u History of the name Americas: Amerigo Vespucci was the first person who realized that the spaniards dindn´t arrive to Asia.
Political division:
u North America:
Capital
u Greenland: Denmark
u Canada: Otawa
u United States of America : Washington D.C
u
South America:
Capital
u Colombia : Bogotá
u Venezuela: Caracas
u French Guyane : Cayenne
u Guyana: Georgetown
u Brazil: Brasilia
u Uruguay: Montevideo
u Argentina: Buenos Aires
u Chile: Santiago
u Paraguay: Asunción
u Bolivia: La Paz
u Peru: Lima
u Ecuador: Quito
Generalities of the Americas
Central America
Capital
u Guatemala: Guatemala
u Belice: Belmopan
u El Salvador: San Salvador
u Honduras: Tegucigalpa
u Nicaragua: Managua
u Costa Rica: San José
u Panama: Panama
Caribbean America: Cuba, The Bahamas, Jamaica; Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bristish Virgin, Anguilla, Guadalupe, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and Grenadines, St.Vicent and Granadines , Dominica.
Capital
u Cuba : Havana
u Bahamas: Nassau
u Jamaica: Kingston
u Haiti: Port au Prince
u Dominican Republic : Santo Domingo
u British Virgin: Road Town
u Anguilla :The Valley
u Guadalupe: Baseterre
u Barbados: Bridgetown
u Trinidad and Tobago: Port of Spain
u Grenada y Grenadines: Saint George´s
u St. Vincent and Granadinas: Kingstwon
u Dominica: Roseau
Difference between America central and Central America
u Central America: There are the 5 countries :
– Guatemala, El Salvador
– Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica
u America Central: Continental mass with 7 countries:
– Belice, Nicaragua, Panama
– Costa Rica, El Salvador
– Honduras, Guatemala.
Generalities of the Anglo America
u Language: English and French
u Economy: They have a good economy.
u Religion: Catholic and others ( Protestants, Baptist…)
Generalities of Latin america:
u Language: Spanish and Portuguese
u Religion: Catolic and others protestants
u Economy: Some countries have a good economy but some others don´t have resources.
Videos made for us:
¨ America (Photos of countries)
¨ Landforms and landscape of Costa Rica (Rancho Redondo)
External Link:
Sources used to write the post:
Bustos , J.(2011). Social Studies Seventh grade . Cartago: Saint Clare.
Links of the videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF255x8fVE8
