Maps of the Americas

 

Map of North America (United States, Canada, Greenland, Mexico) (Mexico is part of Latin America but the United States and Canada are part of Anglo America)

When you click on any part of the map, you access a link of the enlarged area. For the test on Friday you will need to know states (the U.S.) and provinces (Canada).

Map of Central America (part of Latin America)

Map of the Caribbean Islands (part of Latin America)

You will need to know the islands of the Greater Antilles

Map of South America (part of Latin America)

Physical Map of South America

Things you need to know:

1) Where the countries of Latin America are located in relation to one another.

     - Examples: where Costa Rica is in relation to Mexico; where Brazil is in relation to Uruguay

2) The countries in which major physical features are located:

        - Andes Mountains, Mount Aconcagua, Patagonia, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental, Amazon River Basin, Amazon River, Orinoco River, Tierra Del Fuego, Llanos, Pampas

3) Know the islands of the Greater Antilles (by knowing this you will be able to identify if an island is not in that region).

4) Know all the countries of Central America.

Three Climate Zones of the Earth

Please remember the following: Tropic of Cancer - 23.5N; Tropic of Capricorn - 23.5S; Arctic Circle - 66.5N; Antarctic Circle - 66.5S; Equator - 0 (latitude)

Use the above maps to memorize the locations of major bodies of water which include Hudson Bay, Caribbean Sea, Labrador Sea, Bering Sea, and Baffin Bay

The difference between Anglo-America and Latin America: Anglo-America most often refers to a region in the Americas in which English is the main language and British culture and the British Empire have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact. Anglo-America is distinct from Latin America, a region of the Americas where Romance languages (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese and French) are prevalent.

Koppen Classification Letters
 
First letter: climate type
 
A - Tropical: Hot temperatures all year. This type of climate has every month of the year with an average temperature of (64.4 °F) or higher, with significant precipitation.
 
B - Dry: This type of climate has little precipitation.
 
C - Temperate: temperate climates are those without extremes of temperature and precipitation (rain and snow). There are four distinct seasons. This type of climate has the coldest month averaging between 0 °C (32 °F) and 18 °C (64.4 °F) and at least one month averaging above 10 °C (50 °F).
 
D - Continental: similar to temperate climates (four distinct seasons); located in latitudes higher than temperate climates. Summers are shorter and milder than those of temperate climates. Winters are longer and colder than those of temperate climates.
 
E – Polar: temperature does not rise above 50 °F; controlled by the polar and arctic air masses of high latitudes (60° N and S and higher).