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In the caribbean south amer-
ica, you can see the worldshighest waterfall, and the most
largest lake in the world, and
even the largest rodent.
Fisical features
And you can see all the
cordillera de los andes.
You might see Llanos in
this regin, the Llanos is
mostly grassland with a
few trees.
Caribbean South AmericaContents
Caribbean South
America
Pag 1
Climate and vegeta-
tion, resources
Pag 2
Colombias history Pag 3
Chibcha culture, inde-
pendence, spanish
sonquest
Pag 4
Colombia today and
people and culture
Pag 5
Civil war, economy Pag 6
language Pag 7
Religion Pag 8
people Pag 9
Venezuelas history Pag 10
Venezuelas economy Pag 11
Venezuelas gover-
ment
Pag 12
The guianas, suri-
name and guyana
Pag 13
French Guiana Pag 14
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In the Caribbean south America is near the
equator and means that most of the regin haswarm temperatures year-round.
How ever the temperatures do vary with the ele-
vation. For example, in the andes, as you go up
in elevation, the temperature can drop rapidly
about four degrees Fahrenheit every 305 meters.
Climate and vegetation
The good soil and moderate climates help make most of the
Caribbean South America a rich agricultural region.
Major crops include rice, coffee, bananas, and sugarcane.In addition, the region has other valuable resources, such as
soil, iron ore, and coal. Both of Venezuela and Colombia
have a large oil reach areas.
Resources
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In Colombia you can see a lot of statues and tombs.
These are marks of the people who lived in Colombiamore tan 1,500 years ago.
Colombia
Colombia history
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The Chibcha culture inspired the history. Of that they cov-
ered their new rulers in gold dust.
Then they took each ruler to a lake to wash the gold off.
as the new tuler washed, the Chibcha threw gold and em-
erald objects into the water.
Spanish conquest
The chibcha culture
In about 1500 the spanish explorers arrived on the carib-
bean coast of south america.
The Spaniards wanted to expand Spain's new empire, in
doing so, the Spaniards conquered the Chibcha and
seized much of their treasure.
Independence
In the late 1700s people in central and south america be-
gan struggling for Independence from Spain. After Inde-
pendence was archived, the republic of Gran Colombia
was created. It included Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, andVenezuela. In 1830 the republic was dissolved, and New
Granada, which included Colombia and Panama, was
created
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Colombia today
Pag 5
Colombia is Caribbean south america most populous
country. The national capital is Bogota. a city located
high in the Eastern part of Andes,
People and culture
Most of Colombians live in the fertile valleys and river ba-
sins among the mountain ranges.Colombian culture is an interesting mix of influences.
Traditional African songs, in the sports soccer and Tejo.
And the language is spanish
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Economy
The economy of colombia depends in the ixport of oil,iron ore, gold, coal, and emeralds
Pag 6
Civil war
Civil war is the mayor problem in Colombia today. Many
different groups have waged war with each other andwith Colombia government.
One of these groups is an army of guerrillas, or members
of an irregular military force.
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Before the
People belief
in gods
They did sac-rifice of ani-
mals or hu-
mans
Before
and after
the People
believe in
gods
The People
believe in a
god
The People
dont sacrifice
animals or hu-
mans
religion
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The People
before the
Spanish came
they were of
one raze.They dressed
with colorful
native clothes
When the
Spanish ar-
rived People
mixed and ap-
peared new
groups
They dressed
with Spanish
clothes
They lived
in the
same
place
People
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The economy of Venezuela before and
after the spanish conquest.
Venezuela
economy de-pended on the
agriculture
Venezuela
was poor in
gold
Venezuelas
economy isbased in oil
production.
They have an-
other mineralresources
They havehad a way
to earning
money
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People are
governed by a
president.
People have
a democratic
government
People were
governed by a
king or em-
peror.
People had an
autocratic
government
They have
had a per-
son who
control the
country
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The Guiana's.
The countries of Guyana, Suriname, and French
Guiana are together known as the Guiana's. Dense
tropical rain forests cover much of this region, which
lies east of Venezuela.
Guyana.
Guyana comes from south American Indian Word that
means land of waters. About one-third of the coun-
trys population lives in Georgetown the capital of the
country.
Guyana population is diverse. About half of its peopleare descended from people who migrated to Guyana
from India
Suriname.
The resources and economy of Suriname are similar
to those of Guyana. Like Guyana Suriname has di-verse population, the countrys population includes
south Asians, Africans, Chinese, Indonesians, and
creoles people of mixed heritage.
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French Guiana.
French Guiana is a territory of France and sends rep-resentatives to the government in Paris. French
Guianas 190,000 people live mostly in coastal areas.
About two thirds of the people are of African decent.
Other groups include Europeans, Asians and south
American Indians.The country depends heavily on imports for its food
and energy.