The Spanishspeaking. Learn about Spanishspeaking. their capitals. Disc 2 Track 12 ACTIVITY. In this activity you will: ACTIVITY 31

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1 The Spanishspeaking World ACTIVITY 31 The world is a big place but it becomes much smaller when you learn about it. Look at a map of the world. Can you point out where all the Spanish-speaking countries are? There are people who speak Spanish all over the world, but a Spanish-speaking country is a country where Spanish is the official language. In this activity you will: Learn about Spanishspeaking countries and their capitals. Disc 2 Track

2 POWER-GLIDE SPANISH JUNIOR 2 España Spain One Spanish-speaking country that you ve probably heard of is España, Spain. Spain is the only Spanish-speaking country in Europe, Europa. The capital of Spain is Madrid. The Spanish language originally came from Spain and has been used and modified in all the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world. The people of these other Spanish-speaking countries spoke their own native languages before Spanish was introduced to them. There still are some groups of people that speak native languages as well as Spanish. México Mexico México is a neighbor to los Estados Unidos, the United States. The capital of Mexico is la Ciudad de México, Mexico City. The city s full title is México, Distrito Federal or Federal District, but many Mexicans refer to the capital as just México or El D.F. (pronounced: el day f-ay). This is similar to how people in the U.S. say D.C. when talking about the capital of the United States, Washington D.C. 140

3 Latinoamérica/América Latina Latin America The majority of all the countries in the world where Spanish is spoken are located in Latin America. Latin America is made up of three main areas: Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. In Spanish these areas are called Centroamérica/América Central, el Caribe, and Sudamérica/América del Sur. 141

4 POWER-GLIDE SPANISH JUNIOR 2 Countries and Capitals INSTRUCTIONS Listen to and repeat out loud the names of the Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America and their capitals. Interesting Facts English is the official language of Belice, but Spanish is spoken there too. Bolivia has two cities named as its capital. La Paz is the seat of its government and Sucre is its legal capital and seat of the judiciary. Countries and Capitals Country México España Guatemala Honduras Belice El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panamá Cuba República Dominicana Puerto Rico Colombia Venezuela Ecuador Perú Bolivia Chile Paraguay Argentina Uruguay Capital Ciudad de México (D.F.) Madrid Guatemala Tegucigalpa Belmopan San Salvador Managua San José Panamá La Habana Santo Domingo San Juan Bogotá Caracas Quito Lima La Paz and Sucre Santiago Asunción Buenos Aires Montevideo 3 142

5 Memorizing INSTRUCTIONS Memorize each of the capitals from the previous chart before filling in the blanks below from memory. Answers are in Appendix A, on page , Argentina 2., Nicaragua 3., Venezuela 4., Uruguay 5., Chile 6., Panamá 7., México 8., España 9., Guatemala 10., Colombia 11., Perú 12., República Dominicana 13., Cuba 14., Costa Rica 15., Ecuador 16., Honduras 17., Belice 18., Paraguay 19., Bolivia 20., El Salvador 21., Puerto Rico 143

6 POWER-GLIDE SPANISH JUNIOR 2 Individual 1 Look at a detailed map of a city in one of the Spanishspeaking countries. Compare and contrast it with a detailed map of your own city. Are there any similarities? What differences are there? Make a list of the things you find out from the maps Individual 2 Write the names of all the Spanish-speaking countries and capitals on small pieces of paper. Lay each paper upside down on the ground. Pick up two at a time until you can match a capital with a country. Continue until you have all the capitals and countries matched up. Group Divide the class into teams. The teacher will point to a Spanish-speaking country (on a large map or overhead) and ask one student from each team to identify either the country name or its capital. A point is awarded to the team whose team member responds correctly. 144