Pasaporte a América del Sur - Fifth Grade Spanish Language Experience Organized by the King Juan Carlos Center New York University
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Pasaporte
a
América del Sur
Fifth Grade
Spanish Language Experience
Organized by the
King Juan Carlos Center
New York University
1
Apellidos (paterno)_________________________________
(materno)________________________________
Nombres: ___________________________________ (fotografía)
Fecha de nacimiento: día (circle the number of the day of the month you were born)
uno dos tres cuatro cinco seis
siete ocho nueve diez once doce
trece catorce quince dieciséis diecisiete dieciocho
diecinueve veinte veintiuno veintidós veintitres veinticuatro
veinticinco veintiséis veintisiete veintiocho veintinueve treinta
treinta y uno
Fecha de nacimiento: mes (circle the name of the month in which you were born)
enero febrero marzo abril mayo junio
julio agosto septiembre octubre noviembre diciembre
Fecha de nacimiento: año (circle the number of the year of your birth)
mil novecientos noventa mil novecientos noventa y uno
mil novecientos noventa y dos mil novecientos noventa y tres
mil novecientos noventa y cuatro mil novecientos noventa y cinco
Lugar de nacimiento: ____________________________________________________
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ARGENTINA
Población : 36, 568, 000
Capital: Buenos Aires
Industrias: meat, wheat, corn, oilseed, textiles
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Argentina
azul
azul
3
1. Use the top map to place and label the following
cities and towns on the map to the left:
Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Rosario, San Carlos de
Bariloche, Paraná, La Plata, San Juan, Mendoza.
2. Use the scale on the top map to estimate the
distances between:
Rosario and Río de Gallegos
_______miles; _______kilometers
Córdoba and Buenos Aires
_______miles; _______kilometers
Salta and La Plata
_______miles; _______kilometers
4
BOLIVIA
Población: 8,090,000
Capital: La Paz
Idiomas: Español, Quechua, Aymara
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Bolivia
rojo
amarillo
verde
5
These are some important products for the economy of Bolivia.
Can you translate them into English? Use a dictionary, or ask a
Spanish speaker for help.
Español Inglés
minería __________________________________
petróleo __________________________________
maíz __________________________________
soya __________________________________
madera __________________________________
joyería __________________________________
6
BRAZIL
Población: 167, 988, 000
Capital: Brasilia
Idiomas: Portugués, Español, Inglés
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Brazil
verde
azul
amarillo
7
Study the chart of population in South PAÍS POBLACIÓN
America. Then color the map according Argentina 36,568,000
Bolivia 8,090,000
to the following key:
Brazil 167,988,000
Menos de 1,000,000 de habitantes – rojo
Chile 15,018,000
1,000,000 – 2, 999,999 – amarillo
Colombia 38,581,000
3,000,000 – 4, 999,999 – verde Ecuador 12,411,000
5,000,000 – 6,999,999 – anaranjado Paraguay 5,219,000
7,000,000 – 14,999,999 – café Perú 26,624,000
Más de 15,000,000 - violeta Uruguay 3,351,000
Venezuela 23,766,000
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¿Sabías? Did you know that………
• Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world?
• ten other South American countries border Brazil?
• capybaras, the world’s largest rodents live in Brazil’s lagos y ríos? Have
you ever heard of them?
• Brazil is the only país in América del sur or in América del norte where
Portuguese is the official language?
• Brazil is known throughout the world for its delicious café? Sugarcane is also
grown in Brazil. Have you ever tasted dulce sugarcane?
• Brazil’s biggest festival is called Carnaval. It takes place every year in la
primavera in Rio de Janeiro.
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CHILE
Población: 15, 018, 000
Capital: Santiago
Industria: Minerals, vinos, carnes, pescado
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Chile
azul blanco
rojo
101. Use the top map to place and label the following
cities and towns on the map to the left:
Viña del Mar, Antofagasta, Arica, Iquique,
Santiago, Osorno, Punta Arenas.
2. Use the scale on the top map to estimate the
distances between:
Punta Arenas and Santiago
_______miles; _______kilometers
Osorno a Arica
_______miles; _______kilometers
Iquique a Cerro San Valentín
_______miles; _______kilometers
11¿Sabías? Did you know that………….
• Chile is the longest narrow country in the world? It stretches 2,650 miles
from north to south on the Pacific coast but its average width is only 110
miles.
• the Juan Fernández islands in the South Pacific are part of Chile? The
main island in this group is called Robinson Crusoe Island because the
real Crusoe, a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk was stranded
there in 1704. Daniel Defoe modeled his hero after Selkirk, but set his
novel in the Caribbean. Have you heard of Robinson Crusoe?
