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Guide
Greater Antillies -
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Panama Capital & currency -
Ciudad de Panama, Balboa
Dominican Republic -
Island of Santo Domingo
Agriculture: sugarcane
Capital is Santo Domingo
$ - Domincan Peso
Cuba -
Capital is Havana, last Spanish Colony in the new world, $ Peso
Dictator: Fidel Castro
Puerto Rico -
unincorporated US,
Capital - San Juan
Us Dollar
Guatemala -
Ciudad de Guatemala
Agriculture: coffee sugarcane, bananas,
Currency: Quetzal
Capital: Cuidad de Guatemala
El Salvador -
Smallest country in Central America
Capital: San Salvador
Civil War
Coffee
Currency: Colon
Costa Rica -
Capital: San Jose
Currency: Colones
Agriculture: pinapples, cocoa
South American Countries that speak Spanish -
Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
Non Spanish Speaking Countries in South America -
, Guyana, Surnam, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil
Central America -
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Spanish Armada -
fleet of ships, very strong but was defeated by Queen Eliz I This started the defeat
of the Spanish Empire
Bourbons -
Big influence in Europe
Carlos II de espana hasta Felipe V
Miguel de Unamuno -
Spanish author - generation of 98. These artists affected by moral, political and
social crisis in Spain. Their message was that Spain needed to abandon its traditions
and integrate into Europe
Inquisition -
purpose was to discover and punish heretics and crimes against blasphemy,
bigamy and forbidden books .
Aboloished in 1843
General Francisco Franco -
Spanish dictator 1936-1939, defeated the republic and made spain and absolute
dictatorship until his death in 1975
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento -
President of Argentina 1868-1874
Writer and politicial
Horacio Quiroga -
Uruguay, writer influenced by Edgar Alan Poe
Mexico -
Estados Unidos de Mexico
Aztecs, Mayans, Chimichecas,
Agriculture mining
Tourism
Nicaragua -
The first state to declare its independence
Cotton, sugar, banana
Capital- Managua
Currrency-Cordoba
Ecuador -
1527 was discovered by the Spaniards
Cap: Quito
Currency: Us $
, Economy: agriculture-bananas
Colombia -
South America, South of Panama, It starts the continent of South America.
Spanish colonized it and called it "nueva granada"
Economy: agriculture (coffee, corn, rice)
Uruguay -
Established as a state in 1825
Cap: Montevideo
Currency: Uruguayan peso
Venezuela -
Cap: Caracas
Currency: Bolivar
Cocoa
1811 Declared its independence
Argentina -
Stayed under spanish until 1816, Andes Mts,
Cap Buenos Aires
Peso
Livestock and oil
Paraguay -
A river divides it East and West, No sea access, Fought against Spain and
Argentina
2 languages: Spanish and Guarani
Capital Asuncion
$ Guarani
Bolivia -
Part of South America,
Capital: La Paz
Silver mines
Three languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
Peru -
Borders the pacific ocean
Andes
Machu Pichu
Cap: Lima
Currency: Sol
Agriculture
Languages: Spanish and Quechua
Celia Cruz -
Cantante Cubana
Salsera
Salsa Queen
Guide
Greater Antillies -
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Panama Capital & currency -
Ciudad de Panama, Balboa
Dominican Republic -
Island of Santo Domingo
Agriculture: sugarcane
Capital is Santo Domingo
$ - Domincan Peso
Cuba -
Capital is Havana, last Spanish Colony in the new world, $ Peso
Dictator: Fidel Castro
Puerto Rico -
unincorporated US,
Capital - San Juan
Us Dollar
Guatemala -
Ciudad de Guatemala
Agriculture: coffee sugarcane, bananas,
Currency: Quetzal
Capital: Cuidad de Guatemala
El Salvador -
Smallest country in Central America
Capital: San Salvador
Civil War
Coffee
Currency: Colon
Costa Rica -
Capital: San Jose
Currency: Colones
Agriculture: pinapples, cocoa
South American Countries that speak Spanish -
Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
Non Spanish Speaking Countries in South America -
, Guyana, Surnam, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil
Central America -
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Spanish Armada -
fleet of ships, very strong but was defeated by Queen Eliz I This started the defeat
of the Spanish Empire
Bourbons -
Big influence in Europe
Carlos II de espana hasta Felipe V
Miguel de Unamuno -
Spanish author - generation of 98. These artists affected by moral, political and
social crisis in Spain. Their message was that Spain needed to abandon its traditions
and integrate into Europe
Inquisition -
purpose was to discover and punish heretics and crimes against blasphemy,
bigamy and forbidden books .
Aboloished in 1843
General Francisco Franco -
Spanish dictator 1936-1939, defeated the republic and made spain and absolute
dictatorship until his death in 1975
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento -
President of Argentina 1868-1874
Writer and politicial
Horacio Quiroga -
Uruguay, writer influenced by Edgar Alan Poe
Mexico -
Estados Unidos de Mexico
Aztecs, Mayans, Chimichecas,
Agriculture mining
Tourism
Nicaragua -
The first state to declare its independence
Cotton, sugar, banana
Capital- Managua
Currrency-Cordoba
Ecuador -
1527 was discovered by the Spaniards
Cap: Quito
Currency: Us $
, Economy: agriculture-bananas
Colombia -
South America, South of Panama, It starts the continent of South America.
Spanish colonized it and called it "nueva granada"
Economy: agriculture (coffee, corn, rice)
Uruguay -
Established as a state in 1825
Cap: Montevideo
Currency: Uruguayan peso
Venezuela -
Cap: Caracas
Currency: Bolivar
Cocoa
1811 Declared its independence
Argentina -
Stayed under spanish until 1816, Andes Mts,
Cap Buenos Aires
Peso
Livestock and oil
Paraguay -
A river divides it East and West, No sea access, Fought against Spain and
Argentina
2 languages: Spanish and Guarani
Capital Asuncion
$ Guarani
Bolivia -
Part of South America,
Capital: La Paz
Silver mines
Three languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
Peru -
Borders the pacific ocean
Andes
Machu Pichu
Cap: Lima
Currency: Sol
Agriculture
Languages: Spanish and Quechua
Celia Cruz -
Cantante Cubana
Salsera
Salsa Queen
