Slideshow on Latin America & the Caribbean 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
© Mark M. Miller
World Regional Geography
Dept. of Geography & Geology
The University of Southern
Mississippi

3. Geo-Mexico. Mexico's population pyramid
(age-sex diagram) for 2010. Retrieved
September 7, 2011: http://geo-
mexico.com/?p=3835
Mexico’s demographic
transition:

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=858
93
... With great 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. Jewmalt Whiskey Reviews. Retrieved March 31, 2014:
http://www.jewmalt.com/category/kosher-spirits/mezcal/del-
maguey/
Interlude: geography of liquor
Agave:

16. 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

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

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

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

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

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

22. What is tequila made from?
A. Palm leaves
B. The coca plant
C. The agave: a cactus-like plant
D. Molasses, from cane sugar

23. What is mezcal made from?
A. Palm leaves
B. The coca plant
C. The agave: a cactus-like plant
D. Molasses, from cane sugar

24. If you are a working-class Mexican without a
lot of pesos, what would you drink?
A. Pulque
B. Red wine
C. Corona beer
D. Pabst Blue Ribbon

25. What is rum made from?
A. Palm leaves
B. The coca plant
C. The agave: a cactus-like plant
D. Molasses, from cane sugar

26. Comparing Mexico City &
New Orleans

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

28. Shrine of Guadalupe

29. Los Niños Héroes

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

31. National University of Mexico

32. The Angel

33. World Megacities - Population in Millions
Source: State of the World Population 200,1 Chapter 3, UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund. Retrieved 5/4/06: are.berkeley.edu/courses/EEP152/spring03/class_notes/megacities.doc

34. Largest Urban Agglomerations, 1950, 2000, 2015
Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects, The 1999 Revision. From Population Reference Bureau, retrieved 5/4/06:
http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PRB/Educators/Human_Population/Urbanization2/Patterns_of_World_Urbanization1.htm

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

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

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

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

40. One Penny Sheet. Retrieved March 25, 2010: http://www.onepennysheet.com/category/illegal-drugs/

41. Globalization & Diversity
2e: Rowntree, Lewis,
41
Chapter 4:
Latin
America
(Fig. 4.1)
Bolivian President
Evo Morales chats
with an Aymaro
woman in El Alto.

42. Globalization & Diversity
2e: Rowntree, Lewis,
42
Physical Geography
(Fig. 4.7)
Altiplano in Bolivia, showing
Lake Titicaca with an
elevation of 12,500 feet
(Fig. 4.8)