A profile of Latin America (defined as consisting of the countries of Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela) emerges from this collection of black and white illustrative maps, tables, and graphs. Depicted are Latin America's: size, population, resources, commodities, trade, cities, schooling, jobs, energy, industry, demographic statistics, food and agriculture, and aspects of national governments. Twenty individual country maps produced by the United States Department of State are also included, and an article by William H. McNeil entitled "A Background: How Columbus Remade the World," provides insights on how Columbus's voyages shaped the modern world. The volume is designed to be used by classroom teachers and curriculum developers as a compendium of teaching resources. (BZ)