GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA

Key Word List # 1 -- Placenames and Introductory Concepts

Latin America

South America

Venezuela

Columbia

Ecuador

Peru

Bolivia

Chile

Argentina

Uruguay

Paraguay

Brazil

French Guiana

Guyana

Surinam

Middle America

Mexico

Central America

Belize

Guatemala

Honduras

El Salvador

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama

Caribbean

Greater Antilles

Cuba

Jamaica

Puerto Rico

Hispaniola

Lesser Antilles

North America/Anglo-America

Mesoamerica

Lower Central America

Spanish influence

Portuguese influence

French, British, Dutch influence

Mainland-Rimland Concept

physical and cultural diversity