El Salvador

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/el-salvador

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.

Mesoamerica: A historical region and cultural area in the Americas that extends from central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica.
Viceroyalty of New Spain: The first of the two Spanish Viceroyalties in the Americas, established in 1535.
Federal Republic of Central America: A sovereign state in Central America that existed from 1823 to 1841.
Chapultepec Peace Accords: A peace treaty signed in Mexico City in 1992 that ended the Salvadoran Civil War.