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Page 1: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Guatemala

By Connor and Brayden

Page 2: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Wildlife and Plants

• Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal.

• Some plants include many orchids, palm, avocado and cacti. Some trees would be chicle, moringa, and rose apple trees.

Page 3: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Crops and Climate

• Some crops include : coffee, (their main crop) wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cotton, and bananas.

• The main climate is tropical. The tropical climate makes it warm and sunny so people want to live there.

Page 4: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Language and Population

• The main language is Spanish.

• The population of Guatemala is 14,026,947.

Page 5: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Natural Recourses

• Petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, and chicle.

• Petroleum

Page 6: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Landforms and the Capital

• Some land forms would be 32 volcanoes, lowlands, and highlands. Volcanoes effect daily life an are important because half of the 32 still erupt. Lowlands and highlands are important because of their climate

• The capital is Mexico city.

Page 7: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Attractions

• Zoos and nature reserves: see animals and plants. ancient ruins: see old civilizations. kayak trips, and hiking are made for fun. These are a few of the attractions found in Guatemala.

Page 8: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Location

• Latitude:15°30’N• Longitude:90°15’W• Continent-North America• Hemispheres-North Western• Countries and bodies of water

surrounding: Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea.

Page 9: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Traditions

• On Christmas they have a Mask Dance.

• They are Christian.• They have a holiday called yester

year.

Page 10: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Industries and Agriculture

• Some industries of Guatemala would be sugar, textiles, clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, and tourism.

• Some agriculture would be farming and mining essential oils.

Page 11: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Transportation and Communication

• A few forms of transportation would be cars, bikes, foot, busses and shuttles.

• Some communication methods would be radio, television, mail, telephone, and computers.

Page 12: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Immigration

• At the time not many people are coming into Guatemala, most of them are going out.

Page 13: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Government and Religious Groups• The government type in

Guatemala is Constitutional democratic republic

• A religious group would be Christian

Page 14: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Important People and History

• An Important person to Guatemala would be Pedro de Alvarado who conquered the Maya in the year of 1524.

• In the year 18,000 B.C, the first human settlers arrived in Guatemala. Guatemala gained it’s freedom as part of the Mexican empire in the year 1821.

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Major Cities and Economy

• Some major cities include Coban, Tikal, and El Mirador

• Unfair income distribution has put 29% off Guatemala’s population below the poverty line.

Page 16: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Migration

• After Guatemala’s long civil war many refugees came to the U.S. Many people in Guatemala move to Mexico.

Page 17: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Ethnic groups

• Mesitizo, European, K’iche, Kaqchikel, Mam, Q’eqchi, Other Mayan, indigenous non Mayan, Other. (2001 Census)

Page 18: Guatemala By Connor and Brayden. Wildlife and Plants Some animals of Guatemala include: the Maya mouse, Guatemalan brown bat, deer mouse, and the quetzal

Land Division

• Guatemala is divided by the Caribbean sea the Pacific ocean, Belize, Honduras, and El Savador.

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Customs

• Locals selling mangos from wheelbarrows.

• Hand-made ice cream sold in mobile carts.

• Festivals/Carnivals; ie., Santa Semana Festival lasts 5 days in Guatemala City.

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Video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiU2Zv8HUYk&tracker=False

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Work cited

• RESOURCES• Latin America and Canada Adventures in Time and Place

Macmillan/MacGraw-Hill• http://online.culturegrams.com/kids/kids_country.php?

contid=6&wmn=North_America&cid=20&cn=Guatemala• http://lntreasures.com/guatemala.html• http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Guatemala-

AGRICULTURE.html• http://www.indexmundi.com/guatemala/natural_resources.html• http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g292002-Activities-

Guatemala.html• http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/guatemala-lat-long.html• http://www.indexmundi.com/guatemala/industries.html• http://www.aquiguatemala.info/2008/10/22/guatemalan-traditions/• http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107596.html• http://www.habitat.org/intl/lac/86.aspx?

tgs=My8zLzIwMTEgMTI6MzI6MzkgUE0%3d• • http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Germany-to-Jamaica/Guatemalans.html

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QUIZ

• What sea is near Guatemala? • What is one ethnic group in

Guatemala?• What is the overall climate?• What is Guatemala’s main crop?• What hemisphere is Guatemala

located on?• Name one major city.

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QUIZ

• What is the main language?• What is the Latitude and

Longitude?• What is a natural resource of

Guatemala? • What is one attraction of

Guatemala?

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Answers

• Caribbean • European• Tropical• Coffee• North Western• Coban• Spanish• 15, 30 N; 90, 15 W

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Answers

• Petroleum• Nature Reserves