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Video: Ecuador: The People 1:51 (howstuffworks.

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WATCH videos through completely one time, then watch again and take notes.

____ ____________ people live in Ecuador.

Most Ecuadorians are ___________ ______________, a form of


___________________ introduced by Spanish Missionaries.

_____________ is the national language of , although many _______________


people with _____________ background speak ____________ or one of the other
native languages.

Ecuadorians who live in _____________ and in other large ________ or ________


Are a lot like ____________ who live in other ______________ _________.

Some people have ___________ of ______________, some _______ _______,


Some are ___________ _____________.

Many who live in the ________________ are ______________ who follow


__________________ lifestyles. They __________ in ______________ ways
and have their own __________________.

There are differences in the lifestyles of ______________ who live in the


_________ _____________ and those who live in the ____ , ______ _______________.

There are many interesting _____________ ______________ groups in Ecuador.

A majority of Ecuadorians are ___________________. It means _______________.

Mestizos have _____________, _______________ _____________ and


sometimes _________________ ancestors.

Those living in Esmeraldas Province on the north west coast have ___________
ancestors.

It is not unusual for coastal Ecuadorians to have ___________ ______________,


_____________ and ________________ ancestors.

Video: Market place of the World: Guatemala 2:10


(Spell as best as you can)

The huge market at _____________________ is one of the more ___________ in


____________ _____________. It is considered to be the _____________ of all.
The indigenous people are the ______________ and the ______________________.

This market has been going on since __________ _____________________.

It brings ______________ and __________________ together in the __________


________ and ___________ ____________.

It is the site of an enticing labyrinth formed by ______________ and ____________


of all kinds.

At the market in ______________ there is a specific area dedicated for items


______________ for ________________. Goods such as __________________,
____________, and _________________________or the __________________
reproductions of figures from _________________________ art.

Another area is dedicated to the ____________ inhabitants.


It is there they find _____________ _____________.

Farmers come from ______________ ___________________ or mountains


to shop and have a bit of _____________ ___________.

Every ________________ and __________________ the market is _______________


and _____________ _______________ in Guatemala.

The town of Chichicastanango is known more popularly as __________, the market with
its mounds of ________________ is so large it almost blocks the view of the
______________. A monument that clearly _________________ the fusion of their
___________________ beliefs and that of _________________________, imposed
by the Spanish. The church of ____________ ____________ which stands in the main
square in the midst of the _______________.

Video: Tropical Rainforests: Deforestation- 4:31

Logging timber poses a ______________ ___________________

____________ ______________ throughout the world are being cut at an


_________________ rate, not only for timber, but to clear land for
______________________ and _________________.

In Brazil, a __________________ has been built through the _______________ ,


opening up previously _________________ areas to __________ of ____________.

The effects have been ____________________. From ____________ to ___________,


Over _____ _______________ acres of the ____________ __________________ have
been cleared ____________ ____________!!!!

Other consequences of this destruction: ______________ of __________ people that


have lived in harmony with rainforests for centuries may soon be ________________,
with _____ _______ to go.

In __________ ______________, much of the __________ ___________ has been cut


create ____________ for _____________. The ___________ is so thin, it is only able
to support _____________ or ____________ for only a __________ __________.
______________ also has become a problem. Without __________ to protect soil from
_______________ _____________, the exposed soil __________ __________.

The effects of the destruction of the ___________ ________________ can be


_____ ____________. Life in the rain forest is ___________, but also ___________.
There may be many species of ___________ and ____________, but a very few
________________ of any one _______________.
Destroying and one ________ of that rain forest may mean that _______ the
_______________ of the species are ___________!

There are also __________________ relationships between different ____________,


including _______________ between specific _____________ and _____________.

The destruction of just one _____________of ____________ or ____________ can


threaten the survival of ________ ________.
( No notes on Werner’s interview)
Rainforests receive __________ of the ___________ _____________.
Much of the water is absorbed by the ____________. These plants then
_________ ______________ back into the air through __________________.
The moisture ________________ in clouds and return again as ___________.

But as rain forests are ________ _________, the cycle is _________________.


There are fewer trees and plants to __________ and ____________ water. In some
areas when it rains the ___________ has become __________ because the water isn’t
being _____________ into the __________________. Some ____________ think this
has an effect on ___________ ____________ world wide.

The ____________ of rain forests may affect the __________ _____________


In other ways- _________ ______________ releases large amounts of
____________ ___________________ and some other _____________ trap
____________ from the sun. There is some ___________________ among scientists but
some think the burning of rain forests will _____________ to global warming, the result
of greater levels of _________ _____________ and other gasses.

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