The Americas“Land of Contrast”

Physical Geography

Rivers Mountain Ranges Lakes Islands

Mississippi,Missouri, Ohio, Amazon , Paraná-Paraguay, Orinoco

Pacific CoastRocky, Appalachian, Sierra Madre, Andes

Great Lakes (Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario), Lake Managua,Lake Titicaca

Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti/Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Smaller Caribbean Islands (Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Kitts & Nevis, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago), Galapagos Islands, Falkland Islands

Subregions of the Americas United States

Canada

Mexico

Alaska (U.S.)

Brasil

Argentina

Chile

Colombia

Venezuela

Ecuador

Peru

Bolivia

Paraguay

Uruguay

GuatemalaEl Salvador

Cuba

North America

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama

Bahamas

JamaicaHaiti

BelizeHond. Dominican

Republic

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

French Guiana

SurinamGuayana

Galapagos Islands (Ec.)

Falkland Islands (U.K.)

Southern South America

Caribbean Basin

Northern Andes

Central America

Antilles

Trinidad & Tobago

American Economy

22%

10%

GDP PPP $

USA Latin America

6%11%

Population

USA Latin America

Trade Blocs in the

AmericasCAFTA

MERCOSUR Associates

NAFTA

MERCOSUR

LAFTA

Canada, United States, Mexico

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic

Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay,

Argentina

Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia

Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil,

Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

Languages of the

Americas

Spanish

English

French

Portuguese

Ethnicity in the

Americas

Black

Indian

East Asian

Mestizo

White

Religions of the

Americas

Roman Catholic

Protestant

Mormon

Animism/Tribal

Mixed Sects

Population Density in America

Country Largest CityCity as % of

urban population

City as % of total

population

Haiti Port-au-Prince 63.1 24.5

Guatemala Guatemala City 47.7 19.3

Panama Panama City 50.9 29.4

Argentina Buenos Aires 37.5 34

Mexico Mexico City 23.5 17.9

Brazil Sao Paulo 11.9 10.0

United States New York City 7.6 6.2

Canada Toronto 19.5 15.8

Migration Flows in the

AmericasTo the US

To JapanTo Portugal

To Italy and

Spain

To Spain

External Migration

Regional Migration

Politics in Latin America