Lesson 16: Hydropower on the Amazon River
March 26, 2019
Review:
- Exam 3 Results
- Grade Check
Presentation:
- Geography of South America
- Natural Resource Extraction in South America
- Historical Theme
- Resource Extraction
- Conquistadors to Chevron
- Damming, Drilling and Mining
- Negative impacts on indigenous communities and environment
- Historical Theme
- Economy of Brazil
- In “BRICS”, B=Brazil
- Hydropower on the Amazon
- Hydropower Basics
- Belo Monte Dam
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- Damocracy (start at 9:15, end at 27:30)
Assignment:
- Watch Guns, Germs and Steel – Episode 2