GEOG 1001 Chapter : Latin America 10 30 12
Document Summary
Region bares the imprint from the colonizers from the iberian peninsula. The latin part comes from french geographers in the 1960"s comes from discourse that paris would be the center of this. Spanish america, drawn upon spain"s colonial legacy, used since mid-20th century. Ibero- america, spain and portugal"s colonial legacy, used since mid 20th century. When you"re talking about the iberian peninsula we are talking about spain and portugal. Caribbean: caribbean: island nations and countries in the caribbean se, belize, guyana, etc. One of the largest cities in the world located here, 20 million people. This was the cradle of the aztec civilization/domestication- important site for plant domestication fertile soil. Bowl like situation present, there are many environmental problems. Air pollution- smog serious problem air pollutants getting trapped especially in the winter. Water resources- 70% aquifers these indigenous groups navigated and adapted to these water resources.
