Slideshow on “Latin America overview” for World Regional Geography – © Mark M. Miller, Dept. of Geography & Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi

1. Visit Mexico. Retrieved April 2, 2014: https://www.visitmexico.com/en/maya-world
OVERVIEW OF LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
© Mark M. Miller
World Regional Geography
Dept. of Geography & Geology
The University of Southern Mississippi

2. Mexico’s demographic
transition:

3. 2017 population of New York State: 19.9 million

4. North Carolina State U. Retrieved
March 24, 2010:
http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta/hi216/
a.htm

5. Evergreen University.
Government documents.
Retrieved March 22, 2010:
http://govdocs.evergreen.edu/ho
topics/hispanicheritage/latin-
america-political-map.jpg

6. Post-Panamax
container ships:
almost 400 yards
long.
Diana Containerships. August 13,
2013:
http://www.ship.gr/news6/diana_c2
7.htm

7. 05_01t.jpg

8. Globalization & Diversity
2e: Rowntree, Lewis,
8
Physical Geography
(Fig. 4.7)
Altiplano in Bolivia, showing
Lake Titicaca with an
elevation of 12,500 feet
(Fig. 4.8)

9. Latin America’s contrasts of
great poverty…..

10. El Periodico de Mexico. Retrieved March 22, 2010:
http://www.elperiodicodemexico.com/nota.php?id=85893
... With enormous wealth.
Mr. Carlos Slim

11. The Apple. Retrieved March 22, 2010:
http://theapple.monster.com/topics/3613-how-does-he-do-
it/posts
Stereotypes we have of Mexico, such as the
lazy rural life….

12. Any stereotypes that
Mexicans might have of
us?

13. CNN. Retrieved 5/2/06:
http://edition.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/03/31/mexico.time.change/m
ap.mexico.mexico.city.jpg
In contrast to the
reality of Mexico’s
urban reality

14. Retrieved March 22, 2010
(Google Earth)

15. Google Earth
Paloma Negra
19°24'6.60"N, 98°57'55.10"W

17. Informal economy

19. Jewmalt Whiskey Reviews. Retrieved March 31, 2014:
http://www.jewmalt.com/category/kosher-spirits/mezcal/del-
maguey/
Interlude: geography of liquor
Agave:

20. McCutchen, Maria. The 10 most expensive tequila bottles in
the world. Money, Inc. Retrieved March 21, 2018:
http://moneyinc.com/10-expensive-tequila-bottles-world/

21. Don’t be like Homer. If you do drink, do so
• In moderation
• Responsibly & respectfully of others
• Mindfully

24. “In Aztec mythology, Tepoztecatl was the god of of drunkenness and fertility.”
Crystalinks. Retrieved October 29, 2014: http://www.crystalinks.com/aztecgods2.html

25. In seach of the Blue Agave: Tequila and the
Heart of Mexico. Retrieved March 22, 2017:
http://www.ianchadwick.com/tequila/mezcal_
production.htm
Pulque:
http://www.ianchadwick.com/tequila/pulque.
htm

26. What is rum made from?
Aguardiente
Chicha
Pisco…..

29. North Carolina State U. Retrieved
March 24, 2010:
http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta/hi216/
a.htm
Ethnic & cultural
diversityAztec
Maya
Inca

30. One interpretation of pre-Colombian Mexico
City: Tenochtitlan
(source unknown, from Pinterest)

31. North Carolina State U. Retrieved
March 24, 2010:
http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta/hi216/
a.htm
Sugar plantations
&
slavery

32. Visit Mexico. Retrieved March 22, 2010: http://www.visitmexico.com/wb/Visitmexico/Visi_Home?show=regions
Teotihuacán, outside Mexico City

33. Shrine of Guadalupe

34. Los Niños Héroes

35. Strange Maps. April 4, 2008:
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/

36. National University of Mexico

37. The Angel

38. Retrieved October 11, 2017: http://www.demographia.com/db-megacity.pdf