Los Países Hispanohablantes ¿De dónde eres? Yo soy de … Yo soy estadounidense

Vocabulario Hispanohablante El país La ciudad La capital El mapa Las montañas La plaza La iglesia/la catedral

Europa 1. España

Nacionalidad: español/española España Capital: Madrid Nacionalidad: español/española Where Spanish language originated. Thanks to Columbus, was THE world power of the 16th & 17th centuries. Antonio Banderas

América del Sur 8. Venezuela 1. Colombia 2. Ecuador 3. Perú 4. Bolivia 9. Uruguay 5. Chile 6. Paraguay 7. Argentina

Nacionalidad: colombiano/colombiana Capital: Bogotá Nacionalidad: colombiano/colombiana Named after Christopher Columbus. Home of Shakira & Juanes.

Nacionalidad: ecuatoriano/ecuatoriana Ecuador Capital: Quito Nacionalidad: ecuatoriano/ecuatoriana Name means Equator, which passes through the country. Las Islas de Galapagos

Perú Capital: Lima Nacionalidad: peruano/peruana Capital of the Inca Empire. Home of the ruins at Machu Picchu. Setting for newest Indiana Jones movie.

Nacionalidad: boliviano/boliviana Capital: La Paz* Nacionalidad: boliviano/boliviana Named after S. American hero Simon Bolivar. Home of Lake Titicaca and Lake Poopo. * Sucre is constitutional and judicial capital.

Chile Capital: Santiago Nacionalidad: chileno/chilena Easter Island off coast. Country of Nobel Prize poet Pablo Neruda.

Nacionalidad: paraguayo/paraguaya Capital: Asunción Nacionalidad: paraguayo/paraguaya Rich Guarani Indian culture. 94% of the population speaks Guarani. 75% speak Spanish.

Nacionalidad: argentino/argentina Capital: Buenos Aires Nacionalidad: argentino/argentina Origin of the Tango. Famous Argentines: Evita & Che Guevara

Nacionalidad: venezolano/venezolana Venezuela Capital: Caracas Nacionalidad: venezolano/venezolana Home of great S. American liberator Simon Bolivar. Many famous baseball Players.

Nacionalidad: uruguayo/uruguaya Capital: Montevideo Nacionalidad: uruguayo/uruguaya Very modern and developed country. Esteban Batista: First Uruguayan NBA player.

América Central El Caribe 1. Cuba 1. Guatemala 2. Dominican Republic 3. Puerto Rico 2. El Salvador 3. Honduras 4. Nicaragua 5. Costa Rica 6. Panama

Guatemala Capital: La Ciudad de Guatemala Nacionalidad: guatemalteco/guatemalteca Tikal: ancient Mayan ruins. Rigoberta Menchu: Nobel Peace Prize 1992

Nacionalidad: salvadoreño/salvadoreña El Salvador Capital: San Salvador Nacionalidad: salvadoreño/salvadoreña Martyred civil-rights activist Archbishop Oscar Romero. Name means “The Savior”

Nacionalidad: hondureño/hondureña Honduras Capital: Tegucigalpa Nacionalidad: hondureño/hondureña Famous Honduran Americans: - Carlos Mencia (born in Honduras). - David Archuleta (Honduran mom). - America Ferrera (Honduran parents).

Nacionalidad: nicaragüense Nicaragua Capital: Managua Nacionalidad: nicaragüense Famous author/poet Reuben Dario Iran/Contra scandal in U.S. linked to funding Nicaragua’s Sandanistas mid 1980’s

Costa Rica Capital: San José Nacionalidad: costarriqueño/a or costarricense President Oscar Arias Sanchez won Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 Beautiful rainforests and Eco-tourism. Do not have organized army

Capital: La Ciudad dePanamá Nacionalidad: panameño/panameña Panama Canal links Atlantic and Pacific U.S. invaded in 1989 to capture Manuel Noriega Baseball H.O.F. Rod Carew

Nacionalidad: cubano/cubana Capital: La Havana Nacionalidad: cubano/cubana World famous for their cigars. Communist dictator Fidel Castro was in power since 1959 until his death. Currently his brother Raul is the president. Fidel Raul

La Republica Dominicana Capital: Santo Domingo Nacionalidad: dominicano/dominicana Baseball is most popular sport. Many MLB stars came from the Dominican Republic including: David (Big Papi) Ortiz, Sammy Sosa and Albert Pujols. Island shares a border with French speaking Haiti.

Nacionalidad: puertorriquéño/a Puerto Rico Capital: San Juan Nacionalidad: puertorriquéño/a Commonwealth of the United States. Puerto Ricans are granted U.S. citizenship. One of the last Spanish colonies in the Americas. (1898) Home of Ricky Martin, Jlo, Daddy Yankee

America del Norte 1. México

Capital: Ciudad de México Nacionalidad: mexicano/mexicana Mexican cuisine mixture of European and indigenous ingredients. Authentic Mexican food differs a bit from Taco Bell. Capital of the Aztec Empire. Traditional music: Mariachi

Africa 1. Guinea Ecuatorial

Guinea Ecuatorial Capital: Malabo Nacionalidad: guineano/guineana Bioko also is home to descendants of former slaves who were freed in the nineteenth century. Big cocoa importer