La VacaBy: July HerreraMichelle Drada

Valentina GomezHermes Noguera

Physical Characteristics

• Mountains– Andes Mts.

• Plains– Llanos

• Forests– Amazon

• Lakes– Lake Maracaibo

• Rivers– Ubre– Leche

• Deserts– Guajira

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Languages

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Spanish Chibchombiano Other

Language

Percentage

87%

10% 3%

Climate• Humid Tropical

– Warm and rainy year-round

– Day: 90º-95º F – Night: 65º-70º F

• Highland– Greatly varied

temps.– Precipitation

amounts over short distances as elevations changes

• Tropical Savanna– Warm all year– Rainy and dry summers– Summers

• Day: 90º F• Night: 70º F

– Winter• Day: 75º-80º F • Night: 55º

• Steppe – Semiarid– Hot summers→ cool

winters

Government• President

– Enrique Uribe

• Vice President– Vladimir Velasco

• Democratic– Of or for the

people in general – Social equality

Rel igions

3%5%

6%

10%

76%

Mooism

Catholic

Christianity

Jewish

Other

Education• Kindergarten to 11th grade• Very advanced education• Grading scale: from 0 to 20• School year begins from January to

November

Culture• Holidays

– Carnival: Sunday before holy week– Holy week – Independence day: October 31– Christmas: December 25– Día de la vaca loca: January 17– La semana del Mooish (Week of the

Mooish):Week after independence day

Food• Meat• Arepas• Empanadas• Tamales• Pastries:

– 3 leches– Cheesecake

• Cachitos• Ayaca• Pan de queso • Buñuelos• Tequeños/

Tequeñones

Music

**Reggaeton** Merenge

Salsa

Cumbia

Tambores

Customs• One day a week only dairy food• Party every Friday • Drinking age 15• Club age 15• Driving age 16• Pray for cows before dinner

Transportation• Taxi’s

– Main transportation

• Collective Buses– Smaller buses

• Buses– Second main

transportation

• Subway– Underground trains

**The price for a gallon of gas is cheaper**

Sports• Soccer

– Most popular sport– You learn it when you’re

young

• Baseball• Basketball• Volleyball

Have a great day!

Mrs. Vaca Loca Mr. Vaca Loca