Puerto Rico was originally inhabited by native Arawak people. It was discovered by Christopher Columbus in the 15th century and became a Spanish colony. Puerto Rico is now a self-governing commonwealth of the United States. There are three main political parties that have different views on Puerto Rico's relationship to the U.S.: those who want independence, statehood, or the current commonwealth status. Puerto Rico has a tropical climate and was largely deforested. The economy relies on tourism and industries like pharmaceuticals. Spanish is the main language and the dollar is the official currency.

1. Puerto Rico Presented by: Isabel Rivera Sthefanny Rojas Ana Caroline Ruiz

2. Puerto Rico´s Map

3. History Goverment: There are three important and different parties that are about the future of Puerto Rico they are: Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico : It that political and the habitads can decided their independence this is called Commonwealth. New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico : Is that statehooders, republicans and democrats think in integarte Puerto Rico to the United States of America. Puerto Rican Independence Party : is a political party that independence Puerto Rico from the United States. In 2007, a fourth party. Puerto Rican : It is not have an official position on status. The people in Puerto Rico have said that although political status is important they are not the only one for choosing a party.

4. History Natives: Arawaks were the first group of people in Puerto Rico. They were black people that were from South America between Bolivia and Perú in the middle of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers.

5. History Europeans: Cristobal Colón in his second voyage found Puerto Rico. He was the first European that found Puerto Rico.

6. Geography Meteorologist: Most of the time Puerto Rico has a very hot weather, the hottest temperature is in the West of Puerto .The coolest weather is not less than 70° most of the time.

7. Geography Botanic: Most of the forests in Puerto Rico are gone. Some beautiful flowers that Puerto Rico have are the: orchids and poinsettias.

8. Entertainment Music: They listen to a kind of music called Folk . The folk is a come from one type of music called Jíbaro which comes from Spain.

9. Musical instruments Most of the instruments are percussion and String. Some of them are: the conga , the maracas , the bongo , the guicharro guiro , etc .

10. Art Most of their paints are very colourful. Each painter has a different style Some of the most famous painters in Puerto Rico are: Alberto Ulloa Cándido Bidó Dionisio Blanco.

11. Dances It has passed through a lot of generations. It started with the Indians, then the Spanish and finally the Africans. With this mix of music the folkloric dances started in Puerto Rico.

12. Festivals Puerto Rico has more than 30 festivals per year, some of the most important are: The artisans festival Rio Grande festival Gold festival.

13. Civilization As a commonwealth of the United States, Puerto Rico uses the U.S. dollar. The dollar is often referred to as the "peso" in Puerto Rico.

14. Civilization Language: They speak Spanish because they are in the center of America .

15. Business Puerto Rico sell: One example is Coca Cola,hp calcs, cars,etc.

16. Producing Flora and Fauna: 239 plants, 13 birds and 39 amphibians/reptiles Some animals, flowers or plants: They don’t have any wild big mammals. Some animals are: goats, deer, Iguanas, toads, small lizards, coquí; it is a small frog Some plants ceibas, palms and coco-palms. Some fishes the barracuda, the macarela. Some flowers and plants, Cupey, Guayacán, Alelí, Violet.

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