Warm Up List three things you learned about South America yesterday? (hint: Use Notes)

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Warm Up List three things you learned about South America yesterday? (hint: Use Notes)

Amazon Rainforest 2,700,000 sq miles 390,000,000 trees 2.5 million insect species 40,000 plant species 2,200 fish species 1,294 birds 427 mammals 428 amphibians 378 reptiles

Amazonia (Continued) 9 Feet of rain every year Amazon creates about half it’s own rain fall.

Place

Atacama Desert – Driest hot Desert in the world – 41, 00 sq. miles – About ½ inch of rain per year – 3 million years a desert – Compared to Mars

Place Patagonia – Southern Andes Argentina and chile – Steppe like plain 13 x 100 meter rises – Covered by a bed of rock – Almost bare of vegetation

Place

Gauchos – Cowboys of Argentina – A symbol against corruption – Symbols of freedom – Eat beef *Argentinian beef is said to be great

According to the article, in why did Argentina accommodate the Nazi’s? In what ways they do this? Topic Sentence (Make sure to Address Prompt) Example (in your own words) Same example (Quote the text) Example (in your own words) Conclusion Important because