GEOG 1001 Lecture : Latin America Lecture Notes
Document Summary
Iberian peninsula - part of europe where spain and portugal are located: allows us to link back to the colonial influence, allows separation from the other america. Includes all of the spanish and portuguese speaking countries in central and south americas: 4 terms, south america, the caribbean, central america. String of countries between south america and mexico: middle america. It is central america plus mexico plus the caribbean islands: historical geography (overview), 8 lingering influences of colonialism. Single crop agriculture: example: sugar plantations were started for european powers to profit. Locals did not profit from this: the dependence on it is risky in today"s world. It"s an economic risk: trade connections with (former) colonial powers. In colonial times, only allowed to trade with european colonizers and not with each other: unequal land distribution. Situation where a tiny percentage of the people own most of the land: those people were favored by the colonial rule and given land grants by the.
