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ArgentinaJoshua M. Holloway

Geography(It’s Place and Shape in the

Universe)• 2nd largest South American country by land

• 8th largest Country in the world

• A recognized Middle Power; Latin America’s third largest economy

Geography (Four Major Regions)

• Central plains of the Pampas: Source of Argentina’s agricultural wealth• Oil-rich southern plateau of the Patagonia• Sub-tropical northern flats of the Gran Chaco

• Andes mountain range which creates the border to Chile

Geography (Major rivers and lakes)

• Rivers: Parana(largest), Pilcomayo, Paraguay, Bermejo, Colorado, Río Negro, Salado, and the Uruguay

• Lakes include: Argentino, Viedma, Nahuel Huapi, Fagnan, Colhué Huapi, and Musters

• Largest fresh-water oil spill caused by a Shell tanker in the Rio de la Plata estuary

The People (demographics)

• Currently 40,091,394+ million people in Argentina

• 3rd in total population for South America; 33rd globally

• Growing at a 1% rate/year• Life expectancy = 76.7• Median age = 30

People (ethnography)• Considered a Country of Immigrants

• Most people descended from colonial-era settlers & 19th and 20th century European Immigrants

• Mostly from Italy and Spain

People (religion)• Constitution guarantees

freedom though gov’t must support Catholicism economically

• 70-90% Roman Catholics• 11% non-religious• Growing number of

Mormons

History (beginnings)• Earliest evidence of humans in Argentina

dates from 11,000 B.C. (found in Patagonia)• Diaguitas, Huarpes, Saniverones

indegenous findings• Pampas and Patagonia dominated by

nomadic cultures• Guarani developed a culture based of

yucca, sweet potatoes, and yerba mate

History (science)

• Dr. Luis Agote oversees the first safe and effective blood transfusion (1914)

• Dr. Luis Federico Leloir and his staff toast to his 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

History (Argentine war of independence)

• Fought from 1810 to 1818• Argentine Patriotic forces fought

against royalist forces loyal to the Spanish Crown

• Patriotic leaders included Manuel Belgrano, Jaun Jose Castelli, and Jose San De Martin.

• Conclusion: Argentine Declaration of Independence

Works cited• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Argentine_War_of_Independence