Geography

Concepts to cover

1. Rockies (young fold), Appalachians (old fold), Sierra Nevada (block), Cascades (volcanic), Colorado plateau, Canadian Shield, Great Plains
2. Mississippi-Missouri, St Lawrence and the Great Lakes, Colorado (Grand Canyon), Columbia, Yukon, Mackenzie, Rio Grande, Great Salt Lake
3. Andes: young fold range along Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina; volcanoes such as Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Aconcagua
4. Amazon, Orinoco, Parana-Paraguay-Uruguay and the Rio de la Plata, Sao Francisco, Magdalena; Lake Titicaca, Lake Maracaibo, Patos Lagoon (Brazil)
5. Brazilian and Guiana highlands, Gran Chaco, Pampas, Patagonia, Atacama desert, Altiplano
6. Isthmus of Panama, Central American volcanic belt, Caribbean islands, Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan