A | B |
Switzerland of the Americas | Uruguay |
Galapagos Islands | Ecuador |
Salsa music and dance | Puerto Rico |
el merengue music and dance | Republica Dominicana |
harp music, la piña originated here | Paraguay |
la cumbia music and dance | Colombia |
one of the poorest and least developed Cent. Am. countries | Honduras |
tango music and dance | Argentina |
mambo, rumba, and cha-cha music and dance | Cuba |
two capitals | Bolivia |
papas (potatoes) | Peru |
hammocks and Spanglish | Puerto Rico |
two official languages (Spanish & French) | Guinea Ecuatorial |
worry dolls | Guatemala |
Angel Falls, highest in the world | Venezuela |
world's leading copper producer | Chile |
"ticos" and no army | Costa Rica |
largest rainforest in Western Hemisphere | Panama |
la guitarra moderna | España |
88% blancos (European ancestry) | Uruguay |
las fiestas, las piñatas | Mexico |
no costa | Bolivia & Paraguay |
"Tom Thumb" of the Americas | El Salvador |
Mosquito Coast | Nicaragua |
posesión de los Estados Unidos (U.S.) | Puerto Rico |
ecoturismo, 25% of land is national parks and reserves | Costa Rica |
el béisbol | Republica Dominicana |
el petróleo | Colombia |
Republica de Bananas | Honduras- |
name means land of many lakes | Nicaragua |
la jungla(selva) with greatest density of species in world | Costa Rica |
los Incas, Andes Mts. | Peru |
mostly indios and mestizos (mixed Indian & Spanish) | Bolivia |
major producer of cocoa beans | Nicaragua |
land of volcanoes | El Salvador- |
country that lies on the equator; NOT Ecuador | Guinea Ecuatorial |
los Azteca | Mexico |
el café | Colombia |
world's leading beef exporter | Argentina |
longest, narrowest country in the world | Chile |
los Maya | Guatemala |
the equator and "centro geográfico" of the world | Ecuador |
el canal | Panama |
el toreo(bullfighting) y el flamenco | España |
cigarros, comunismo, Castro | Cuba |