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Peru- South America. By: Sophia Waibel. Along with Peru in South America there is Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Table of Contents. Page 1- Title Page 2- Table of Contents Page 3- Capitol- Lima
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Peru- South America By: Sophia Waibel Along with Peru in South America there is Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia.
Table of Contents • Page 1- Title • Page 2- Table of Contents • Page 3- Capitol- Lima • Page 4- Peruvian Geography • Page 5- Peruvian Food • Page 6- Peruvian Flag • Page 7- Peruvian Peoples Clothing • Page 8- Credits • Page 9- Ending
Capitol- Lima Lima is the Capitol of Peru. Lima is also the biggest city in Peru and is located in the valleys of the Chillon, Rimac, and Lurin Rivers. The population of Lima is around 9,000,000 people. A Spanish conquistador named Francisco Pizzaro was the man who founded Lima. Lima was founded on January 18, 1535. The climate in Lima is very mild, the temperature never gets below 64 degrees and never reaches higher than around 84 degrees. Lima is known for around 3 sports, which are football, volleyball, and basketball.
Peruvian Geography Peru is along the western border of South America and the Pacific Ocean borders Peru for almost 1,500 miles and 2,414 kilometers. Peru might seem big but it is only five sixths of the size of Alaska. Peru has area that has mountains and some of the peaks are 20,000 feet high, but only 6,096 meters high. Peru State college has many sports for both male and female. The Peru State college’s mascot is a bobcat, the Peru State college is the • Womens • Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Golf, Softball, and Volleyball • Mens • Baseball, Basketball, and Football
Peruvian Foods Peruvian food is a mixture of some very different types of food. It is a mixture of Amerindian and Spanish roots, but includes many other small parts of different cultures. It includes African, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese, cultural foods. Peruvian food may be in a different country but is still has some of the types of foods we eat. Peru is known for its food all throughout South America, but it is also known as a major fishing industry so Peruvian peoples have a good supply of fish. A few foods we eat are included in almost every dish of Peruvian food. Some of the foods are rice, potatoes, chicken, pork, fish, lamb, and a few most American people haven’t heard of are “aji” peppers. The peppers they use in different dishes are yellow and red “aji” peppers and some red rocoto peppers. All of the peppers are hot Peruvian peppers.
Peruvian Flag The flag of Peru is red, white, green, turquoise, gold, brown, and yellow. The red on the flag stands for blood that was shed from Peruvian peoples while fighting for Peruvian independence. The white on the flag stands for peace. The difference between the flag of the country Peru and the state Peru is that the emblem is centered more into the middle of the flag on the country’s flag. The emblem is the same on both flags. The national anthem of Peru is the MarchaNacional National March. Thenational anthem has been the same since at least 1822.
Peruvian Peoples Clothes • Peruvian peoples wear clothes from many different countries and wear traditional clothing. Women usually wear dresses (peasant dresses) and wear sandals made of recycled truck tires called ajotas. Men usually wear western style clothes and very rarely they wear football shirts and tracksuit pants. • Womens • Polleras (colorful skirts) • Mens • Hand-woven ponchos (red with traditional designs) • Wool knee-high pants • Monteras (peruvian hats)
Credits • MyPeru.org • Large map • Wikipedia.org • Questconnect.org • Mapsofworld.com Big shout out and thanks to the wonderful and talented and gifted Mrs. Thompson. P.S. thank you all T.A.G. students for supporting me the whole way!
