Caribean South America

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You can see on the map ,the geography of this region includes rugged.Mountains highlands and plains drained by huge river systems

Wildlife

Caribbean South America is home to some remarkable wildlife. For Example,

hundreds of birds species, meat-eating fish called Piranhas, and crocodileslive in or around the Orinoco River

CaribbeanSouth America

1.-Physical Features,Wildlife

2.- Climate andvegetation, Re-sources

Colombia

3.History, TheChibcha

4.- Spanish conquest

Independence

5.-Colombia ,Peopleand culture

6.-Economy

7.-Civil war

8.-Religion

9.People

10.-Lanjuage

Venezuela

11.Time line

12.Economy

13.

Government

14.-TheGuianas ,Guyana ,Suriname

15.French Guyana

Caribbean South

America

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Colombia

Physical Features


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Caribbean South Americas Location near the equator means that most of the region has warmtemperatures year-round. How ever, temperatures do vary with elevation.

The Resources is: Rice,coffe,bananas ,and sugarcane. In addition, the region has other valuableResources such as: Oil,iron,ore and coal .Both Venezuela and Colombia

Resources

Vegetation

The vegetation is so dense that sunlight barely shines through to the jungle floor

Climate

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Colombias history begins with these people. It also includes conquest by Spainand,later,independence.

The Chibcha

History

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Colombia

The Chibcha culture covered their new rulers in gold dust. Then they took each ruler to a lake towash the gold off. As the new ruler washed,theChibacha threw gold and emerald objects into thewater.


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In about 1500 Spanish explorers arrived on the Caribbean coast of Shout America. The Span-iards wanted to expand Spains NEW EMPIRE. In doing so , the Spanish conquered the Chibchaand seized much of their

Treasure .Soon after claiming land for themselves, the Spaniards founded a colony and citiesalong the Caribbean coast.

In the late 1700S people in Central South America began struggling for Independence fromSpain.

In1830 the republic dissolved ,and New Granada which included Colombia and Panama, wascreated.

After independence two different groups of Colombia's debated over how Colombia should berun .

1800S AND 19900S killed thousands. Part of the problem had to do with isolated people in oneregion from anode region

Independence

Spanish Conquest


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Colombia is Caribbean South Americas most populous country. The national capital is Bogota

a city located high in the Eastern Andes

People and Culture

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Colombia

Most Colombia live in the fertile valleys and River basing among the mountain rangeswhere the climate is moderate and good for farming. Rivers such as the Cauca and Magda-lena.

Colombia culture is an interesting mix of influences :

Music.-Traditional African songs and dances on the Caribbean coast.

Sports.-Soccer as well as a traditional the Chibcha ring toss game called tejo

Religion.-Primarily Roman Catholicism

Official Languaje:-Spanish

Ethnic groups :_ 58 percent mestizo also Spinach African and Indian descent


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Colombia's economy relies on several valuable resources Rich Soil steep slopes and tellshade tress produce worldfamous .

Colombia coffee .Other major export crops include bananas ,sugarcane, and cotton.

Economy

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Civil War

Civil war is a major problem in Colombia today. Many different groups have waged warwith each other and with Colombia's government .

One of these groups is an army ofguerrillas or members of an irregular militaryforce .these guerrillas want to overthrow the government.

The Guerrillas as well as other militant groups have forced farmers off their land andcaused thousands of Colombians to flee the country


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Religion

People worshipedmany Gods

They offered sacri-

fices to the Gods.

For example :

The human blood

People worship a god

People today visit thechurch one day ofweek and offer the god

flowers and candles

Peoplebelieve

in some-one whohelpthen

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People were Indian.

The Emperor wasthe principal personin a culture .

People mixed and formMestizos .

The People were gov-erned by a the Spanish.

Before After

Peoplea socialstruc-

ture

People


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LANGUAGE

People spoke nativeLanguages

People speak Spanish

Peoplealwayshave a wayfor com-munication

Before After


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VENEZUELA


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People inVenezuelahave usedthe agricul-ture as thebase ofeconomy

Economy

AfterBefore

Economy in Vene-zuela based inoil production andexportation.

The People pro-duce for them-selves.

Economy was basedon agriculture.

The People produce

for their king or theemperor.


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Before After

Government

The King and the Emperormanaged the empire.

The people in the highestposition elected the King orthe emperor.

The president manages the coun-try.

People elect the president .

Thepresidentand theKing or

the em-perormanagethe coun-try


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The Guianas

The countries of Guyana ,Suriname, and french .Guiana are together know as the Guiana's has a dense tropical rainforest cover much of this region witch lies east of Venezuela.

Guayana

Nearly all of Guyana's agricultural lands are located on the flat fertile plains along coast. Guyana's most important ag-ricultural products are rice and sugar. Guyana's population is diverse .About Half of its people are descend from peoplewho migrated to Guyana's from India. Most Guyanese today farm small plots of land or run small businesses.

Suriname

Like Guyana ,Suriname has a diverse population. The Countrys population includes South Asians ,Africans ChineseIndonesians and Creoles . People of mixed heritage.


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French Guyana

French Guianas 190,000 people live mostly in coastal areas. Other groups include Europeans and Asians and SouthAmerican Indians .The country depend heavily on imports for its food and energy

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