This PowerPoint will give you information about the religion,
culture, currency, and many other things about this odd-shaped
country.
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Pg.3 Currency Pg. 4 Religion Pg.5 Food Pg.6 Animals Pg.7 Armed
forces Pg.8 Pollution and Corrosion Pg.9 Questions Pg.10 End
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The currency Chile uses is called peso, and it would take 516
of them to be equal one dollar bill. The Chilean peso is subdivided
into 100 centavos, even though no centavo denominated coins remain
in circulation. Colloquial names for some banknotes and coins
include luka or luca for the 1000-peso banknote, quina for the
500-peso coin, and gamba for the 100-peso coin. The current peso
has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating
between 1817 and 1960.
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Roman Catholicism is the largest Christian group in Italy,
Spain, and nearly all Latin American countries. It consists of
about 24 percent of all Americans. For the first thousand years of
Christianity there was no "Roman Catholicism" as we know it today,
simply because there was no Eastern Orthodoxy or Protestantism to
distinguish it. There was only the "one, holy, catholic church"
affirmed by the early creeds, which was the body of Christian
believers all over the world, united by common traditions, beliefs,
church structure and worship. So, throughout the Middle Ages, if
you were a Christian, you belonged to the Catholic Church. Any
Christianity other than the Catholic Church was a heresy, not a
denomination.
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Being such a long country stretched over a lot of landscapes,
Chile has a vast range of food and drink. One of the highlights of
Chilean Cuisine is its diversity of Seafood due to its 4,270 km of
coastline. Another thing not to be missed while in Chile is its
high quality red wine. Chilean food should not be confused with the
spicy dishes common in Mexico. Unlike Mexican meals, the hot chili
is not very common in Chile.
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Although the natural layout of Chile is quite odd, its animal
life does not nearly match up. In fact when compared to other South
American countries Chile has quite a restricted variety in its
animal life.
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The armed forces constitute an independent power within the
Chilean state. An entire chapter of the constitution is devoted
specifically to the armed forces, giving them a status comparable
to that of Congress and the courts. Although the opposition felt
that it had reduced the tutelary role of the armed forces with the
constitutional reforms of 1989 by softening the language dealing
with Cosena's powers, the military continued to have a
constitutionally authorized right to discuss politics and policy
and make its views known to the democratically elected
authorities.
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The five million citizens of Santiago, Chile are exposed to
high levels of air pollution during a significant part of the year.
Santiago ranks as one of the most polluted cities in the world and
often challenges air-quality alerts and pollution emergencies. Air
pollution in Santiago results in damaging lung diseases and a large
number of early deaths. Located in central Chile, the city sits in
the middle of a valley and is surrounded by two mountain ranges:
the Andes mountains and the Cordillera de la Costa. Because of
Santiago's unique geographic location and weather patterns, airing
and dispersion of air toxins within the valley are restricted; so
explaining why Santiago, with discharge levels similar to those in
other cities, suffers from such high atmospheric pollution
levels.