Slideshow on South America for World Regional Geography – Mark M. Miller, Dept. of Geography & Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi

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March 24, 2010:
http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta/hi216/
a.htm
South America
© Mark M. Miller
World Regional Geography
Dept. of Geography & Geology
The University of Southern Mississippi

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

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

4. Staple food

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World Regional Geography

8. Globalization & Diversity
2e: Rowntree, Lewis,
8
Chapter 4:
Latin
America
(Fig. 4.1)
Bolivian President
Evo Morales chats
with an Aymaro
woman in El Alto.

9. North Carolina State U. Retrieved
March 24, 2010:
http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta/hi216/
a.htm
Where was the Inca
Civilization, which
was conquered by
the Spanish in the
early 1500s?
A
B
C

10. North Carolina State U. Retrieved
March 24, 2010:
http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta/hi216/
a.htm
Where was the Aztec
Civilization, which
was conquered by
the Spanish in the
early 1500s?
A
B
C

11. North Carolina State U. Retrieved
March 24, 2010:
http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta/hi216/
a.htm
Where was the Mayan
Civilization, which was
already in decline by
the time of the Spanish
invasion?
A
B
C

12. North Carolina State U. Retrieved
March 24, 2010:
http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta/hi216/
a.htm
Where are the Andes
Mountains, the highest
mountains in the
Western Hemisphere?
A
B
C

13. What is made from this crop, which is grown
on the slopes of the Andes?
A. Coffee
B. Potato
C. Cocaine
D. Chocolate

14. What is the staple food of Mexico and
Guatemala?
A. Corn
B. Rice
C. Chicken
D. Soybeans

15. What is the staple food of the U.S.?
A. Corn
B. Chicken
C. Soybeans
D. We don’t have one

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17. Globalization & Diversity
2e: Rowntree, Lewis,
17
Physical Geography
(Fig. 4.7)
Altiplano in Bolivia, showing
Lake Titicaca with an
elevation of 12,500 feet
(Fig. 4.8)

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