Compare natural resources, land use, ethnic groups, and languages in the countries of Mexico and Central America, using a graphic organizer (notes table), and written commentary (Flip Flop).
Understand the variety of natural resources in South America and their importance to the economies of different countries, using cause & effect chart, and an illustrated poster.
Vocabulary:
cacao
Mestizos
cultivated
natural gas
“Hollow Continent”
ores
Iberians
petroleum
livestock
sugarcane
Understand the effect that colonialism had on the languages, religions, and ethnic groups in the Caribbean region today, using a completed graphic organizer, and creative writing.