Physical Geography
Patagonia
Warm Up Questions
• What is the location of Patagonia?
– Relative and Absolute
• What country is the Yucatan Peninsula in?
• Name an island in the Lesser Antilles.
• What major basin creates the Amazon River?
• Which country has the lowest literacy rate?
• Which country has the highest GDP?
• Which country has the best infant mortality rate?
• Which country has the longest life expectancy?
Machu
Picchu
Landforms
• Andes Mountains: South America
– Home of the Incas
• Llanos- Colombia & Venezuela; grassy,
treeless plains, herding animals, farms
• Cerrado- Brazil; savannas, flat, farms
• Pampas- Argentina & Uruguay;
grasslands, rich soil
Landforms
• Orinoco River- Venezuela
• Amazon River- 4,000 miles
• Parana River- Brazil; 3,000 miles
• Greater Antilles- Cuba, Jamaica,
Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
• Lesser Antilles- smaller islands
Climate & Vegetation
• Varied Climate- page 207
Human-Environment Interaction
• Slash and Burn
• Terraced Farming
• Urbanization
– Push-Pull factors
• Tourism
Panama Canal
Quiz Review
• What country is home to the Sierra
Madre?
• What island country is directly south of
Florida?
• What country is home to Patagonia?
• What country contains the Amazon Basin?
• What L.A. country holds a famous canal?