1. Argentina
Joshua M. Holloway

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. People (religion)
• Constitution guarantees
freedom though gov’t
must support
Catholicism
economically
• 70-90% Roman Catholics
• 11% non-religious
• Growing number of
Mormons

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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