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Geospatial Analysis #5 –
South America’s Indigenous Languages (Chapter 5) Launch MapMaster 2.0 in Mastering Geography and follow the instructions below. Please note the revisions to the original instructions in Question #2. On a world map, most of South America appears in the Indo-European language family. Some diversity exists within the region, as shown in Figure 5.2.4. Add
the Spanish as Official or De Facto Language
layer and zoom
to Latin America. 1.
What is the one large country in South America where Spanish is not the official language? If you do not know the answer, in the Legend, select
the Settings icon, and select
Show Political Labels. Looking at the map, Brazil is a country that Spanish is not official language. The official language in Brazil is Portuguese. Brazil is not known for speaking Spanish as I stated that Portuguese is the official language. 2.
Add
the Indigenous Languages (South Latin America) layer. Select Replace data layer and then select Spanish as Official or de facto Language. Reset
the map. Add
the Population (
Arithmetic
) Density by Country layer and select Split Map Window. Are indigenous languages more likely to be spoken in areas of high population density or low population density? Indigenous Languages are mostly spoken in countries with a low population density. For example the language Quechua has a population density of less than 25 according to the colors on the map and how they line up with each other. 3.
Add
World Elevations, and replace
the Population Density layer. Hover
over the area of highest elevation on the World Elevations map. Describe the spatial association between high elevation and indigenous languages. The place with the highest elevation is between the countries of Peru and Bolivia and part of Argentina that show to have an elevation of more than 4,000 m. Those three countries all have the same indigenous language in common which is Quechua. Very small part of Southern Peru and Western Bolivia speaks Aymara but the more common indigenous language in that region is Quechua.
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