrique Pena Nieto Augusto Pinochet Fidel Castro, Raul Castro

Events: Independence from Spain Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican Revolution - successful or not? The Porfiriato NAFTA – positive and negative effects on Mexico Problems facing Mexico today