Welcome to

Latin America
 

 


Instructions     | Mexico | Guatemala | Belize | Honduras | El Salvador | Nicaragua
Costa Rica | Panama | Bahama Islands | Cuba | Jamaica | Puerto Rico | Venezuela | Guyana | Suriname | French Guiana | Brazil | Colombia

 

 

 

A Treasure Hunt is a way for finding answers to questions using the Internet. In this hunt you will be asked some questions that will help you to learn more about the diverse countries of Latin America.

Instructions: Latin America is generally studied by looking at three very different regions: Mexico and Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Click on the sombrero below to print out a data sheet. Read the questions on the data sheet.

Use web links below, your social studies textbooks, and other resources to complete a data sheet for each of these Latin American countries.

Click here to print out a datasheet.            

 

Mexico
 

 

 


 

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mx.html -- CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Mexico
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_america/mexico/   --  Lonely Planet World Guide | Destination Mexico

http://www.mexonline.com/holiday.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/13/g912/usmexico.html

Guatamalahttp://www.elbalero.gob.mx/index_kids.html

 

 

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gt.html --  CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Guatemala
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/central_america/guatemala/   --   Lonely Planet World Guide |

Destination Guatemala
http://www.travellog.com/guatemala/   --  Guatemala City Latin America Fun Travel Adventure & Business
http://www.quetzalnet.com/Tourism.html   --   Tourism in Guatemala

Belize
 

 

Honduras
 

 

 

El Salvador
 

 

 

 

Nicaragua
 

 

 

Costa Rica
 

 

 

Panama
 

 


http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pm.html   --  CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Panama
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/central_america/panama/   --  Lonely Planet World Guide | Destination Panama
http://www.chagres.com/  --  Dino's Panama Photos - Pictures of Panama and Canal Zone

Bahama Islands
 

 

 

Cuba
 

 

 


http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cu.html   -- CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Cuba
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/caribbean/cuba/   --  Lonely Planet World Guide | Destination Cuba

Jamaica
 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico
 

 

 


http://welcome.topuertorico.org/ -- Welcome to Puerto Rico!
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rq.html -- CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Puerto Rico
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/caribbean/puerto_rico/   --   Lonely Planet World Guide | Destination Puerto Rico
http://welcome.topuertorico.org/  --   Welcome to Puerto Rico

Venezuela
 

 


Guyana
 

 

 


Suriname
 

 

 

 

French Guiana
 

 

 

Brazil
 

 

 


 

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/br.html -- CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Brazil
http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/BRAZIL-W1.gif -- Map of Brazil
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/0,6709,104221,00.html -- Time for Kids | GO PLACES: BRAZIL
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_america/brazil/   --  Lonely Planet World Guide | Destination

Colombia