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La VacaBy: July HerreraMichelle Drada
Valentina GomezHermes Noguera
Physical Characteristics
• Mountains– Andes Mts.
• Plains– Llanos
• Forests– Amazon
• Lakes– Lake Maracaibo
• Rivers– Ubre– Leche
• Deserts– Guajira
Flag
Languages
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Spanish Chibchombiano Other
Language
Percentage
87%
10% 3%
Climate• Humid Tropical
– Warm and rainy year-round
– Day: 90º-95º F – Night: 65º-70º F
• Highland– Greatly varied
temps.– Precipitation
amounts over short distances as elevations changes
• Tropical Savanna– Warm all year– Rainy and dry summers– Summers
• Day: 90º F• Night: 70º F
– Winter• Day: 75º-80º F • Night: 55º
• Steppe – Semiarid– Hot summers→ cool
winters
Government• President
– Enrique Uribe
• Vice President– Vladimir Velasco
• Democratic– Of or for the
people in general – Social equality
Rel igions
3%5%
6%
10%
76%
Mooism
Catholic
Christianity
Jewish
Other
Education• Kindergarten to 11th grade• Very advanced education• Grading scale: from 0 to 20• School year begins from January to
November
Culture• Holidays
– Carnival: Sunday before holy week– Holy week – Independence day: October 31– Christmas: December 25– Día de la vaca loca: January 17– La semana del Mooish (Week of the
Mooish):Week after independence day
Food• Meat• Arepas• Empanadas• Tamales• Pastries:
– 3 leches– Cheesecake
• Cachitos• Ayaca• Pan de queso • Buñuelos• Tequeños/
Tequeñones
Music
**Reggaeton** Merenge
Salsa
Cumbia
Tambores
Customs• One day a week only dairy food• Party every Friday • Drinking age 15• Club age 15• Driving age 16• Pray for cows before dinner
Transportation• Taxi’s
– Main transportation
• Collective Buses– Smaller buses
• Buses– Second main
transportation
• Subway– Underground trains
**The price for a gallon of gas is cheaper**
Sports• Soccer
– Most popular sport– You learn it when you’re
young
• Baseball• Basketball• Volleyball