Brazil Five Themes

Brazil's Physical Characteristics: Amazon River
Brazil's Regions: North, Northeast, South, Southeast, & Centerwest
Brazil's Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Brazil's Goods: Bauxite, Gold, Iron Ore, Nickel, Platinum, Tin, Petroleum, Phosphates, Uranium, Hydro Electricity Power, Diamonds, Limestone, Clay, & Sand
Brazil's Relative Location: Brazil's relative location is 15 degrees 46 degrees South, 47 degrees 55 degrees West .Brazil is dissected by the equator and The Tropic of Cancer. Brazil is bordering a lot of countries in South America & is bordering the Atlantic Ocean. 

Map of Brazil:

Argentina: Five Themes of Geography

Argentina

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Longitude and Latitude- 

22 Degrees South and 56 Degrees South

74 Degrees West and 55 Degrees West

Borderings

-Chile to the west,

-Bolivia and Paraguay to the north,

-Uruguay to the east

Place

Human Characteristics- 

92% of Argentina is Catholic others being Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Atheist.

Most of Argentina speaks spanish.

Physical Characteristic-

Andes Mountains

Patagonia (Large Plateau)

Paraná River

Pilcomayo ,Bermejo, Rio Negro, Salado River

Human Environment Action

Poor air water and air quality, deforestation, soil degradation

Significant European Influences

The capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires mocks the architecture of European Styles.

The other big influence is the gauchos and their traditional lifestyle of self-reliance. Indigenous American traditions have been absorbed in the general cultural milieu.

Place

South America

Southwest Hemisphere

Bolivia

16* 29' S 68* 8'W
Bolivia is on of the two landlocked countries
La Paz is the Capitol
there are many river's running through Bolivia
More rural than urban
The altiplano
Bolivia has many different climates
such as polar near the andes mountains
rainforest
humid altiplano
the main religion of Bolivia

French guiana

                                           French Guiana 

By: Will Remnick

French guina is a small country in south american  it was settled buy the french and the spainsh and the dutch but it is a french colony because the treaty of breda and is still owend buy the french the main language is french well  www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107544.html found great stuff in this website. the capital is cayenne.

there are beaches mountains, volcainos,forests
Ecuador's main export are petroleum, bananas, cult flower and shrimp. its main export partners are the united states, panama, peru and italy. its main import are vehicles, medicinal products, telecommunications equipment and electricity. the main import partners are the united states, columbia, china, venezuela, brazil, chile, japan and mexico.
folk music and folk dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U9CGC5jR30
Equator, and subsequently is positioned in the northern, southern and western hemispheres

Chile

location-
20 N- 55 S
Pacific Ocean
boarders Argentina, Bolivia, Peru
movement-
Spanish and Casilian main language
seafood
beef
fruits
veggies
tradtional foods
asado
cazuela
empandas
humitas
pastel de choclo
Place-
Andes mountains
Atacama Desert
region-
54 provinces
15 regions

Five themes of geography

Place
- human characteristics
- physical characteristics

Region
- vernacular region
- formal region
- functional region

HEI
- humans depend
- humans modify
- humans adapt

Location
- absolute location
- relative location

Movement
- ideas
- people
- goods

4.

Fossils are molds or parts of ancient plants and animals.

Continental Drift

Africa used to be a large part of South America before Pangea was separated.

Question 7

French Guiana is a territory of France

French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America.

13. The Antiplano stretches across Peru and Bolivia.

14. Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile are part Of Pacific South America. You can see that all of these country border the Pacific ocean to the left.

 

 

15. The narrowest country in South America is Chile. You can see Chile on the western side bordering Argerntina to the west.

Capital of brazil

I found on this website that Brasilia is the capital of Brazil. Below is a picture of Brasilia along with a map that shows Brasilia is the capital (see the red square)

This map shows that Brazil is the largest country in South America


























This map shows that a large plain stretches across Venezuela