Panama

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Panama

• By Greyson and Maja

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Location

• The latitude and longitude of Panama is 9 N and
  80W.

The Oceans or Seas located around Panama are the
Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
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Place

• The climate of Panama is warm because of its
  range toward the equator.
• The lowlands are normally 80F all year round.
• There is a small amount of volcanic action. It is
  also a mountainous country.
• Some of their main crops are corn, coffee, beans,
  bananas, tobacco, and sugarcane.
• Two of their common trees are the palm tree and
  the date tree.

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Place

• Population- 3 million inhabitants are in the area
  of Panama.
• Some of the wildlife in Panama are cougars,
  flamingos, porcupines, and monkeys.
• Their main language is Spanish. They have 4 major
  cities such as Panama City, San Miguelito, David,
  and Tocumen.
• One attraction is the Darien National Park. It is
  a place where people can go hiking and bird
  watching.

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Human Environment Relationships

• Some of Panamas natural resources are fertile
  soil, copper, iron, shrimp, and pearls oysters.
• Agriculture declined when the Panama Canal was
  built. Shoemaking is a main industry.
• Some other jobs are farming, and fishing.

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Human Environment Relationships

• Dr. Manuel Amador Guerrero- He was the first
  President of Panama in 1904. He was also born in
  1833 and died in 1909.
• Rodney Cline Carew-A famous baseball player who
  was born in 1945 and died in 1996.
• Ruben Blades-Was a singer and actor who was born
  in 1948.

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Movement

• A few of their transportation services are
  trains, boats, airplanes, and cars.
• One of their traditions in the Kuna tribe is to
  put black stripes over their noses to keep away
  bad spirits. Another tradition is that they make
  a scarecrow a couple of weeks before the new
  year. They burn it on New Years. They do this to
  welcome the new year.
• Their communications are phones, radios, and the
  internet.
• There is a lot immigration into Panama because
  people want to sell things to tourists as their
  job. There is not that much migration.

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Region

• Government- The chief of state is the president.
  Constitutional Democracy is their republic. The
  money that they use are U.S. dollar bills, but
  the coins they use are Panamanian.
• The north of Panama is cut off by Costa Rica and
  the south is cut off by Colombia.
• Some of the ethnic groups include Chinese,
  Native Americans, East Indians, Panamanian, and
  the Europeans. They also have local tribes and
  Panamanian ethnic groups.
• Different religious groups are the Roman
  Catholic, Islam, and The Church of the Black
  Christ.

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Sports

• A few of the sports they play in Panama are
  football, which is called soccer in the U.S,
  tennis, rugby, and golf.

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Food

• Favorite foods in Panama are sopa borracha, corn,
  beans, and seafood. They have a wide variety
  besides!

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Music

• Some of the music that Panamanians listen to are
  rock, jazz, mambo, and salsa music.

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The Kuna
The Kuna are an indian tribe in Panama. The
women wear winis, patterned beads, around their
wrists and ankles. The women also wear the molas
that they sew as their dowry. The kids of the
Kuna are greatly taken care of. They live in
little villages on an island of Panama.
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Quiz!

• 1. What is the population of Panama?
• 2. Name one Panamanian animal.
• 3. Name one of their crops.
• 4. What is one of the Ethnic Groups in Panama?
• 5. What is their main language in Panama?
• 6. What is one of their transportation services?
• Answers are on next slide.

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Quiz! Answers

• 1. 3 million inhabitants.
• 2. (answers vary) Cougar porcupine flamingo or
  monkey.
• 3. (answers vary) Corn coffee beans bananas
  tobacco or sugarcane.
• 4. (answers vary) Chinese Native Americans East
  Indians Panamanian or European.
• 5. Spanish.
• 6. (answers vary) Trains boats airplanes or
  cars.

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Video

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Our References

• Wikipedia
• Britannica
• Enchantment of the World Panama Author Ana
  Maria B. Vazquez
• Another book
• And again another