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% of birds that live in Costa Rica

10

Day of celebration in Costa Rica due to independance

15 de septiembre

National holiday in Nicaragua

15 de septiembre (Dia de la Independencia)

What events happened in Dolores, Guanajuato on September 16, 1810?

1st rebellion 1st "grito" happened

% of Costa Rica land protected as National Parks & reserves

25

Day of independence for Dominican Republic

27 de febrero

What does el "Grito de Dolores" mean?

"Shout of Sorrows"

Population of Puerto Rico

3.7 million

What is the population of Costa Rica?

4.576 million

Population of Nicaragua

5.6 million

How many plants and orchids are in Costa Rica?

9,000 species of plants and 1,200 species of orchids

Population of the Dominican Republic

9.65 million

What are the important cities in Costa Rica?

Alajuela, Cartago, Puerto Limón

How is Mexican Independence Day celebrated?

By people gathering in the Zocalo (town square), president waving the flag and ringing the bell, also crowd chants and parades/parties

Christopher Colombus visited this land in 1502 and thought it had gold and silver

Costa Rica

What country is famous for its ecological tourism?

Costa Rica

country in middle of american continent

Costa Rica

what country is home to a lot of the world's birds?

Costa Rica

Ser's acromyn

Date / time Origin (ser +de ) Characteristics Traits Ownership (ser + de) Relationship

What country is the city of Puerto Plata in?

Dominican Republic

Cómo está hoy?

Estoy muy bien.

T/F Costa Rica does not invest in education

False

T/F Puerto Rico had no army for 50 years

False; its Costa Rica

T/F: Managua is located on the shores of Lake Nicaragua

False; on the shores of Lake Managua

Famous People: Violeta Barrios de Chamorro and Rubén Darío. What are they and what country are they from?

Famous People: Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (ex-prez), Rubén Darío (writer) are from Nicaragua

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Famous People: Óscar Arias Sánchez (ex- prez), Ana Brown- Hernández (writer)

Cuántos alumnos hay en tu clase de espanol?

Hay veinticinco alumnos en mi clase de espanol.

Juan Luis Guerra, Sammy Sosa, and Oscar de la Renta. What are they and what country are they from?

Juan Luis Guerra (Merengue Singer), Sammy Sosa (baseball player), Oscar de la Renta (fashion designer).

Como es la clase de espanol?

La clase de espanol es muy divertida!

Only freshwater lake to have swordfishes and sharks

Lake Nicaragua

Who was Miguel Hidalgo?

Man who started first grito and independence struggle

Cuando es tu cumpleanos?

Mi cumpleanos es el trece de abril

Que clase te gusta mas y por que?

Mi me gusta la clase de espanol porque es muy divertida.

Costa Rica's neighbor to the north

Nicaragua

Granada and Léon are important cities in this country

Nicaragua

Largest country of Central America

Nicaragua

Important cities in Puerto Rico

Ponce, Mayaguez, and Bayamon

Estar's acronym

Prepositions Locations Actions that are happening now Conditions Emotions

El Castillo de San Felipe de Morro is in this country

Puerto Rico

The rainforest (el yunque) is in this country

Puerto Rico

Raul Julia, Miguel Pau, Roberto Clemente, and Ricky Martin. What are they and what country are they from?

Raul Julia (Actor) Miguel Pau (painter), Roberto Clemente (baseball), Ricky Martin (singer) Puerto Rico

3 things that happen during anniversary of "el Grito de Independencia "?

Ringing of the bell Waving of the flag Grito (shout) and parades/parties

1st capital of the America's:

Santo Domingo

Pasan los anos rápidamente?

Si, los años pasan rápidamente.

Te molesta estudiar mucho?

Si, me molesta estudiar mucho.

Vienen tus parientes para celebrar los días de fiesta?

Si, mis parientes vienen para celebrarlos.

Tienes hermanos? Como se llaman?

Si, tengo siete hermanos. Se llaman Mark, John, David, Mikey, Janie, Brittany, y Alex.

Tener # anos

To be # years

Tener frio

To be cold

Tener la culpa

To be guilty

Tener calor

To be hot

Tener suerte

To be lucky

Tener la razon

To be right

Tener miedo de

To be scared of

Tener exito

To be sucessful

What does Venir mean? What are the 5 forms of it?

To come; vengo, veines, viene, vienemos, vienen

Tener ganas de

To have the

What does tener mean? What are the 5 forms of it?

To have; tengo, tienes, tiene, tenemos, tienen

T/F: The Mayan's lived in Honduras

True. They also lived in Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, and Mexico

Como vas a celebrar tu cumpleanos?

Voy a tener una fiesta con familia y amigos. Vamos a bailar y cantar.

When is "que" used with tener?

When there is a neccisity. I.e. She HAS to go to the library= ella tiene QUE ir a la biblioteca.

Que haces en la clase de espanol?

Yo escucho de musica en la clase de espanol

Donde estas ahora?

Yo estoy en la clase de espanol.

Como eres?

Yo soy simpatica, athletica y perezosa.

Cuánto vas a estudiar para el examen?

Yo voy a estudiar mucho.

A dónde vas después de la clase de espanol?

Yo voy a ir la casa

Pan de Muerto

bread of the dead

Cunado

brother in law

Maje

buddy / pal (among friends)

Copal

burning incense left at altars

Alfeniques

colorful iced sugar skulls

primo

cousin

Currency in Costa Rica

el colón

Currency of Nicaragua

el córdoba

Currency of Dominican Republic

el peso dominicano

Cascarones

festive egg shells that are filled with confetti and trimmed in glitter

Nieta

granddaughter

Bisabuela

great-grandma

Suegros

in-laws

Sobrino

nephew

Sobrina

niece

Ofrenda

offerings to honor to the dead

Buena Nota!

okay!

Hija/o unica

only child

Calaveras

poems and songs written about the festival

macho(a)

refers to anyone with blonde hair

Parientes

relatives

Hermanastro

step-brother

Hijastra

step-daughter

Madrastra

step-mother

El chunche

thing

Tener hambre

to be hungry

Tener sed

to be thirsty

Tener sueno

to be tired

Gemelos

twins

Calaca

whimsical skeleton figure that represents death

Cempazuchitl

yellow marigolds that symbols of death


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