| 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 |