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DOG Pile
• Page 228 Answer the two questions on the map at the bottom of the page
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South America• The 13 countries of
South America
• Brazil, Chile, Argentina• Uruguay, Paraguay,
Bolivia• Peru, Ecuador, Columbia• Venezuela, Guyana,
Suriname, French Guiana
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Brazil• The Amazon river flows
across the continent from the Andes Mountains to the Atlantic
• Heavy rains fall in the Amazon Basin during summer and autumn
• The Great Escarpment (steep cliff) is where the highlands drop sharply to the Atlantic
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Brazil• Brazil has a varied
climate because of its vast size and varied landforms
• Brazil’s rich mineral resources are found in the south
• Its capital Brasilia was built away from the coast to encourage settlement of the continent’s interior
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Brazil• The grassland in
the south is used to raise cattle and sheep
Brazil’s culture is largely Portuguese (it was a colony of Portugal)
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Brazil
• Many of the people who live in Brazil today are descendants of the slave brought to the new world.
• Brazil is a democratic republic• Brazil, especially Rio de
Janero, is famous for its celebrations of Carnival (right before Lent- the time before Easter)
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Argentina • South America’s 2nd largest country behind
Brazil• The Andes tower over western Argentina
(Aconcauga- highest mtn in Western hemisphere)
• SE of the Andes is Patagonia and dry windy plain
• Sheep raising is the only major economic activity in Patagonia
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Argentina• Buenos Aries – capital,
largest city, on the Rio de la Plata
• Rio de la Plata – large bay formed by Parana and Uruguay river
• Vast grasslands called the Pampas
• Economy depends on Farming and Ranching
• Sugarcane, beef, soybeans
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Argentina
• Leading manufactured goods
Food productsCarsChemicalsTextiles (cloth)Books/magazines
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Argentina• Petroleum is the most valuable mineral resource
and is found in Patagonia and the Andes• Europeans began to arrive in the 1500s and most
natives had been killed or died from disease by the 1800s
• A democratic republic it fought a against Britain in a war (1980s) for control of the Falkland islands
• 85% of the population are of European ancestry mostly Spain and Italy
• Official language is Spanish with Italian mixed in…