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 * 1. || ===[[image:500px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica_(state).svg.png]]=== ||  || Welcome to Costa Rica, the land of rich coasts! Hey, I'm Jordan,I'm Jalil, and I'm Drew. Costa Rica's flag is based on the red and blue of the Central American Federation's banner. The red stripe was added in honor of France's King Louis Phillipe and the founding of France's second republic.The picture has a rising sun (representing freedom), seven stars (representing seven provinces),two ships(one on the Atlantic and one Pacific),and three volcanoes(representing three volcanoes on the isthmus.) ||
 * 2. || [[image:http://www.pics4learning.com/catalog/c/costarica.jpg width="295" height="377" caption="costarica.jpg - Costa Rica"]] ||  || Costa Rica is located between Nicaragua and Panama by the Caribbean Sea. It is the third largest country in Central America and the capital is San Jose. ||
 * 3. || [[image:costa_rica_provinces.gif caption="(Costa Rica 7 Provinces)"]] ||  || Costa Rica is devided into seven provinces. The seven stars on the flag represent the seven provinces shown. ||
 * 4. || [[image:cr_schoolgirls.jpg]] ||  || In Costa Rica, some people called //ticos//, love to dance. Dancing is taught to all ages in Costa Rica. Some dances include salsa, merengue, cumbia, and the Costa Rican swing. Ticos are peace loving people. Dances are usually done at important ceremoniess. ||
 * 5. || [[image:futbol.jpg]] ||  || Many sports, including futbol, baseball, basketball, swimming, volleyball, and auto racing are loved by people of all ages around Costa Rica. Fishing is also an activity loved around the country. The wealthy love to play golf and polo. Local carnivals, festivals and bullfights are popular attractions all over Costa Rica. ||
 * 6. || [[image:protestone110807.jpg]] ||  || Costa Rica was in panic when the word of a bomb threat swept across the land on Thursday, November 8th. The free trade treaty being discussed with Canada made protesters become violent and vigorously overrun police lines . ||
 * 7. || ===[[image:arenal1.jpg width="461" height="308" align="left"]]=== ||  || The Chirripo Grande is the highest point of Costa Rica. The volcano is 12,500 feet high. There is a Chirrip National Park and the number one attraction is the climbing the volcano. ||
 * 8. || [[image:http://www.pics4learning.com/catalog/c/cloudforest.jpg width="500" height="375" caption="cloudforest.jpg - Rainbow in the cloud-forest"]] ||  || Tropical rain forests, mountain cloud forests, volcanoes, coastal lowlands, and beautiful rivers are all founded in Costa Rica. The most visited is cloud forests because of their height in the sky. In cloud forests you would be so that you can touch the sky. ||
 * 9. || [[image:http://www.pics4learning.com/catalog/b/basilisk_jesuschristlizard.jpg width="411" height="353" caption="basilisk_jesuschristlizard.jpg - Jesus Christ Lizard- Basilisk Family"]] ||  || Costa Rica has many peculiar reptiles in their nation. One of the reptiles are Jesus Christ lizards. They have the ability to run on water. ||
 * 10. || [[image:http://www.pics4learning.com/catalog/m/momandbaby1.jpg width="421" height="310" caption="momandbaby1.jpg - Mother and baby squirrel monkeys"]] ||  || Squirrel monkeys live in the tropical rain forests throughout Crntral and South America. It has special teeth so it will be able to eat insects. These endangered species have long tails and large eyes. ||
 * 11. || [[image:http://www.pics4learning.com/catalog/p/p1010252.jpg width="410" height="401" caption="Costa Rica Waterfall"]] ||  || Somewhere in a tropical rain forest will be a small waterfall as shown here. ||
 * 12. || [[image:CoffeeCostaRica.jpg]] ||  || Costa Rica is famous for their coffee and coffee plants. People of all ages around the country grow and collect coffee. Some people use coffee to sell it, and some people grow just to enjoy as a snack. Costa Rica also houses some of the world's greates tobacco. ||
 * 13. || [[image:Costa_Rica_Culture2.jpg]] ||  || In some cities, it is common to find people riding in a carriage pulled by bulls. This is the equivalent of a taxi. But sometimes, it could just be a man pulling his family to the town, because of family tradition. ||
 * 14. || [[image:people-coffee.jpg]] ||  || Coffee is collected by people all around. Coffee is a very profitable business, and is commonly grown locally throughout Costa Rica . In fact, some of the world's largest coffee industries are centered in Costa Rica. ||
 * 15. || [[image:CostaRica.AbelPacheco.01.jpg caption="Abel Castillo Costa Rica"]] ||  || Abel Pacheco is now the president of Costa Rica. He is part of a flourishing democracy, that has one president and two vice presidents. ||
 * 16. || [[image:costa-rica1-738442-1.jpg caption="Local Costa Ricain family goes back to the Spaniards"]] ||  || This is a native who's family goes back to the early Spaniards.The Spaniards, known as the conquistadors, were the first to own Costa Rica. ||
 * 17. || [[image:coins.jpg width="356" height="181"]] ||  || The common currency in Costa Rica is Pesos. ||
 * 18. || [[image:costa-rica-sunset.jpg]] ||  || The Spaniards named Costa Rica "Rich Coast." Costa Rica's beautiful landscape makes tourism a huge industry. One fifth of Costa Rica is in the agriculture business as well. Bananas and coffee beans are the two main crops grown. Thank you and we hope you enjoyed our presentation. ||