Try the fastest way to create flashcards
hello quizlet
Home
Subjects
Expert Solutions
Log in
Sign up
FLVS Spanish 1 1.01
5.0 (1 review)
Flashcards
Learn
Test
Match
Q-Chat
Get a hint
México (North America)
Click the card to flip 👆
La capital: La Ciudad de México (CDMX)
Datos importantes: Did you know CDMX was built on a lake and is said to sink about half a foot each year?
Click the card to flip 👆
1 / 26
1 / 26
Flashcards
Learn
Test
Match
Q-Chat
Created by
carlyeames
Share
Identify where Spanish is spoken Identify benefits of learning a second language
Share
Students also viewed
1.02A ¿Cómo estás?
6 terms
1.03A ¿Cómo te llamas? - Quiz
6 terms
FLVS Spanish 1.01
39 terms
Módulo I, 1.01 Quiz Review
Teacher
25 terms
Spanish CH 3 quiz
78 terms
FVCK SPANISHHHHHHH 😭
9 terms
spanish
48 terms
quiz #somthing
17 terms
Español II - Vocab Cuatro - Los Medicos
42 terms
Terms in this set (26)
México (North America)
La capital: La Ciudad de México (CDMX)
Datos importantes: Did you know CDMX was built on a lake and is said to sink about half a foot each year?
Guatemala
La capital: Ciudad de Guatemala
Datos importantes: Do you love chocolate bars? Thank a Guatemalan. The Maya people first invented the chocolate bar. They were also the first to use the concept of zero.
Honduras
La capital: Tegucigalpa (Tegus)
Datos importantes: Tegus is over 3,000 feet above sea level!
El Salvador
La capital: San Salvador
Datos importantes: El Salvador is home to Joya De Cerén which is called the Pompeii of the New World. It is a pre-Hispanic farming village that was covered by a volcano eruption around 500 A.D.
Nicaragua
La capital: Managua
Datos importantes: Be careful in Lake Nicaragua; it's the only place in the world with fresh water bull sharks.
Costa Rica
La capital: San José
Datos importantes: Costa Rica is the hummingbird capital of the world; 52 different species live in Costa Rica.
Panamá
La capital: Cuidad de Panamá
Datos importantes: Panama hats are originally from Ecuador. However, they were often sent to Panama before being shipped to the rest of the world. The sale of these hats funded a revolution in Ecuador.
Ecuador (South America)
La capital: Quito
Datos importantes: Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador's highest mountain is the point on Earth closest to the sun.
Perú
La capital: Lima
Datos importantes: The potato is originally from Peru, and there are over 3,000 different varieties. Proud Peruvians use the phrase "Soy más peruano que la papa" (I am more Peruvian than the potato).
Colombia
La capital: Bogotá
Datos importantes: Although Colombia is known for coffee, which I love, we are also the second largest exporter of flowers in the world.
Venezuela
La capital: Caracas
Datos importantes: There is a persistent storm at Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Lightning storms last for about 10 hours, 140 to 160 nights a year. That accounts for about 1.2 million lightning discharges per year, called Catatumbo Lightning.
Bolivia
La capital: La Paz/Sucre
Datos importantes: Bolivia is a landlocked country in South America. But that doesn't mean there isn't cool stuff here. We have many natural wonders to enjoy.
Uruguay
La capital: Montevideo
Datos importantes: Soccer fans, did you know that Uruguay hosted the first World Cup in 1930 which it won? They almost went to war with Argentina over it.
Paraguay
La capital: Asunción
Datos importantes: Paraguay's first language is not Spanish. Guaraní is its first language and Spanish, its second. It is also one of few South American countries to retain its native tongue as an official language.
Argentina
La capital: Buenos Aires
Datos importantes: This is the birthplace of the tango, Lionel Messi, Che Guevara, and animation. Yes, you heard that correctly. The very first person to use animation was an Argentinian, Quirino Fernando.