Spanish
at Sumner Academy

Actividades

1. Centroamérica
1. Color and label the countries
2. Label the capitals
3. Label these bodies of water:
1. El Océano Pacífico
2. El Océano Atlántico
3. EL Gulfo de México
4. El Gulfo de California
5. El Mar Caribe
6. El Lago Nicaragua
7. El Río Grande
4. Label the Panama Canal
5. Label the West Indies
6. Label these mountains
1. Sierra Madre Oriental
2. Sierra Madre Occidental
2. Quiz on Capitals and Countries of Central America
3. Answer questions on the Video
4. Sudamérica
1. Complete the map on South America including the items I - VIII on the attached sheet
2. Answer the questions on South America (attached sheet)


5. Quiz on capitals and countries of South America


6. You are planning a trip to Latin America.  You have six weeks for this trip.  Decide the following:
1. Where are you going? (Name the countries and cities)
2. What will you see? (examples: the pyramids outside Mexico City, the ruins of  Machu Picchu, Peru )
3. What will you take with you? (clothing - what kind?, money - how much?)
4. When do you plan to go? (the time of year may affect what you do and take)
5. What will you bring back with you?

                                                      ¡ Buen Viaje!


Page 2

Using the map of South America, do the following:

1. Label the Amazon Rain Forest and color green.
   
2. Label the following rivers: Orinoco, Magdalena, La Plata, Paraná, Amazona & tributaries
   
3. Put in the Andes Mountains and color purple.
4. Label the following bodies of water and color blue: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Lake Titicaca, Lake Maracaibo
5. Label the Equator.
6. Label the Pampas and color yellow.
7. Label the Atacama Desert and color brown.
8. Color the countries and label the capitals.
9. Answer the following questions about the countries:
1. Which country is the largest country?  _______________________________
   
2. Which country is the smallest country? ______________________________
   
3. What two counties are land-locked? __________________  &  ____________________
   
4. Which is the longest river in South America? _________________________
   
5. Which two countries produce much tin?  ___________________  &  ____________________
   
6. Which is the richest oil producing country?  _____________________
   
7. Which two countries produce a great deal of coffee?  ____________________  &  ____________________
   
8. Which grasslands area of South America, long known for raising livestock, has recently begun to grow grains, as well?  __________________
   
9. What countries are crossed by the Equator?  _________________,  ___________________  &  _________________
   
10. Where are the Pampas?   _____________________________
    
11. From which 3 ethnic heritages have most Latin Americans come?  ________________,  _________________  &  ___________________
    
12. Explain the following:
    mestizo _________________________________,
    mulatto__________________________________