Central America and Costa Rica unit in spanish
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El cocodrilo
crocodile
la rana
frog
la hormiga
ant
El perezoso
sloth
El tucán
toucan
el colibrí
hummingbird
el mono
monkey
el murciélago
bat
el lagarto
lizard
la araña
spider
la serpiente
snake
el pájaro
bird
el loro
la parrot
los insectos
insect
el mamífero
mammal
tico/a
costarricense
pura vida
pure life, similar to aloha
chunche
watchamacallit, thingamabob
macho/macha
rubio, blonde
mae
dude,bruh
buena nota
buena, simpatica persona
tuanis
cool, awesome (surf)
porfa
por favor
maso
mas o menos
¿porta a mí?
all the same to me
mami/papi
amiga/amigo
buenas
good morning/night
jale
let’s go
con mucho gusto
polite you’re welcome
Gallo pinto
arroz y frijoles
Chifrijo
carne de cerdo, arroz, frijoles y verduras
Maracayá
Passion fruit
Carambola
starfruit
Cas
Costa Rican Guava
Mamón Chino
Rambutan, looks like lychee
Guanábana
Soursop - looks kinda like a durian except the shell is green and the inside is white
1502
Cristóbal Colón descubrío centroamérica
Cuando Colón y los españoles llegaron en C.A, había
6 million indigenous people were there
Muchos indígenas fueron
matador o enslavitud
1821
Countries gained independence from Spain but there were still guerra’s in the 20th century
1914
panama canal constructed by Los Estados Unidos
el 31 de diciembre de 1999
Panama gained control of the canal
1855
William Walker from USA invaded Nicaragua
William Walker
Proclaimed himself as president and wanted to legalize slavery and build a slave empire,
1860
William Walker was executed in Honduras
1976
An earthquake in Honduras killed 20,00 people1931
1931
An Earthquake in Managua, Nicaraqa almost destroyed the capital
1972
managua had not recovered from it’s previous earthquake when another one hit
1996
Guatemala was the last country to end it’s civil war
No tienen un ejército
Belice y Cosa Rica
Costa Rica has a relatively peaceful history compared to other CA countries
Because it lacked the mining resources and land that the invaders desired
COSTA RICA has 6000
species de florecidas plantas
COSTA RICA HAS 0.03%
of the worlds Tropical rainforest
COSTA RICA has 5%
of the worlds plant and animal species
COSTA RICA HAS 25%
of it’s land protected by the government
La meseta Central - el café
The central part of Cosa rica, like it’s valley, cordillleras, the majority of population
COSTA RICA has 2 costas - plátanos
El caribe y el Pacífico
el caribe
Puerto Limón, más lluvia
El pacífico
Puntarenas, mucha arena negro
2 estaciones
lluvioso y seco
Guanacaste
The left peninsula, cattle
Pelo de gato
Drizzle
Aguacero
downpour
temporal
lluvia que dura 2 días sin parar
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