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Country Facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| capital of Cuba | La Havana |
| capital of Puerto Rico | San Juan |
| capital of Costa Rica | San José |
| capital of México | La Ciudad de México (Mexico City) |
| capital of La República Dominicana | Santo Domingo |
| capital of España | Madrid |
| España in English | Spain |
| Spain in Spanish | España |
| La República Dominicana in English | The Dominican Republic |
| capital of Belize | Belmopán |
| Belize in Spanish | Belice |
| Belice in English | Belize |
| capital of Guatemala | La Ciudad de Guatemala |
| ciudad in English | city |
| city in Spanish | (la) ciudad |
| capital of El Salvador | San Salvador |
| capital of Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
| capital of Nicaragua | Managua |
| capital of Panama | La ciudad de Panamá |
| Panama in Spanish | Panamá |
| Panamá in English | Panama |
| capital of Venezuela | Caracas |
| capital of Colombia | Bogotá |
| capital of Ecuador | Quito |
| capital of Perú | Lima |
| capital of Bolivia | There are 2: La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial) |
| capital of Paraguay | Asunción |
| capital of Uruguay | Montevideo |
| capital of Chile | Santiago |
| capital of Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| identify the country: "The Savior" / coffee / smallest country in the western hemisphere / "Land of the Volcanoes" | El Salvador |
| identify the country: constitutional monarchy / shares Iberian peninsula with another country / olives and grapes / olive oil | España |
| identify the country: Las Posadas / piñata / jumping beans / Río Bravo / Maquiladora | México |
| What is the Río Grande? | The river that separates Mexico and the U.S. known as "Río Bravo" in Mexico |
| What is "Las Posadas"? | Nightly procession with children in costume reenacting the holy family's search for shelter. It starts 9 days before Christmas Eve (Nochebuena). |
| Nochebuena in English | Christmas Eve |
| Christmas Eve in Spanish | Nochebuena |
| What are jumping beans? | Seeds from Mexican shrubs that contain larva. When the seeds are warm, the larva become active and jump, causing the beans (seeds) to tumble or jerk. |
| What is a piñata? | Mexican paper/cardboard doll in shape of an animal, filled with candy or toys and suspended in the air while blindfolded children try to break it, letting the contents spill and all observing children to rush to gather up the goodies |
| What is a maquiladora? | Factory in Mexico that imports materials and equipment from the U.S. for assembly and manufacturing, and then re-exports the completed products the the U.S. |
| identify the country: "Little Venice" / pesebre / Angel Falls / Hugo Chávez | Venezuela |
| What is a pesebre? | Specially designed depiction of the nativity scene displayed on December 16 through Christmas in Venezuela. |
| Where is Angel Falls? | Venezuela |
| In what country do they roller-skate to the daily Christmas service? | Venezuela |
| identify the country: illegal drugs / coffee / children receive gifts in their shoes / emerald mines | Colombia |
| identify the country: currency=sucre / equator / people ride decorated llamas on Christmas day | Ecuador |
| identify the country: bullfight on Christmas day / Incas / Machu Pichu | Perú |
| identify the country: "Where the land runs out" / many watersports / copper mining / Easter Island | Chile |
| What is Easter Island and where is it? | Easter Island belongs to Chile. It's located about 2,300 miles from the coast. Encountered by Dutch explorers in 1722 (on Easter Day), the island is famous for its hieroglyphic tablets and colossal heads carved from volcanic rock |
| identify the country: Large Italian background / "Land of Silver" / cattle raising and meat packing / Islas Malvinas | Argentina |
| Islas Malvinas in English | Falkland Islands |
| Falkland Islands in Spanish | Islas Malvinas |
| What are the Islas Malvinas? | Group of Islands off Argentina claimed by the British. The U.K. and Argentina fought a war over the islands in 1982. The U.K. retained control over the islands. |
| What is the most literate Hispanic country? | Uruguay (98%). |
| identify the country: Christmas is called "family day" / exports meat, leather, wool / "Asado" is a social event | Uruguay |
| Asado in English | barbecue |
| What are the two landlocked countries in South America? | Bolivia and Paraguay |
| identify the country: Guaraní (indigenous language and currency) / flag has a different emblem on each side | Paraguay |
| identify the country: 2 capitals / landlocked / Salar de Uyuni (salt flat of Uyuni) | Bolivia |
| identify the country: fifth largest country in the world / coffee / soy / Portuguese / Iguazú Falls | Brasil |
| identify the country: communist / Raúl Castro / president's brother lead 1959 revolution | Cuba |
| identify the country: shares island with Haiti / sugar / African influence | La República Dominicana |
| identify the country: U.S. Commonwealth / president is Obama / bilingual | Puerto Rico |
| identify the country: English is official language / sugar / formerly "British Honduras" | Belice |
| identify the country: Quetzal / Mayans / Abrazo de Navidad | Guatemala |
| abrazo in English | hug |
| Navidad in English | Christmas |
| identify the country: "depths" / textiles, timber, coffee / mestizo: 90% | Honduras |
| identify the country: "Near the Lake" / gold córdoba / 50% poverty | Nicaragua |
| identify the country: "Rich Coast" / colón / tourism / queque navideño (similar to plum pudding) | Costa Rica |
| identify the country: Balboa / Christmas celebration begins on Mother's Day (Dec. 8) / Isthmus / canal completed in 1914 | Panamá |
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