VENEZUELA

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

• Venezuela is located Northern South America
• Borders Caribbean Sea and northern Atlantic Ocean.
• Between Columbia and Guyana.

CLIMATE

• Although the country lies within the tropics, it's climate varies.
• The temperature lies anywhere from extremely humid to alpine depending on elevation.
• Country has a distinct rainy period (May through November)

FOOD

• Tequeños- Fried Cheese sticks
• Perico- Scrambled eggs with tomato and onion
• Tajadas- Fried ripe plantain
• Guascaca- Avocado salsa

CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS

• Most people in Venezuela are Roman Catholic
• Venezuelans national dance is Joropo
• If you are invited to a Venezuelans house, arrive 15-30 minutes later than invited
• Arriving on time or early shows that you are too eager, or greedy

FUN FACTS

• Won more Miss Universe and Miss Worlds than any other country.
• On Christmas in Caracas streets are blocked off for people to rollerblade to church.
• Hot showers are very rare in Venezuela
• The largest rodent in the world, capybaras, live in Venezuela

ARTIFACTS

• Spear tips have been found in northwestern Venezuela known as "El Jobo"
• Roman coins have been found all over Venezuela.
• A lock if Simon Bolivar's hair is on display at a museum in Venezuela.

SPORTS

• The major sports in Venezuela are baseball, basketball, and soccer.
• The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League was established in 1945
• Venezuela has participated in the Olympics since 1948.
• Venezuela participates in the Pan American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games.

WEB SOURCES

• Wikipedia.com
• CNN.com
• Latino.foxnews.com
• Storify.com
• Factmonster.com

WEB SOURCES CONT.

• Truenomads.com
• Kwessential.com
• Answers.yahoo.com
• Southamericanfood.com