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Lección 8
¡Vivan los países hispanos!

En Internet

Palabras clave
Asociación Internacional de la Alpaca
Gabriel García Márquez
Estado Delta Amacuro / Delta Amacuro State
música andina / Andean music
Plaza de Armas, Lima
Plaza Mayor, Lima
Salto Ángel / Angel Falls
Santuario de Monserrate / Sanctuary of Monserrate
Río Orinoco

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This activity will help you to investigate the topics in the En Internet boxes in ¡Vivan los países hispanos!: Suramérica I on page 192 of your textbook and on your Interactive CD-ROM. Use the Internet to find out more about these topics by completing the following items.
  1. Name and describe four instruments used by indigenous musicians in Ecuador.



  2. Look for information about El Salto Ángel and the Río Orinoco. Describe both ways you can travel to visit El Salto Ángel. What people live at the Orinoco River Delta (officially called the Delta Amacuro Federal Territory)?



  3. Find a website where you can buy works by Gabriel García Márquez. Name three recent works by the author, other than Cien años de soledad, that you can buy online.



  4. What is the Asociación Internacional de la Alpaca?
    It is an organization dedicated to promoting alpaca products and their quality.
    It is an organization that prevents abuse of alpacas.
    It is an organization that promotes breeding alpacas in Venezuela.
    It is an organization dedicated to quality in meat preparation.

  5. Find photos and information about La Plaza de Armas (also called Plaza Mayor) in Lima. Name three buildings you will find? What can you see there at 11:45 a.m. every day?



  6. In what city is the Santuario de Monserrate located? How do you arrive there?


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