¿Cuánto sabes de…?
PERú
¿Dónde está Perú?
¿Dónde está Perú?
How large is Peru compared toIllinois?
Peru is 8 ½ times larger than Illinois.
How large is Peru’s populationcompared to that of Illinois?
Peru’s population is more than doublethat of Illinois.
26.523.000
12.482.000
(2001 estimate)
What languages are spoken inPeru?
Spanish - ~ 75%
(I knew that!!)
Other languages:
aymará -- “Yuspagara!”
Quechua – “Pachi!”
What is the capital city?
Lima (population 7.8 million)
Do they raise Lima beans there?
What is the unit of currency?
List three important cultural sites in the capitalcity.
Who is Mario Vargas Llosa?
What is Machu Picchu ?
Who lived in Peru before the arrival of theEuropeans?
What is the unit ofcurrency?
El nuevo sol
List three importantcultural sites in thecapital city.
Iglesia de San Francisco
Museo del Oro
Museo Nacional deAntropología y Arqueología
Barranco
“Nightlife in Lima centers around thepenas, bars offering folk music, jazz,and Peruvian Creole--a music thatcombines European musical formswith native Peruvian, Spanish, andAfrican rhythms and instruments.Barranco, a neighbourhood ofbeautiful 19th-century architecture,located by the municipal square, is theheart of the city's contemporary artsand nightlife. Miraflores is Lima'scentral cultural district, containing themany fine restaurants, theatres, andgalleries.”http://www.geographia.com/peru/lima/cuisine.htm
Who is Mario VargasLlosa?
Mario Vargas Llosa
One of South America’sleading novelists
Recipient of manyawards and honorarydegrees
“From his first works, VargasLlosa has used a wide varietyof avant-garde techniques tocreate an aesthetic "double ofthe real world." AlthoughVargas Llosa has followedthe tradition of social protestof Peruvian fiction exposingpolitical corruption,machismo, racial prejudicesand violence, he hasunderlined that a writershould never preach orcompromise artistic aims forideological propaganda.”
What is Machu Picchu?
Machu Picchu
“Machu Picchu (whichmeans "manly peak") wasmost likely a royal estate andreligious retreat. It was builtbetween 1460 and 1470 ADby Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui,an Incan ruler. The city hasan altitude of 8,000 feet, andis high above the UrubambaRiver canyon cloud forest, soit likely did not have anyadministrative, military orcommercial use. ”
“Machu Picchu is comprised ofapproximately 200 buildings.. About1,200 people lived in and aroundMachu Picchu, most of themwomen, children, and priests.”http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/latinamerica/south/sites/machu_picchu.html
Who lived in Peru beforethe arrival of theEuropeans?
Los incas
“Around the year 1200 A.D… theIncas came down from high in theAndes mountains to conquer thescattered tribes throughout the SouthAmerican continent. They imposedtheir rule, their highly organizedform of government and theirspirituality on the weaker, lessorganized people of what is nowEcuador, Peru, Bolivia and parts ofChile and Argentina.”http://www.theincas.com/
Quipu
“The Inca recordednumbers and perhaps otherkinds of information on theknotted strings of a quipu.Inca administrators usedquipus to keep accounts ofitems owned and in storagewithin their districts, suchas agricultural productsand livestock. Unlike pre-Columbian civilizations ofMesoamerica such as theMaya and Aztec, the Incahad no form of truewriting.”http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/nativeamericans/quipu.htm