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Chile and EcuadorCreated byMr. Raponi

Objectives

Students will be able to define Glacier Service Industry

Students will be able to discuss culture of the region. Food Mestizo Ancestry

Chile Chile is almost twice the size of California, although its width is

only _________ miles.

What Chile lacks in width, Chile makes up for in length,

____________ miles long.

About 80% of Chile’s land is mountainous with the

___________ running along Chile’s border with Bolivia and Argentina.

More Land of Chile

In the north of Chile lies the

_______________________, one of the driest places on Earth.

A steppe climate zone lies just north of Chile’s capital,

_____________________.

Most of Chile’s people are in the central valley that has a Mediterranean climate, the fertile valleys here have the largest concentration of cities, industries, and farms.

Landforms

The lake region in the south has thick forests.Chile’s far south is a stormy, wind-swept region of snowcapped volcanoes, thick forests and huge

___________________, a slowly moving mass of ice originating from an build up of snow. The Strait of Magellan separates mainland Chile from a group of islands known as the Tierra Del Fuego (Land of Fire.)At the Southern tip of South America, you find

______________________, the southernmost point of the continent.

Glaciers

Economy of Chile

Mining forms the backbone of Chile’s economy. Chile ranks as the world’s leading

_________________ producer.Chile has factories that process fish and other foods and

___________________, businesses that offer a service, such as banking and tourism are very important.

People of Chile

Of the 16 million people in Chile, most are

___________________, a mixture of European and Native American ancestry.

Nearly all of the people of Chile speak Spanish and practice the Roman Catholic religion.

Chile has been a democratic republic since the end of military rule in 1990.

Ecuador is one of the smallest countries in South America

Ecuador is the Spanish word for

_______________, which runs directly through it.

The Equator in Ecuador

The Land

Swamps, deserts and fertile plains cover Ecuador’s

___________ coast.

The Andes run right down the center of the country.

Ecuador’s capital of

______________ lies more than 9,000 feet above sea level.

Living With Snakes! In Ecuador,

nearly 80% of the

population has been

bitten by a venomous snake at least one time in

their lives!

This Dude Is Having A Bad Day!

Economy ________________ is

Ecuador’s leading economic activity. This includes bananas, cacao, sugarcane and other important crops growing in coastal lowlands.

Due to being directly on the ocean, Ecuador catches and exports shrimp, lobsters, crabs, and tuna.

The People

Of Ecuador’s

_________ million people, most claim Native American or

_________________

ancestry.

A small number are of African background.

_________ of Ecuadorians live in urban areas.

Amazon Jungle Food!