f the economy with crops including bananas, cotton, sugar cane, corn, coffee and rice.Venezuelans enjoy sports, especially baseball. Every big city has its own major-league team. Soccer and basketball are popular too, as well as, rodeos, horse racing and bullfights. Venezuelans enjoy festivals. The best-known festival is Carnival. People fill the streets, before the holiday of Lent, with parades, dancing and games. African culture is also part of Venezuelan life as it appears in music, dance, folk tales and religious customs. The joropo is Venezuela’s national folk dance where musicians shake maracas, rattles, and play cuatros, four-stringed guitars.In conclusion, Venezuela is a fascinating country from its beginning to modern days. It is the wealthiest nation in South America, basically due to the petroleum reserves. The people, land and lifestyle make Venezuela a remarkable country.BIBLIOGRAPHYInternet cites visited:1.http://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/netspedition/amazon.html (Venezuelan Amazon Expedition)2.http://venezuela.mit.edu/embassy/kids/index.html (Venezuela for Kids)EncyclopediaThe World Book Encyclopedia, Venezuela, Volume 20, pages 240-245 (1981)Other Sources:1.Heinrichs, Ann, A True Book Venezuela, Children’s Press (New York, 1997)2.Lerner Geography Department, Venezuela in Pictures, Lerner Publications Company, (Minneapolis, 1998)3.Winter, Jane Kobean, Cultures of the World Venezuela, Marshall, Cavendish, (New York, 1994)...
