Argentina by hanna https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n Hanna Holland en-us 2014-08-26 15:42:57 UTC 2024-07-18 16:40:50 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d1vx483k16dx5e.cloudfront.net/v2/render/format_png/https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fviewer%3Fembedded%3Dtrue%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fd20uo2axdbh83k.cloudfront.net%252F20140826%252F7c161f6bd7d4f55f1ade6e3db8f97588.svg People & Society hhol1005 https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32224234 -white (97%), mestizo, Amerindian, and other.

-Language: Spanish (official), Italian, English, German,

French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)

-Religion: originally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing),

Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%

-Population: 43,024,374 (July 2014 est.)

-HIV/AIDS deaths :3,700 (2012 est.)

]]> 2014-08-26 15:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32224234 Government hhol1005 https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32225864 - republic

-Capital: Buenos Aires

-Major Cities: Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, Mendoza, La plata

-Time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

-National Holiday: Revolution Day, 25 May (1810)

-National Symbol: sun of May (a sun-with-face symbol

]]> 2014-08-26 15:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32225864 Flag hhol1005 https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32226592 2014-08-26 16:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32226592 Economy hhol1005 https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32227224 -Argentina benefits from rich natural resources, a highly literate population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base.

-GDP: $484.6 billion (2013 est.)

-Ag: sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock

-Import Partners: Brazil 27.2%, US 15.6%, China 11.9%, Germany 4.5% (2012)

-currency- Argentine peso

]]> 2014-08-26 16:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32227224 Iguazu Falls hhol1005 https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32228530 2014-08-26 16:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32228530 History hhol1005 https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32228911 -First explored in 1516 by Juan Diaz de Solis

-slowly developed into Spanish Rule.

-in 1776, the Spanish crown established the Viceroyalty

of the Rio de la Plata, an umbrella territory.

- federal state was formed in 1853-1861, known today as the Republic of Argentina.

]]> 2014-08-26 16:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32228911 Coats of arms hhol1005 https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32332305 2014-08-27 15:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32332305 Points of Interest hhol1005 https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32336789 -Iguazu Falls-waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentina province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná

-Fitz Roy- is a mountain located near El Chaltén village, in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in Patagonia

-Casa Rosada- executive mansion and office of the President of Argentina. The palatial mansion is known officially as Casa de Gobierno

]]> 2014-08-27 15:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32336789 Casa Rosada hhol1005 https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32337351 2014-08-27 15:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32337351 Fitz Roy hhol1005 https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32337667 2014-08-27 16:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hhol1005/ewd1hpy8oa9n/wish/32337667