CCD   Geography 105 - World Regional Geography 

Locations Handout  Chapter 10 Latin America

For Middle America, on an outline map of Central America and one of Middle and South America, you should be able to locate:

A. Regions: 

Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands, St. Croix, Antigua, Martinique, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Chiapas, 

B. Urban Regions  On a map, showing cities as dots, you should be able to locate:

Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Matamoros, Veracruz, Juarez, Tijuana, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Managua, San Jose [Costa Rica], Colón, Havana, Port-au-Prince, Santo Domino, San Juan [Puerto Rico] 

C. Physiographic Regions, Mountains, Basins and Plateaus:  

Baja California, Yucatan Peninsula, Hispaniola
Bahamas, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre del Sur, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 

D. Capes, Bays, Gulfs, Lakes, Oceans, and Seas: 

Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea
Gulf of California / Sea of Cortéz, Gulf of Mexico

E. Rivers, Straits, and Waterways: (for rivers, be able to locate their mouths and know which way they flow).

Panama Canal, Rio Grande

F. Other:

Tropic of Cancer, Guantanamo Naval Station, Pan American Highway

For South America, on an outline map, you should be able to locate:

A. Regions:

Argentina Aruba Bolivia Brazil Chile

Colombia Ecuador Falkland Is. French Guiana Galapagos Is.

Guyana Islas Malvinas Netherlands Antilles Paraguay Peru

Suriname Trinidad & Tobago Uruguay Venezuela

B. Urban Regions  On a map, showing cities as dots, you should be able to locate:

Asunción, Paraguay Belo Horizonte, Brasil Bogotá, Colombia Buenos Aires, Argentina

Caracas, Venezuela Guauaquil, Ecuador La Paz, Bolivia Lima, Peru

Manaus, Brazil Medellin, Colombia Montevideo, Uruguay Quito, Ecuador

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Santiago, Chile São Paulo, Brazil

C. Mountains, Basins and Plateaus:  

Altiplano Amazon Basin Andes Mountains

Atacama Desert Brazilian Highlands Gran Chaco

Guiana Highlands Pampas

Patagonia Tierra del Fuego

D. Capes, Bays, Gulfs, Lakes, Oceans, and Seas: 

Caribbean Sea	Atlantic Ocean	Pacific Ocean
Strait of Magellan	Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn)

 

E. Rivers, Straits, and Waterways: (for rivers, be able to locate their mouths and know which way they flow).

Rio de la Plata, Amazon River, Paraguay River, Orinoco River