Ecuador

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/ecuador

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Ecuador?Northwestern South America, straddling the Equator
2. How many people live in Ecuador?Approximately 17.8 million (as of recent estimates)
3. How big is Ecuador?283,561 square kilometers (109,484 square miles)
4. What is the capital of Ecuador?Quito
5. What language do people speak in Ecuador?Spanish
6. What kind of government does Ecuador have?Representative democratic presidential republic

Megadiverse Country: A nation that harbors the majority of Earth's species and high numbers of endemic organisms.
Mestizo: A person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry.
Endemic Species: A species native and restricted to a certain place, not found anywhere else naturally.