Web Drop-In #3

Denise Radaker

SLM 521

Differences Among Spanish-Speaking Countries

In the Spanish-speaking world there are close to 21 countries and regions that have Spanish as their official language. However, each country is unique in the population, type of government, languages spoken (besides Spanish), the capital city, the heritage of the people and the flag (a description).

Activity:

1. Search for the following countries on the CIA Factbook site: Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Argentina.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

2. Complete the attached chart with the information for each country: population, type of government, languages spoken (besides Spanish), the capital city, the heritage of the people, and a description of the flag.

3. Complete the worksheet by using your completed chart.

Spanish-Speaking Countries

Country	Population	Government	Languages	Heritage	Flag
Spain
Mexico
Argentina
Bolivia
Costa Rica

1. Which country has the highest population? The lowest?

2. Which government most closely resembles that of the United States? Why?

3. In which country are the most languages spoken? What could be the reason?

4. Which country as the most homogeneous heritage of its people? Most diverse? Why?

5. Which country has the most interesting flag, in your opinion? Why?

6. Now that you have investigated five countries that speak Spanish, what can you conclude of the 21 countries/regions that speak Spanish? Why?

7. Of the five countries, which would like to visit and why? If you wouldnt visit any of the five, why not?