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- 4. South America 4thlargest continent in the world Most of the continent is in the “tropics” Coastline along the Atlantic, Pacific and Caribbean Sea Is it South of America?
- 6. Physical Features Three PhysicalRegions Andes Mountains Plains Lowlands and Plateaus of Brazil
- 7. Andes Mountains From Tierradel Fuego to Venezuela 4,500 miles long Inhabitants are mostly native; isolated villages
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- 11. Plains Foothills ofthe Andes to the Atlantic Ocean Argentina & Paraguay Rich loess soil covers the ground Among the best farmland in the world
- 13. Lowlands & Plateausof Brazil Amazon River flows through this huge area of mostly flat land. Wide coastal plain to the Atlantic Site of Colonial European Sugar Plantations
- 15. Indigenous Persons -In thePre-Columbian age, continent dominated by native people - Inca Empire: Andes region from 1438-1533 9-14 million people Highly developed and distinct Cities, road systems, terrace farming
- 16. European Colonization 1494:Spain and Portugal agree to divide the continent By mid 1500s, European colonies established What were the goals of these early colonists? Spanish and Portuguese settlers intermarried with natives, forming a Mestizo class European settlers brought disease and forced labor to SA By mid-1800s, most of South America had won independence
- 18. Government South Americaa battlefield during the Cold War Today, most governments lean left Socialist leaders in: Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentin a, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, P eru, and Venezuela http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwNmYaaindU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDaSJ23DRjs
- 21. Religion Roman Catholicdominates region Other Religions Protestant: French Guiana Christianity, Hinduism, Islam: Guyana & Suriname Animism and Shamanism exist in the Andes
- 22. Languages Spanish & Portuguese dominate Other languages: English, Hindi, Dutch, French, Italian & German Native languages also exist
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- 24. Venezuela Dependent onoil production 75% exports are oil, most to the US and Canada Member of OPEC 10% of workforce farmers (bananas, coffee, corn, oranges, rice, livestock
- 26. Colombia Relies onagricultural products Number one export: Coffee Cotton, sugar, livestock Cocaine 80% of the world’s supply Employs about 200,000 people with annual revenues of $2.2 billion
- 27. Peru Rugged landhas led to a struggling economy 1/3 of population farming Leading producer of asparagus Copper, lead, silver from the mountains
- 28. Bolivia Leading export:natural gas ½ of population farming Producer of quinoa, a week that produces a small, edible grain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7uvygMiwfo http://www.channelone.com/video/the-year-of-quinoa/#ooid=xdHVnODraD2EoGjlDZc9GHfAa8q7TVk
- 29. Ecuador Major export: petroleum World’s largest supplier of balsa wood Most Ecuadorians are farmers
- 30. Argentina Service economies Manufacturing near Buenos Aires Pampas: important to agriculture Patagonia: Petroleum
- 31. Chile Only 3%of land farmable Copper mining & fishing
- 32. Brazil Largest economyin South America Abundance of natural resources & good farmland Fast-moving Amazon river creates hydroelectricity 1/5 of workers in agriculture 2nd only to US in agricultural exports ½ of workers in service industries