Chapter 10
Atlantic South America
By:
Alex, Brice,
McKenna, Kristen,
Kody, Stef,
And Tyler
Atlantic South America
 Names
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
Vocabulary Worksheet
 Turn to vocabulary page in your packet.
GROUP UP
 Get into groups of 5
 Take your packets, book, and a writing utensil
Map Worksheet
Physical Features
 Complete Physical Features on pages 232 to 235
Further Research
Amazon River
 The source of the Amazon River
is Lago Villafro in the Andes
Mountain, Peru.
 Because it is so vast it is sometimes
Called The River Sea.
Further Research
 Amazon Rain Forest
 If deforestation continues, we’ll completely lose the
rain forests within the next 40 years.
 The rainforests are and have been destroyed in the last
100 years to make way for farm land. Today, the
rainforests are being destroyed by 1.5 acres every
second!
Brazil
 Complete Brazil note taking guide
 On pages 236 to 240
Brazil
Exports:
 Coffee
 Sugar cane
Holiday:
 Carnival
Government:
 Federal Republic
Brazil
Sports:
 Soccer
Current Events/ Key City:
Rio de Janeiro- Olympics 2016
Argentina
Government
 Has changed over many years
 Has an Informal Economy
 Still continues to change
Holidays
Mostly the same as the United States
 Carnival
 Christmas
 New Years
 Memorial Day
 Yom Kippur
Argentina
Culture
 40 million people are descendants from Spanish, Italian, or
other European settlers
 3% of population are Argentine Indians and mestizos
 Most are Roman Catholic
Exports
Large ranches and farms exports:
 Beef
 Wheat
 Corn
Paraguay and Uruguay
Uruguay
 Claimed by Portugal in
Colonial Era
 1825 declared independence
from Spain
 Sells electricity to Brazil and
Argentina
 Democratic government
Paraguay
 Claimed by the Spanish in
the mid-1830s
 Independent country after
1811
 Speak Spanish, Guarani
 Beef is their major export
 Agriculture is an important
part of their economy
 Democratic government
Both Paraguay and Uruguay
 Based on last slide fill out Paraguay and Uruguay.
 Read in book to fill in both area.
Test Review
 Please use all of your notes to study for your
Chapter 10 test.
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