Peru.Peru is a South American country with three distinct land regions: a desert coastal region, a mountainous central region, and a lowland selva (tropical rain forest) region in the east. This map identifies all three. Most of Peru's Andean Indians live in the mountainous central region. Another group lives in the eastern lowlands (see map). Study the map and answer the questions. FAST FACTS: AREA: 496,224 sq mi (slightly smaller than Alaska). POPULATION: 28,400,000. GOVERNMENT: Presidential-legislative democracy, led by President Alan Garcia. PEOPLE: American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. 45%; mestizo mestizo (māstē`sō) [Span.,=mixture], person of mixed race; particularly, in Mexico and Central and South America, a person of European (Spanish or Portuguese) and indigenous descent. , mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry, 37%; white, 15%; black, Japanese, Chinese and other, 3%. The white minority, mostly of Spanish ancestry, dominates politics and the economy. ECONOMY: Farming is Peru's leading occupation, although only 2.8% of the land can be farmed. Poverty is high, especially in rural areas. There is a huge difference between the incomes of the urban residents and people who live in rural areas. Rich in minerals, Peru exports copper, silver, zinc, iron ore, lead, and petroleum. PER CAPITA [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. *: $6,400. LANGUAGES: Both Spanish and Quechua are official languages. Aymara and other Amazonian languages are also spoken. LIFE EXPECTANCY Life Expectancy 1. The age until which a person is expected to live. 2. The remaining number of years an individual is expected to live, based on IRS issued life expectancy tables. : 67 years (males); 72 years (females). LITERACY: 94% (males); 82% (females). Questions 1. What is Peru's capital? -- 2. What kind of land would you find along Peru's Pacific coast? -- 3. What do the purple areas represent? -- 4. Most Indians live in the Andes Mountains Andes Mountains Mountain system, western South America. One of the great natural features of the globe, the Andes extend north-south about 5,500 mi (8,900 km). They run parallel to the Caribbean Sea coast in Venezuela before turning southwest and entering Colombia. and which other region shown on the map? -- 5. Which natural feature is located at approximately 16[degrees]S, 69[degrees]W? 6. One inch equals how many miles on the map? 7. What is the approximate distance between the cities of Arequipa and Tacna? 8. What is the height of the tallest mountain shown on the map? 9. In which compass direction The horizontal direction expressed as an angular distance measured clockwise from compass north. would you travel to go from Cusco to Machu Picchu? 10. Which city on the map is in the selva? ANSWER GeoSkills, p. 11 1. Lima 2. desert 3. areas with Quecha/Aymara population of 30% or more 4. selva (tropical rain forest) 5. Lake Titicaca 6. 300 7. 150 miles 8. 22,205 ft [Huascaran] 9. northwest 10. Iquitos |
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