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Vocabulary Patagonia – Dry, windswept plateau.

Vocabulary Patagonia – Dry, windswept plateau. Pampas – Vast treeless plains that support cattle ranching. Buenos Aires – Argentina’s largest city and capital. Estancias – Large cattle ranches. Gauchos – Argentine cowboys. Manufacturing – Building items in factories.

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Vocabulary Patagonia – Dry, windswept plateau.

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  1. Vocabulary • Patagonia – Dry, windswept plateau. • Pampas – Vast treeless plains that support cattle ranching. • Buenos Aires – Argentina’s largest city and capital. • Estancias – Large cattle ranches. • Gauchos – Argentine cowboys. • Manufacturing – Building items in factories. • Humid subtropical climate – Climate with hot humid summers and mild rainy winters. • Draw a plateau. • The Pampas is to Argentina as ______ are to the United States. • Buenos Aires is to Argentina as ________ is to Mexico. • Name a U.S. state that has a humid subtropical climate.

  2. Argentina Land *West - Andes *Highest Peak – Mt. Aconcagua • The Andes are to Argentina as _______ are to the U.S. • Aconcagua is to Argentina as _______ is to the U.S.

  3. Argentina Political Map Click on the above link, and answer the questions on your sheet.

  4. Southeast - Patagonia Central - Pampas Northwest – Gran Chaco Guanaco Rhea Pudu Andean Mountain Cat Two important rivers: Uruguay & Parana

  5. Climate (use the map on page 236) Northeast – Humid subtropical Far West – Highland Most of South – Desert and steppe Why are glaciers found in southern Argentina?

  6. Argentina Climate Click on the above link, and answer the questions on your sheet.

  7. Economy Five major farm products: beef, sugarcane, wheat, soybeans, corn Five manufactured goods: food products, cars, chemicals, textiles, books What are words that also represent – 1) farming and 2) manufacturing?

  8. Food & Drink Mate Asado Dulce de Leche Empanadas What foods do you eat that are most similar to these? Vino

  9. People Most people live in Buenos Aires & the Pampas. % European ancestry: 85 Language: Spanish What other language can be found? Italian • Name two countries “Europeans” are from. • Why do you think more Europeans settled Argentina than any other South American country? • What kind of dance are they doing below?

  10. Main religion: Roman Catholic Urban% 80 Floralis Generica Buenos Aires

  11. History In the late 1500s, the Spanish settled the area now known as Buenos Aires. In 1816 Argentina won its independence from Spain. In 1982, Argentina suffered defeat in a war with the United Kingdom over control of the Falkland Islands.

  12. Check out the McDonald’s Argentina menu: McDonald's Argentina

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