Dominican republic

1. By: Jackson and Kevin

2. Almost all of the people speak Spanish
About 8,000 people speak Samaná
English
Phrases
•Hi-Hola
•How are you-¿Cómo está usted?
•What is your name- ¿Como se llama?
•I ate a hamburger- Yo como la
hamburgesa

3. Spanish is a Romance language named
for its origins as the native tongue of a
large proportion of the inhabitants of
Spain. It is also named Castilian after the
Spanish region of Castile where it
originated. Spanish is the second most
natively spoken language in the world,
after Mandarin Chinese.

4. Breakfast they eat eggs or meat just like
in the US
Arepa is very popular as street food in
the Dominican Republic.
An arepa is a dish made of ground corn
dough or cooked flour

5. Merengue and Bachata are the 2 most
popular types of music
Nico Lora made Merengue and Angel
Viloria made it popular in the US

6. Agricultural land was long the nation’s
most important economic resource.
About one-third of the land is under
permanent cultivation. Pastures and
meadows account for more than two-fifths
of the total.
Dominican Republic impacts us because
there are many places to visit there that
are fun so then Dominican Republic gets
more money.

7. Things to do there
•Surfing
•Zip lining
•Kite Boarding
•Diving

8. Literacy rate is 89.1
Unemployment rate is 14.4
These aspects connect to the USA
because the USA unemployment rate is
low just like Dominican Republic.

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