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Spanish Countries
Term | Definition |
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ARGENTINA | BEAUTIFUL CAPITAL CITY AND HOME TO THE IGUAZU FALLS |
BOLIVIA | LANDLOCKED COUNTRY WITH 2 CAPITAL CITIES |
CHILE | VERY LONG COASTLINE IN SOUTH AMERICA, CLIMATE IS LIKE CALIFORNIA AND THEY MAKE FINE WINES |
COLOMBIA | NAMED AFTER COLUMBUS AND FAMOUS FOR ORCHIDS AND EMERALDS |
COSTA RICA | VERY PEACEFUL CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY ABOLISHED ITS ARMY 1949 |
CUBA | LARGEST ISLAND IN THE CARIBBEAN, THEIR COMMUNIST LEADER FOR 50 YEARS, FIDEL CASTRO, JUST DIED |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | COUNTRY THAT SHARES AN ISLAND WITH THE FRENCH SPEAKING COUNTRY OF HAITI, THEY SEND LOTS OF BASEBALL PLAYERS TO THE U.S. TO PLAY IN THE PROS |
ECUADOR | SMALL SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY THAT LIES ON THE EQUATOR, IT'S CAPITAL IS QUITO |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA | ONLY SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRY IN AFRICA |
EL SALVADOR | SMALLEST CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY AND MOST DENSELY POPULATED |
GUATEMALA | THEY EXPORT LOTS OF COFFEE TO STARBUCK'S IN THE U.S. |
HONDURAS | THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY IS A LARGE EXPORTER OF BANANAS |
MEXICO | HAS THE LARGEST CAPITAL CITY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE |
NICARAGUA | HOME TO LAKE MANAGUA AND MANY VOLCANOES |
PANAMA | THIS COUNTRY IS AN ISTHMUS AND HOME TO A FAMOUS CANAL |
PARAGUAY | LARGEST EXPORTER OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER |
PERU | SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY WITH TALL MOUNTAINS AND HOME TO THE ANCIENT INCA EMPIRE |
PUERTO RICO | SMALL ISLAND IN THE CARIBBEAN WHO IS NOT A COUNTRY BUT AN AMERICAN TERRITORY |
SPAIN | LOCATED IN EUROPE AND BROUGHT SPANISH LANGUAGE TO MANY COUNTRIES FROM THE EXPLORERS IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES |
URUGUAY | SMALL SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY HAS A STABLE DEMOCRATIC HISTORY AND A NEIGHBOR OF ARGENTINA |
VENEZUELA | OIL RESERVES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY'S RELATIVE PROSPERITY |