1.9: Chile
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¿Qué vas a aprender?
This assignment is going to help you explore and know a little bit about Chile, a Spanish speaking country situated in South America. This is an exercise with immediate auto-grading. The purpose is for you to discover the beaty and wonders of Chile. Once you have obtained the desired score, follow on the instructions on how to capture your answer and submit your completion of the activities in a pdf file or as an image file (details below). The instructor will grade this assignment manually.
¿Qué vas a hacer?
- Read and become familiar with Chile and watch the video provided (below) before attempting this assignment.
- Fill the blank spaces with the appropriate answer.
- Do one section at the time and check your answer by clicking "check".
- If you get any answers wrong, place your cursor there and provide the correct answer.
- Click on check one more time.
- Each section has an assigned number of points. The purpose is to obtain a perfect score.
- Once you are done with all the section, follow the instructions (provided below) to save it as pdf file or as image file (take screenshots) to submit this assignment.
**Follow these instructions on how to print this page as PDF file
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- Click on the "Reader button" in the URL bar at the top of Safari window. Note: It looks like four horizontal lines, and it is positioned just to the left of the URL bar.
- Click on the Safari "File" Menu, then click the "Export as PDF" option.
- Then rename the file in "Export As" (use the title of the assignment plus your first and last name, example: "Title of this assignment"_your first&last name), and click "Save"to save webpage as PDF on mac.
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- Select the Chrome Menu button ("vertical three dots"), located in the upper-right corner of the browser window, and represented by three vertically-aligned dots.
- When the drop-down menu appears, select "Print".
- In the Chrome Print dialogue box, go to the Destination section, and select "Save as PDF" (instead of the printers available)
- Select "Save" and choose the location on your computer/laptop where you would like to save the PDF file. For the file name, use the title of the assignment plus your first and last name (example: Title of this assignment"_your first&last name).
Take screenshots of this page after completion:
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Chile
Map
"South America Location CHI", by David Liuzzo, Wikimedia Commons is licensed under CC0 1.0
General Information
La capital: Santiago de Chile
La ubicación (location): Está en Sudamérica
La lengua (language): El español y la lengua indígena el mapuche
La moneda (currency): El peso chileno
La economía (economy): La minería, la agricultura y recursos marinos (sea resources)
El clima (weather): Hace mucho frío en los Andes y en el sur de Chile
"Ci-map-es", by CIA World Factbook, Wikimedia Commons is licensed under CC0 1.0
Interesting Facts
Chile is the longest and most narrow country in the world.
The oldest mummies in the world were found in Chile. These mummies were found in the Atacama Desert and have been dated to be from 5050 and 3000 BC, People from this tribe were mummifying their dead up to two thousand years before the Egyptians.
El Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. Torres del Paine National Park is a popular tourist destination were visitors could admire its glaciers, lakes, and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia. The Cordillera Paine is the centerpiece of the park. Visitors hike in the high mountains, kayak the Grey Glacier, camp and take amazing pictures of the breathtaking natural panorama.
La Isla de Pascua. Easter Island is a special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian. Easter Island is famous for its nearly 900 monumental statues called “Moai”.
Chile is known as El país de los poetas (The country of poets). There are two Nobel Prize winners in Literature from Chile: Gabriela Mistral and the famous poet Pablo Neruda.
Actividad
La Isla de Pascua (Easter Island)
Watch the video below (or read its summary) to answer the questions below.
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La Patagonia: Torres del Paine Solo Travel Guide
Welcome to Patagonia, this South American site is known for its mountains, glaciers, and forest. The guide is at Torres del Paine, and will be doing some of the most popular hikes and exploring the best sites. There is one site that stands head and shoulder above the rest of the attraction in the park, Los Cuernos (The Horns). One of these spots is called Mirador Condor where you could get unrivaled views of The Horns. Here is the highest mountain in the entire Torres del Paine National Park as well. The very top of the mountains is a glacier. Another ideal spot to get that perfect shot of The Horns is in Mirador Los Cuernos. The hike begins at the largest waterfall in the park called Salto Grande. The rest of the park does also offer you terrific views of The Horn. The Grey Glacier is part of the southern Patagonia icefield. It is not everyday that you could see a glacier this up close. It is really one of the most spectacular sights in the entire park. You will be impressed by its striking blue color. Unfortunately, this glacier is slowly dissolving which is tragic. The guide stays at Hosteria Pehoe. The hotel lies in the most unique and probably the neatest location of any hotel in any part of this national park, or maybe any national park. The hotel is located just in the middle of Pehoe Lake. One of the most beautiful lakes in the entire park. The hotel gives you beautiful views of Los Cuernos. Paine Towers (Torres del Paine) is the most popular attraction in the park. This mountain range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. If you want to view these impressive sites, click to watch the video.