Global Cultures Unit 9 The Americas | Strayer University

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Strayer University
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HUM 111 | World Cultures I
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2020
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Unit 9: The Americas South America consists of 12 independent countries: ➢ Argentina ➢ Bolivia ➢ Brazil ➢ Chile ➢ Colombia, ➢ Ecuador ➢ Guyana ➢ Paraguay ➢ Peru ➢ Suriname ➢ Uruguay ➢ Venezuela More facts: ● There are still many indigenous tribes there ● Home to the Amazon Rainforest ● More than 300 languages are spoken there ● Spanish is the commonly spoken language ● In Brazil, Portuguese is spoken primarily ● In South America is the Atamaca desert (the driest place on earth) ● Brazil is the largest country there ● Mountain Aconcagua is the largest mountain outside of Asia, and it is 6962 meters high ● Tons of natural resources ● Sao Paulo, Brail, is one of the ten biggest cities in the entire world. ● The Amazon river (second biggest river in the world) ● In South America, evidence of human life dates to 10,000 BC ● When the Europeans arrived in South America, the Incas were the largest tribe ● Central America connects it to North America South America Map: North America Map: