Nombre _______________________________________ Fecha __________________ Clase _____
Answer the questions that follow about several of the Spanish-speaking countries. Use your
textbook and the given page numbers as your guide. You should find all of the answers
within the text and maps (p. xiii-xiv) in your book. Remember to give the capital city of each.
p. 35 – Costa Rica – La capital de Costa Rica es _____________________________.
1. What are the people of Costa Rica known as?
2. Costa Rica seems like a peaceful place. What in the reading would lead you to think this?
3. What specific kind of tourists might like to visit Costa Rica and why?
4. Locate, label, and color in Costa Rica and its capital on the map on the back side of this page.
p. 41 – Panamá – La capital de Panamá es _____________________________.
1. Panamá is what kind of geographic feature that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
2. What are some of the races and/or cultures that make up the many people that live in Panamá?
3. What is Panamá probably most well-known for? What is it famous for?
4. Locate, label, and color in Panamá and its capital on the map on the back side of this page.
p. 61 – Puerto Rico – La capital de Puerto Rico es _____________________________.
1. What is Puerto Rico’s “nickname”?
2. Puerto Rico has a special relationship with the United States. Though it is of course not a state, in
many ways one could think of it as a “sort-of” state. What term is used to describe Puerto Rico’s
association with the U.S.?
3. Locate, label, and color in Puerto Rico and its capital on the map on the back side of this page.