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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

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Climate and vegeta-

tion, resources

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Colombias history Pag 3

Chibcha culture, inde-

pendence, spanish

sonquest

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Colombia today and

people and culture

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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

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The guianas, suri-

name and guyana

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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

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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

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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.

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