• in Patagonia, in Southern Chile, scientists have found the remains of a
giant ground sloth? When standing, it was 10 feet tall! It had the body of
a rhinoceros, three-inch long claws and a bulging head.
• Chile was ruled by General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, a military dictator
from 1973 to 1989? It is now a democracy again.
• Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda received the Nobel prize for Literature in
1971?
• Middle Chile has only 18% of the land but about 77% of its people?
• the Mapuche Indians are the largest group of Chileans with a non-
Spanish culture and language?
• Chileans are known for speaking extremely fast? If you speak to a
Chilean, you may need to tell them to speak “despacio, por favor.”
12COLOMBIA
Población: 38, 581, 000
Capital: Bogotá
Industrias: Textiles, café, flores, bananas, petróleo.
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Colombia
amarillo
azul
rojo
13These are some important products for the economy of Colombia.
Can you translate them into English? Use a dictionary, or ask a
Spanish speaker for help.
Español Inglés
café __________________________________
plata __________________________________
oro __________________________________
carbón __________________________________
ropa __________________________________
esmeraldas __________________________________
14ECUADOR
Población: 12, 411, 000
Capital: Quito
Idiomas: Español y Quechua
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Ecuador
amarillo
azul
rojo
15These are some important products for the economy of Ecuador.
Can you translate them into English? Use a dictionary, or ask a
Spanish speaker for help.
Español Inglés
textilería __________________________________
guineos __________________________________
café __________________________________
pescado __________________________________
mariscos __________________________________
flores __________________________________
16¿Sabías? Did you know that……
• Ecuador is one of the países más pequeños in América del sur?
• Ecuador takes its name from the equator (ecuador is equator en español)
which crosses the country just norte of Quito, the capital city.
• las Islas Galápagos (or the Galápagos Islands) are part of Ecuador? They
are located about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador in El Mar Pacífico.
• las Islas Galápagos are home to rare species of plants and animals? The
giant tortoise of the Galápagos Islands lives longer than any other
creature on Earth!
• 55% of Ecuador’s population consists of mestizos – people of mixed
indigenous indians and European decent?
• a very important day for an Ecuadorian girl is her fifteenth birthday,
known as quinceañera. She has a party that is similar to a wedding
celebration. This is kind of like a Sweet 16 party for girls in the US.
• Cristina Aguilera, a well known singer, is of Ecuadorian decent.
17GUYANA
Población: 705, 000
Capital: Georgetown
Idioma: Inglés
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Guyana
verde
rojo amarillo
181. Use the top map to place and label the
following cities and towns on the map to the
left:
Georgetown, New Amesterdam, Mabaruma,
Lethem, Apoteri, Mahdia, Issano.
2. Use the scale on the top map to estimate
the distances between:
Kamoo Mts to Georgetown
_______miles; _______kilometers
Parik to Mabaruma
_______miles; _______kilometers
Linden to Dadanawa
_______miles; _______kilometers
19¿Sabías? Did you know that……
• Guyana is the only país in América del sur whose official language is
inglés?
• Guyana is about the same size as Idaho, the US state?
• Guyana was occupied by the English, the Dutch and briefly by the French
before gaining its independence in 1966?
• Guyana’s population consists of many different peoples including Native
Americans, Africans, East Indians and Europeans?
• one of the many names for Guyana is “Land of the Six Peoples”. This
refers to the main ethnic groups of the population – East Indian, African,
Chinese, Portuguese, British and Amerindian. All of these groups except
one were brought to Guyana because of sugar. Do you know which
group is the exception?
• fourteen different languages are spoken in Guyana today, including some
examples of Creole? Creole is a language that develops when people
speaking different languages live close to each other and need to
communicate.
20GUYANA FRANCESA
Población: 185, 000
Capital: Cayenne
Idioma: Francés
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Guyana Francesa
azul rojo
21La brújula: La rosa de los vientos
Use the compass rose and the map of French Guiana to tell Arturo in which
direction he needs to go to get from one place to another
de Camopi a Citrón ______________________
de Grand Santi a Cayenne ______________________
de Saint Georges a Mana ______________________
de Saül a Kaw ______________________
22PARAGUAY
Población: 5, 219, 000
Capital: Asunción
Idioma: Español y Guaraní
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Paraguay
rojo
azul
23These are some important products for the economy of Paraguay.
Can you translate them into English? Use a dictionary, or ask a
Spanish speaker for help.
