1. Vocabulary Patagonia – Dry, windswept plateau.
Pampas – Vast treeless plains that support cattle ranching.
Buenos Aires – Argentina’s largest city and capital.
Estancias – Large cattle ranches.
Gauchos – Argentine cowboys.
Manufacturing – Building items in factories.
Humid subtropical climate – Climate with hot humid summers and mild rainy winters.
Draw a plateau.
The Pampas is to Argentina as ______ are to the United States.
Buenos Aires is to Argentina as ________ is to Mexico.
Name a U.S. state that has a humid subtropical climate.

2. Argentina Land *West - Andes *Highest Peak – Mt. Aconcagua
The Andes are to Argentina as _______ are to the U.S.
Aconcagua is to Argentina as _______ is to the U.S.

3. Argentina Political Map
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4. Southeast - Patagonia Central - Pampas Northwest – Gran Chaco
Guanaco
Rhea
Pudu
Andean Mountain Cat
Two important rivers:
Uruguay & Parana

5. Climate (use the map on page 236)
Northeast – Humid subtropical
Far West – Highland
Most of South – Desert and steppe
Why are glaciers found in southern Argentina?

6. Argentina Climate
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7. Five major farm products: beef, sugarcane, wheat, soybeans, corn
Economy
Five major farm products: beef, sugarcane, wheat, soybeans, corn
Five manufactured goods: food products, cars, chemicals, textiles, books
What are words that also represent – 1) farming and 2) manufacturing?

8. Food & Drink What foods do you eat that are most similar to these?
Mate
Asado
Dulce de Leche
Empanadas
What foods do you eat that are most similar to these?
Vino

9. Most people live in Buenos Aires & the Pampas. % European ancestry: 85
Language: Spanish
What other language can be found? Italian
Name two countries “Europeans” are from.
Why do you think more Europeans settled Argentina than any other South American country?
What kind of dance are they doing below?

10. Main religion: Roman Catholic Urban% 80
Floralis Generica
Buenos Aires

11. History
In the late 1500s, the Spanish settled the area now known as Buenos Aires.
In 1816 Argentina won its independence from Spain.
In 1982, Argentina suffered defeat in a war with the United Kingdom over control of the Falkland Islands.

12. Check out the McDonald’s Argentina menu: