2a Latin America Intro

A. Define Interdisciplinary Studies- Interdisciplinary Studies refers to studying several academic disciplines or fields of study.(1)
Researchers from different areas of study may come together to better understand a certain subject. (2)

B. Define Latin America- A geographic and cultural region with 18 Spanish speaking countries. (3) All Americas south of the United States are included in Latin America. It usually includes Central America, South America, Mexico, and the caribbean islands. (4)

C. Below are a listing of countries that make up Latin America:

Central America South America North America (5)
Belize Argentina Mexico
Costa Rica Boliva
El Salvador Brazil
Guatemala Chile
Honduras Colombia
Nicaragua Ecuador
Panama French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguy
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela

D. Below are a listing of countries that make up the Caribbean:(5)

Antigua & Barbuda Martinique
Aruba Puerto Rico
Bahamas St. Kitts & Nevis
Barbados St. Lucia
Cayman Islands St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Cuba Trinidad & Tobago
Dominica Turks & Caico\s Islands
Dominican Republic Virgin Islands
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica

E. Here is a cool fact I I did not know about the Caribbean!

The Bahamas include 700 islands covering over one thousand square miles of Atlantic Ocean between South Florida and Hispaniola. However, people live on only 30 of these islands.(6)

F. Sources

1. wikipedia.org/wik/interdisciplinary-studies

2. educationindix.com

3. wikipedia.org/wiki/latin_america

4. answers.com/topic/latin-america

5. lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries/

The sources utilized I believe are all reputable because they are widely used and relied upon. However, when using the source Wikipedia, you need to be careful because I have been told that some information added by the public is not edited for accuracy.

G. One thing I notice about my classmates is that for many of them, this is their first time blogging and/or making a webpage.

William and I are both distance swimmers for the JC and I just found out he's in this class.

Paul and I live about the same distance from the JC.