Español Inglés
carnes __________________________________
cerveza __________________________________
algodón __________________________________
caña __________________________________
aceite vegetal __________________________________
24PERÚ
Población: 26, 624, 000
Capital: Lima
Idiomas: Español y Quechua
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Perú
rojo rojo
251. Use the top map to place and label the
following cities and towns on the map to the
left:
Piura, Lima, Cuzco, Arequipa, Callao,
Trujillo, Chimbote, Nauta, Andoas, Machu
Picchu
2. Use the scale on the top map to estimate
the distances between:
Tacna and Talara
_______miles; _______kilometers
Callao and Machu Picchu
_______miles; _______kilometers
Pisco and Nauta
_______miles; _______kilometers
26SURINAM
Población: 431, 000
Capital: Paramaribo
Idioma: Holandés
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Surinam
verde
rojo
amarillo
verde
27La brújula: La rosa de los vientos
Use the compass rose and the map of Suriname to tell Arturo in which direction he
needs to go to get from one place to another
de Apetina a Totness ______________________
de Paramaribo a Benzdorp ______________________
de Juliana Top a Albina ______________________
de Avanavero a Bronwsweg ______________________
28URUGUAY
Población: 3, 351, 000
Capital: Montevideo
Idioma: Español
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Uruguay
amarillo azul
azul
azul
azul
29These are some important products for the economy of Uruguay.
Can you translate them into English? Use a dictionary, or ask a
Spanish speaker for help.
Español Inglés
arroz __________________________________
trigo __________________________________
lana __________________________________
30VENEZUELA
Población: 23, 766, 000
Capital: Caracas
Economía: Petróleo, texitles, minerales, agricultura
stamp / sello
Colorea la bandera de Venezuela
amarillo
azul
rojo
311. Use the top map to place and label the
following cities and towns on the map to the
left:
Maracaibo, Valencia, Caracas, Ciudad
Bolívar, Puerto Ayacucho, La Esmeralda,
San Carlos del Río Negro
2. Use the scale on the top map to estimate
the distances between:
Maracay and Gasdualito
_______miles; _______kilometers
El Dorado and San Fernando de Atabapo
_______miles; _______kilometers
San Carlos de Río Negro and Caracas
_______miles; _______kilometers
32Each country in South America has a special name in English and in Spanish for the people of
that country. En español, the people of countries are called gentilicios. Let’s learn what the
genticilio of each país is called en español. Can you match the country with its people? Draw a
line from the país to its genticilio. Then, see if you can remember them and fill in the blanks on
the following page. See how many you can remember without peeking at this page!!
Note: If you are talking about a male person in the country, you would use the (o) ending
(venezolano). If you are talking about a female, you would use the (a) ending (venezolana). If
you are talking about the people ( a group of them in general), you would use the (os) ending
(ex: venezolanos).
Argentina ecuatoriano(a)
Venezuela surinamés(esa)
Guyana colombiano(a)
Guyana Francesa brasileño(a)
Chile uruguayo(a)
Ecuador peruano(a)
Uruguay guyanés(esa)
Paraguay boloviano(a)
Surinam paraguayo(a)
Colombia argentino(a)
Bolivia venezolano(a)
Peru guayanés(esa) [francés(esa)]
Brasil chileno(a)
33Venezuela - __________________________
Colombia - ___________________________
Ecuador - ____________________________
Peru - _______________________________
Bolivia - ____________________________
Paraguay - ___________________________
Uruguay - ___________________________
Guyana - ___________________________
Brasil - ____________________________
Guyana Francesa - ______________________
Surinam - ______________________________
Chile - ____________________________
Argentina - _________________________
34If you are interested in learning more about South America,
check out these books:
For Brazil:
Tintin’s Tavel Diaries – The Amazon and The Americas.
For Perú:
Discovering the Inca Ice Maiden, by Johan Reinhard.
Tintin’s travel diaries – Peru and The Andean Contries.
Machu Pichu, by Elizabeth Mann.
The Llamas Secret, by Argentina Palacios.
For Colombia:
Real Life Reader Biography, Shakira.
Welcome to Colombia (welcome to my country), by Bee
Hong Lim and Leslie Jermyn.
For Chile:
Cultures of the World – Chile, by Jane Kohan Winter.
Folk Tales from Chile, by Brenda Hughes
For Argentina:
Gauchada, by C. Drew Lamm
35For Venezuela:
Andres Galarraga: a real-life Reader Biography, by Sue
Boulais.
Venezuela (Globe Trotters Club), by Helga Jones.
Venezuela (True Books), by Ann Heinrichs
For Uruguay:
Uruguay (Cultures of the World), by Leslie Jermyn.
For Paraguay:
Paraguay in Pictures, by Nathan A. Haverstock.
Paraguay (major world nations), by Marion Morrison.
For Bolivia:
Bolivia (Enchantment of the World: Second Series), by Byron
Augustin.
For Guyana:
Guyana (Cultures of the World, Set 20), by Leslie Jermyn.
For Ecuador:
Ecuador: Enchantment of the World: Second Series, by
Marion Morrison.
Ecuador: Countries of the World, by Amy S. Daniels.
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