Venezuela by Destiny Trottier https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk Destiny Trottier en-us 2019-03-04 20:49:54 UTC 2026-01-14 19:25:50 UTC hello@padlet.com 6 Fast Facts dtrottier35 https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337672924 ~Venezuela is the 33rd largest country in the world
~Baseball is the most popular sport there
~The Joropo is the national dance of this country
~Venezuela has 23 states
~The cuatro is their national instrument
~The total population of Venezuela is 1,304,016 as of July 2017

]]> 2019-03-04 20:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337672924 Physical Map of Venezuela dtrottier35 https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673085 coordinates- 6.4238° N, 66.5897° W
 ]]> 2019-03-04 20:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673085 Map of Latin America dtrottier35 https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673217 Capital- Caracas ]]> 2019-03-04 20:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673217 Food dtrottier35 https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673384 Pabellon Criolla. It is a simple dish of shredded beef and black beans served on a bed of white rice. It almost always is accompanied by a fried egg.]]> 2019-03-04 20:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673384 Demographics dtrottier35 https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673591 Death rate-  5.3 deaths/1,000 population
Birth Rate- 2.32 births per woman
Life Expectancy- 74.54 years
Literacy rate- 97.13%
growth rate- 1.23%]]> 2019-03-04 20:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673591 History dtrottier35 https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673720 ~In 1811, it became one of the first Spanish-American colonies to declare independence
~During the 19th century, Venezuela suffered political turmoil and autocracy, remaining dominated by regional caudillos (military strongmen) until the mid-20th century.]]> 2019-03-04 20:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673720 Climate dtrottier35 https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673794 its local climates vary with altitude from hot and humid lowlands to cool highlands. Temperatures in Caracas average 72 degrees and vary little from season to season. About 32 inches (81 centimeters) of rain falls there each year, mainly from April to December.]]> 2019-03-04 20:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673794 Landscape dtrottier35 https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673852 The Venezuelan Landscape includes towering mountains, tropical jungles, broad river plains, and arid coastal plains, all of which provide a diversity of natural habitats and a range of challenges to social integration and economic development.]]> 2019-03-04 20:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673852 Government dtrottier35 https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673910 Pres: Nicolas Maduro Moros
Executive Vice Pres: Delcy Rodriguez Gomez
Min. of Agricultural Production & Lands: Wilmar Castro Soteldo]]> 2019-03-04 20:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337673910 Language dtrottier35 https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337674051 Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic and English are the most common foreign languages spoken in Venezuela. Some English words, such as "parking," have found their way into Venezuelan Spanish. Venezuelans often speak less formally than people in most other Spanish -speaking countries.]]> 2019-03-04 20:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337674051 Religion dtrottier35 https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337674130 Venezuela, like most South American nations, Christianity is the largest religion, with a predominantly Catholic population. The influence of the Catholic Church was introduced in its colonization by Spain.]]> 2019-03-04 20:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dtrottier35/d8lgaa2nnkbk/wish/337674130