Paises De Suramerica

Slide 1: Real facts around the Hispanic world. By: Mayelin Martinez Cobas

Slide 2: Argentina Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the  Americas, is here. Argentineans eat an average of 228 lbs. of  meat per person per year. Everybody tango! Argentineans tango with  true passion, as the dance originated in their country. Argentina’s national game pato, a form of  basketball played on horseback.

Slide 3: Argentina Republica Argentina  Population: 37 000 000  Capital :Buenos Aires  Gov’t: Federal Republic  Official Language: Spanish  Agriculture: meat, wheat, corn, linseed oil  Industry: food processing, motor vehicles  Currency: peso 

Slide 4: La bandera de Argentina.

Slide 5: El mapa de Argentina. Oceano Atlantico

Slide 6: Bolivia Flamingos live here.  Clear your plate! Otherwise, your  Bolivian host will be insulted. Bolivia is crossed by three Andes  mountain ranges that contain four of the world’s highest, eternally snow- topped mountains. What is the world’s second largest  inland sea and highest navigable lake? Lake Titicaca, of course, which lies half in Peru and half in Bolivia.

Slide 7: Bolivia Republica de Bolivia Population: 12 000 000 Capital: La Paz Gov’t: Multiparty Republic Official Language: Spanish Agriculture: potatoes, fruits, vegetables. Industry: Limited manufacturing Currency: Boliviano

Slide 8: La bandera de Bolivia.

Slide 9: El mapa de Bolivia

Slide 10: Chile Llamas live in Chile.  # 1 Mummy makers! Embalming their dead  dead as early as 500 B.C.

Slide 11: Chile Republica de Chile  Population: 14 271 000  Capital: Santiago  Gov’t: Multy party republic  Official Language: Spanish  Agriculture: fresh fruit, salmon  Industry: processed foods, metals (copper, iron, steel),  wine, tourism. Currency: Peso 

Slide 12: La bandera de chile

Slide 13: El mapa de Chile.

Slide 14: Colombia Vampire bats live here.  Colombia is Christopher Columbus’  namesake! Don’t be “sleepless in Colombia!” Yawning in  front of strangers is considered impolite because it is a sing of hunger, and rude! Vacation along the coast in Colombia! The  coast includes both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Slide 15: Colombia Republica de Colombia  Population: 34 948 000  Capital: Bogota  Gov’t: Multiparty Republic  Official Language: Spanish  Agriculture: yarns, cut flowers, coffee  Industry: Cement, chemicals, beverages , emeralds  Currency: peso colombiano 

Slide 16: La bandera de Colombia

Slide 17: El mapa de Colombia

Slide 18: Ecuador The equator goes through this country.  Women were allowed to vote in 1929.  Ecuador has more than 30 active volcanoes. 

Slide 19: Ecuador Republica del Ecuador  Population: 11 384 000  Capital: Quito  Gov’t: Multiparty Republic  Agriculture: petroleum, bananas, shrimp  Industry: petroleum, food processing, textiles  Currency: Sucre 

Slide 20: La bandera de Ecuador.

Slide 21: El mapa de Ecuador

Slide 22: Paraguay Here, people eat manioc, a vegetable like  potato. The pineapple is believed to have originated in  the lowlands of Paraguay. Paraguay has the highest growth rate in South  America at 2.6%.

Slide 23: Paraguay Republica del Paraguay  Population: 4 580 000  Capital: Asuncion  Gov’t: constitutional  Official Language: Spanish  Agriculture: Soybeans, feed cotton, meat, edible oils,  tobacco, cattle Industry: Sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood  products, electricity Currency: Guarani 

Slide 24: La bandera de Paraguay.

Slide 25: El mapa de Paraguay.

Slide 26: Peru / Perú In Peru, people grow more than 100 different kinds of  potatoes! Never a raindrop upon your head in Lima, Peru! It  never rains in Lima, Peru. Never has and never will. The Incas and other pre-Columbian tribes in Peru  developed the decimal system, years before it was used in Europe. Machu Picchu was discovered by Hiram Bingham, an  American, in 1911.

Slide 27: Peru Republica de Peru  Population: 23 588 000  Capital: Lima  Gov’t: Transitional republic  Official Language: Spanish  Agriculture: cotton, coffee, byproducts  Industry: Mining(copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver)  petroleum, fishing Currency: Nuevo sol 

Slide 28: La bandera de Peru.

Slide 29: El mapa de Peru.

Slide 30: Uruguay A kind of bird called rhea lives here.  Uruguay is the smallest Hispanic republic.  Uruguay is the Switzerland of South America  because of its democracy and social benefits such as free education.

Slide 31: Uruguay Republica Oriental del Uruguay  Population: 3 300 000  Capital: Montivideo  Gov’t: Republic  Official Language: Spanish  Agriculture: wool manufactures, beef  Industry: Food processing, electrical machinery,  tourism Currency: Peso uruguayo 

Slide 32: La bandera de Uruguay

Slide 33: El mapa de Uruguay

Slide 34: Venezuela Giant anteaters live in Venezuela.  En Venezuela viven los osos hormigueros  gigantes.

Slide 35: Venezuela Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela  Population: 24 000 000  Capital: Caracas  Gov’t: Federal Republic  Official Language: Spanish  Agriculture: coffee, cocoa  Industry: petro-chemicals, oil refining, iron ore, steel,  aluminum Currency: Bolivar 