venezuela project for spanish

1. VENEZUELA

2. VENEZUELA’S GEOGRAPHY
• Venezuela is 352,144 square miles, that • The country has a vast difference in
makes it about twice the size of climate depending on the elevation
California. • Although the country lies mainly in the
• Venezuela is a country in Northern South tropics it can average below 8°C in the
America high mountain areas known as the
• It is part of Caribbean South páramos, this results in snowfields all
America, bordering the Caribbean Sea year long.
and the North Atlantic Ocean • Most of the country has a distinct rainy
• The country has a 2,800-kilometer season which is May through November
coastline and is commonly referred to as winter
• It is bordered on the north by the • June through October is known as their
Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on summer
the east by Guyana, on the south by • Average yearly rainfall in the lowlands
Brazil, and on the west by Colombia and plains range from 430 millimeters in
• The temperate zone ranges between 800 the western part of the Caribbean coastal
and 2,000 meters with averages from areas to around 1,000 millimeters in the
12°C to 25°C; many of Venezuela's cities Orinoco Delta

3. VENEZUELA’S GEOGRAPHY

4. VENEZUELA’S GEOGRAPHY
• Flowing more than 2,500 kilometers to
the Atlantic from its source in the Guiana
highlands at the Brazilian border, the
Orinoco is the world's eighth largest river
and the largest in South America after
the Amazon
• Angel falls, the picture in the upper left is
the largest Waterfall in world
• Its flow varies substantially by
season, with the high water level in
August and the low levels in March
• The other major Venezuelan river is the
fast-flowing Caroní (lower left), which
originates in the Guiana highlands and
flows northward into the Orinoco
upstream from Ciudad Guyana
• The Caroní is capable of producing as
much hydroelectric power as any river in
Latin America
• It has contributed significantly to the
nation's electric power production

5. VENEZUELA’S PEOPLE
• Population: 25,017,387
(July 2004 est.)
• Ethnic Make-up:
Spanish, Italian,
Portuguese, Arab,
German, African,
indigenous people
• Religions:
• Roman Catholic 96%,
Protestant 2%, other 2%

6. VENEZUELA’S PEOPLE
• Venezuelans pride themselves
on their hospitality
• In villages it is common for
members of the extended
family to live close to one
another, often on the same
block
• Freedom of religion is
guaranteed by the
Venezuelan constitution
• Venezuelans often speak less
formally than people in most
other Spanish-speaking
countries

7. VENEZUELA’S CULTURE
• In the years that followed the
conquest, the Spanish colonists came to
entirely shape the national culture of
Venezuela.
• Pre-Columbian art in Venezuela
consisted mainly of rock carvings and
cave paintings in the form of
petroglyphs
• The music of Venezuela was the
product of intermingling of the
African, Spanish and native music
• Gaita is one of the important traditional
music of the country which is mainly
performed during the festival seasons
• Joropo is the national dance of
Venezuela. Salsa is one of the most
popular dance forms in this country.

8. VENEZUELA’S CULTURE
• Venezuela Culture has been greatly
influenced by its history.
• The indigenous people and the
Spanish conquest have all had
considerable influence in the culture
of the land.
• Spanish is spoken by majority.
However, native languages are
prevalent in certain parts of the
country
• Folk music of Venezuela also forms
an important part of Venezuela
Culture.
• There are four separate public
holidays that commemorate
independence, during which time
flags are flown outside private
houses as well as public buildings and
there are street parades

9. VENEZUELA’S HISTORY
• Venezuela is officially titled Bolivarian • This is a picture of Simón Bolívar, who
Republic of Venezuela helped Venezuela gain
• Venezuela was first colonized by Spain in independence.
1522 in what is now Cumaná
• under the leadership of Francisco de
Miranda, a Venezuelan marshal who had
fought in the French Revolution—declared
independence on July 5, 1811, which
began the Venezuelan War of
Independence
• Sovereignty was only attained after Simón
Bolívar, aided by José Antonio Páez and
Antonio José de Sucre, won the Battle of
Carabobo on June 24, 1821
• Venezuela has been an independent
republic since 1821

10. VENEZUELA’S HISTORY
• In ancient times, Venezuela was
paradise for the Indians who lived on
its beaches, in its tropical forests, and
on the gentle grasslands of the llanos
• There were three main groups: the
Carib, Arawak, and the Chibcha.
• Christopher Columbus was the first
European to visit Venezuela
• He came in 1498 during his third
voyage to the New World, and landed
on the Peninsula de Paria
• More explorers came a year later, and
it was Alonso de Ojeda who gave the
country its name.
• He admired the stilted houses that
the Indians had build above the lake
and called the place
Venezuela, which means "Little
Venice."

11. Websites used for PowerPoint
• http://1001arabian.net/tourist/Angel%20Falls,%20Orinoco%20Basin,%2
0Canaima%20National%20Park,%20Venezuela.html
• http://www.sgi.org/venezuela.html
• http://www.noticiasdot.com/stilo/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/miss-
venezuela-2007.jpg
• http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritor
ies/venezuela/index.html
• http://birminghamrespet.wordpress.com/
• http://balafria.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/venezuelan-news-round-
up/
• http://wikipedia.com
• http://www.venezuela.org.my/images/venezuela-pemon.jpg
• www.kwintessential.co.uk/.../venezuela-country-profile.html
• www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108140.html
• www.geographia.com/venezuela/history.html
• www.think-venezuela.net/culture.html