Marc Becker, Professor
mbecker@ilstu.edu

Map Quiz

We will have a map quiz in class on Tuesday, July 14. The geography of Latin America is important to understand many of the things we will discuss in class, and so therefore I encourage you to study hard for this quiz and to do well on it.

The following are the places which you should be prepared to identify on a map. All can be found on the maps in Keen's A History of Latin America. Some of you may also find this map of Latin America useful.

Countries

Argentina
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Perú
Puerto Rico
El Salvador
Uruguay
Venezuela

Cities

Asunción
Bahia
Bogotá
Brasilia
Buenos Aires
Caracas
Cartagena
Cuzco
Guatemala City
Guayaquil
Havana
Lima
Managua
Mexico City
Montevideo
La Paz
Puebla
Quito
Rio de Janeiro
San José
San Salvador
Santiago
Santo Domingo
Tegucigalpa
Veracruz

Mountains and Regions

Amazon Basin
Andes Mountains
Atacama Desert
Baja California
Brazilian Highlands
Chaco
Equator
Guiana Highlands
Sierra Madre
Occidental
Sierra Madre Oriental
Tierra del Fuego
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Yucatán Peninsula

Rivers and Lakes

Amazon
Lake Titicaca
Orinoco River
Paraguay River
Paraná River
Rio de la Plata
Rio Grande (Bravo)
São Francisco

Also, be prepared to define the following terms:

America
Andean Region
Caribbean America
Central America
Hispanic America
Iberian Peninsula
Iberoamerica

Latin America
Mesoamerica
North America
Nuclear America
South America
Southern Cone
Spanish America

Related web sites

Maps of the Americas from the The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin
Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
Latin American Geography classes at other universities:
- Geography of Latin America
- Latin American Geography