4.10- Summary Unit 4
What you did
- You watched the Instructor's Videos and read the Canvas content
- You completed the Urbanization Assignment
- You participated in an online discussion
- You took two quizzes
What you learned
- You know the location and countries of Latin America
- You know how plate tectonics played a roll in forming Latin America's landscape
- You know about the major mountain ranges of Latin America: The Sierra Madre Oriental, the Sierra Madre Occidental, and the Andes
- You know the location and importance of the Altiplano
- You know the major rivers of Latin America: the Amazon, the Plata and the Orinocco
- You know about the South American Shields
- You know the locations and characteristics of the lowlands of Latin America
- You know about the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Atacama deserts
- You know the Llanos, the Mato Grosso, the Pampas, Patagonia, and Cape Horn
- You know the basic climates of Latin America
- You understand altitudinal zonation and the 5 altitude zones and how they were (and are) used by humans.
- You know the three major issues facing Latin America
- You know about the indigenous peoples of Latin America before the arrival of Europeans: the population, a sampling of the major civilizations (Aztec, Inca),
- You know about the impacts of European conquest and how the population characteristics of Latin America changed
- You know about importation of slaves to Latin America
- You know about the "Columbian Exchange"
- You know about the legacies of colonialism
- You know about the squatter settlements of Latin America and the favelas of Brazil
- You understand about how colonialism has had lasting impacts on the economy and politics of Latin America
- You know about Chinese influence in Latin America
- You know population statistics for the region: the largest countries, cities, population growth, basic pop. stats
- You understand the population pyramids and how and why they show that growth will continue into the future despite drops in the birth rate
- You have learned about gender roles and LBGTQ issues
- You have learned about migration
- You have learned about the complex culture of Latin America: differences and similarities
- You have learned about the challenges facing Latin America: race and ethnicity, the drug trade, and urbanization
Coming Up
- Unit 4 Exam
- Unit 5 - Subsaharan Africa