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• New Page in your notebook NB #15 9.19.16

• Write the question below in your notebook and answer it.

oWhat qualifications let you know that someone is from a Latin culture?

9.2 Central America and the Caribbean

The People• In Central America and the Caribbean, you have a

mixture of peoples.

• You find indigenous, Mestizos, European, and

people of African descent throughout the area.

• This varied blend of people is mostly from European

conquests

Culture: Language• Central America: Main language is Spanish, and

indigenous

• Caribbean Islands: mix of English, Spanish, French,

and Dutch- depending on which European power

conquered their island

o Some islands mixed indigenous language with

European language

Culture: Religion• Central America: 4/5 people are Catholic Christian

• Caribbean Islands: mostly a mix of Protestant

Christian and Catholic Christian

Think-Pair-Share• How may only having an

elementary school education help

a poor family, but hurt the overall

economy of a country?

Culture: Education• Quality of education varies depending on the

country and the location (rural vs. city)

• Most students are required to attend at least

elementary school, but not high school

Culture: Government• Governments vary by country.

• Some governments are a democracy -the people

vote/rule

• Some are Dictatorships -where 1 person controls

basically everything (usually rule harshly)

Culture: Art• Natives produced the earlier art in the regions:

pottery, wood carvings, weaving… etc.

• Todays art is a mixture of European and native

influence: music, dance, etc.

Culture: Family• Central America: Family is very important! It usually

decides your social status in the Latin American

societies.

• Caribbean Islands: Family life is usually matriarchal-

lead by the women of the family

Sports and Leisure• Baseball, basketball, volleyball, and soccer (futbol)

are the most prominent sports in Latin America.

• In the Caribbean, baseball is very popular.

Physical features • Angel falls

• Amazon River - & tributaries (such as the Tapajos)

• Andes Mountains

• Llanos

• Mato Grosso Plateau

• Brazilian Highlands

• Patagonia Pampas

• Lake Titicaca

• Lake Maracaibo

• Gulf of California

• Caribbean Sea

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Bay of Campeche