Name That Nation Latin America Flashcards
This nation’s economy is a social market economy and is one of the fastest growing in the world and it relies on natural resources
Peru
This nation’s poverty rate has declined about 35% from 2004 to 2012 and their economic success has been tied to exports such as copper, zinc, textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, services, and fish meal
Peru
This nation’s major trade partners are the U.S., China, Brazil, countries in the EU and Brazil mainly imports things to them such as petroleum, plastics, vehicles, iron, and steel
Peru
This nation’s financial center is in Lima
Peru
This nation’s territory was home to the Norte Chico civilization a long time ago, which was one of the six oldest civilizations in the world
Peru
This nation was home to the Incan Empire, which was conquered by the Spanish empire in the 16th century which then established a viceroyalty with jurisdiction over most of its South American dominants
Peru
This is another word for a Spanish colonial administrative district and this nation had one of them at one point
Viceroyalty, Peru
This is the third largest country in Latin America, being bigger than France and Spain combined
Peru
This nation has 84 out of the 117 life zones, containing the Amazon rainforest, which is a rainy highland, and other highlands including the Andes mountains which are semi-arid, as well as a coast
Peru
In this nation, 45% of the population is indigenous and as a result of the Spanish Invasion there, 1500 out of the 2000 indigenous tribes died out and a lot of this nation’s people are also mestizos, or people of mixed white and native heritage
Peru
This nation is located on the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti and has a population of 10.65 million people
Dominican Republic
This nation’s capital is Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
This nation has a thriving tourism industry that was recently harmed by hurricane Maria
Dominican Republic
Natural disasters are a big problem for this nation because it is in the middle of the Caribbean, making it an easy target for hurricanes coming from the Atlantic Ocean
Dominican Republic
With an unsteady economy, heavy blows from the strong hurricanes have very big impacts on society in this nation and often leaves thousands displaced
Dominican Republic
There are many different ethnicities in this nation including native people, Taínos, Afro-Dominicans, Haitians, Ethnic Chinese, Dominican Americans, Japanese people, and white people and the official language of this country is Spanish
Dominan Republic
This nation is the northernmost Latin American country
Mexico
This nation is the 11th most populated country in the world with about 117 million people
Mexico
Every year millions of monarch butterflies migrate from this nation to the United States
Mexico
In this nation, the China Poblana is a long dress traditionally worn by women on Cinco de Mayo, which is celebrated all around the world and is about the day that the soldiers from this nation defeated a French army that was thousands of times bigger than theirs and it was a huge success
Mexico
This nation’s capital is located in the center of the country in a bowl-shaped valley and this nation was founded in 1521 by Hernan Cortez who was a Spanish conquistador
Mexico
The Aztecs were an ancient civilization with their capital, Tenochtitlán, located where the capital of this nation now lies and their capital was on an island in the center of Lake Texcoco and they were very civilized and performed human sacrifice and built huge terraced pyramid-shaped temples to praise their many gods such as Quetzalcoatl
Mexico
Hernan Cortez was a famous conquistador and he sailed with his crew to this nation and conquered the Aztecs and Francisco Pizarro was another conquistador that led the conquest of the Incan Empire
Mexico
This nation was conquered and colonized by Spain in the 16th century and in September, 1810, a priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla became the father of independence for this nation and he urged his fellow people from his country to go against the Spanish government
Mexico
The president of this nation is Enrique Peña Nieto and the main exports of this country are produce and agriculture and manufactured goods and they are still developing, but they are emerging as one of the world’s leading countries on many fronts
Mexico
This nation’s capital is Bogota and it’s neighboring countries are Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
Colombia
This nation was settled by the Música people and was conquered by Spain in 1525 and gained independence in 1810 from Spain
Colombia
This South American nation covers 440,800 square miles and 48.65 million people live in this nation, meaning that on average, 43 people live in every square kilometer and the average person earns $5,806 every year
Colombia
This is the only nation in South America that has coastlines on both the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans
Colombia
This nation’s second largest city, Medellin was once the murder capital of the world, with 17 murders occurring everyday in 1991
Colombia
Spanish is the official language of this nation, and 99.2% of the people who live in this country speak Spanish, but 101 different languages are spoken here
Colombia
The president of this nation is Juan Manuel Santos and the Andes Mountain Range is located in this country as well as part of the Amazon Rainforest and the Caribbean Sea coastal region, which is also shared with Venezuela and Panama
Colombia
This nation lies 90 miles off of the coast of Florida and its official language is Spanish and its a one-party socialist state
Cuba
This nation gained independence from Spain in 1902 and Fidel Castro was a communist here from 1959 to 2016, when he died, and he kept a tight hold on citizens
Cuba
In 1962 the United States put a trade embargo on all exports from this nation and never took it down
Cuba
The main exports of this nation are sugarcane and tobacco and the game of dominoes is very popular here as well as baseball, the most popular sport and “Que bolero” is a very popular saying here, meaning “What’s up”
Cuba
