Argentina
Wind-made rock formations. Over millions of years, the strong winds shaped the rock.
3. What can you find there?El Parque Provincial Ischigualasto:
The Devils Throat.
3. What does Garganta del Diablo mean?
October 12, 1884
3. When was it founded? (Ushuaia)
82 metres high, 150 m wide, and 700 m long. It is taller and twice as wide as the Niagara Falls.
4. How big is Garganta del Diablo?
233 square miles. Desert-like.
4. How big is it? What type of topography does it have?El Parque Provincial Ischigualasto:
There are many tourist attractions. There are local birds including orcas, seals and penguins. There are bus and boat tours of the city and also historical museums that explain the life of early settlement. Beagle Channel, surrounded by water, sky and mountains. Tierra del Fuego National Park. Kide the Glacier Martial. El Tren la Fin del Mundo: the train played an essential role for the building of the prison to guarantee the necessary firewood used for cooking and heating all year round.
4. What can you see there (attractions)? (Ushuaia)
All of the houses are really colorful.
4. What makes the buildings so special? (la boca)
It's tall, colorful buildings and European influence. Also they are famous for their soccer team!
5. What is it La Boca famous for?
Iguazu River
5. What is the name of the river that feeds the falls?La Garganta del Diablo (Iguazu Falls)
45˚ and very windy. Very dry.
5. What is the weather like there?El Parque Provincial Ischigualasto:
There are many Magellanic Penguins that live off the south coast of Argentina in colonies. The penguins are named after the portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan. He spotted the birds in 1520.
Los pingüinos:
Located in the Andes mountains, this mountain is the highest mountain in both the western and southern hemisphere. It is also one of the seven summits. Aconcagua is the highest non-technical mountain in the world if climbed on the north side. It is 22,837 ft. tall.
Mount Aconcagua:
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Name of the President:
July 9, 1816
National Independence Day:
spanish
Official language
located in Tierra del fuego (Ushuaia) Climate is very windy.
Other (Ushuaia):
41 million
Population:
Located in the province of Río Negro, San Carlos de Bariloche is a city on the southern shores of the Andes mountains (Nahuel Huapi Lake). The area is famous for the wonderful alpine skiing, hiking, and restaurants/cafes.
San Carlos de Bariloche:
República
Type of government:
This is a famous painting painted by Alejandro Xul Solar. He was a spanish artist, however, he had german heritage. Solar had a very big impact on argentinean modern art.
Vuel Villa (1936)
In Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Cueva de las Manos Where is it located?
Peso Argentino
Currency:
The Tango is a dance that originated in the neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. It is a combination of European folk music, African drums and gaucho songs. The first couple dance was the Viennese Waltz. The second couple dance was the Polka, which became popular in the 1840s. The third couples dance is done by men and women facing each other. The original tango started to be danced in the 1880's.
El Tango:
El mate is a tea made out of Yerba leaves. It is consumed between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. It is served in a hollow gourd with a metal straw.
El mate:
Fiesta de la Semana de la Tradición is a major festival held in San Antonio de Areco is dedicated to gauchos and their traditions. It lasts 10 days.
Fiesta de la Semana de la Tradición:
Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco de Salta, or The church of St. Francis is in Salta, a city in northwest Argentina. The 53-meter-high tower, one of the highest in South America, was designed by Spanish and Italian architects.
Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco de Salta:
Indigenous languages
Italian French German Mapudungun Quechua
Similar to the great plains of North America, La Pampa is a region in the middle of Argentina. It is used for raising livestock. The land is very flat and fertile. These farming regions are particularly susceptible to flooding during heavy rainfall. In the Pampas the weather averages out to be about 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit round year.
La Pampa:
This is a bunch of appetizers that is served in Argentina. It contains meat, seafood, cheese, and nuts.
Las Picadas:
If you were to compare Gauchos to something in America, you would compare it to a cowboy. That is what a Gaucho is, a cowboy. It is an Argentine way of life that has existed for three centuries. There are many gauchos in La Pampa.
Los Gauchos:
Its first settlers were from Italy.
3. The first settlers came from where? (la boca)
The cave is 163 km. long!
Cueva de las Manos Other important remarks.
Patagonia. It's located on a wide bay on the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. It is the southernmost city in the world.
1. Where is it located? (Ushuaia)
It is located in Argentina in the province of Misiones
1. Where is it located? La Garganta del Diablo (Iguazu Falls)
It is located in the North-West side in the province of San Juan Province.
1. Where is it located?El Parque Provincial Ischigualasto:
Boca means mouth and La Boca sits at "the mouth" of Buenos Aires.
1. Why did they call it La Boca?
It is located in the north spot of Buenos Aires.
2. In what part of Buenos Aires is it located? (la boca)
It is on the border of Argentina and Brazil.
2. What countries does it straddle?La Garganta del Diablo (Iguazu Falls)
It means "bay that penetrates westward."
2. What does the name mean? (Ushuaia)
The Ischigualasto Formation contains dinosaur remains. This allows many studies about the transition from dinosaurs to mammals.
2. Why is the park important?El Parque Provincial Ischigualasto:
Avenida 9 de julio is a place that gets its name from Argentina's national independence day. It is the widest avenue in the world which takes place in the capital, Buenos Aires. It is ten avenues in one direction and ten streets another.
Avenida 9 de julio
Buenos Aires
Capital of Argentina:
The paintings are a bunch of hands that are all over the walls. The people use bone-made pipes for spray painting the paint on the wall.
Cueva de las Manos Describe the painting and the technique used?
9,000-13,000 years old.
Cueva de las Manos How old is it?