Basics
18 million
What is the population of Ecuador?
Amazon
What is the name of the rainforest in the eastern part of Ecuador?
A language spoken in Ecuador.
What is Spanish or Quichua (not Quechua)?
Goods and services imported to Ecuador.
What are electronics, cars, medicine, etc.?
The world's highest official capital city
What is Quito?
Guayaquil, not Quito
What is the country's largest city?
The group of islands that Darwin explored
What are the Galapagos Islands?
A commonly celebrated holiday in Ecuador.
What is New Year, Carnival, Día de Trabajo, San Pedro and San Pablo, Day of the Dead, Christmas, Easter?
Goods and services exported from Ecuador.
What are bananas, petroleum, cut flowers, seafood, coffee, cocoa etc.
Granted constitutional rights to nature
What is one unique thing the government did in Ecuador?
Oil and bananas/tropical fruits like mangos
What are principle exports of Ecuador?
80% of the citizens are this faith and at one time it was the official religion of Ecuador
What is Roman Catholic?
American Dollar
What is the official currency of Ecuador?
One unique thing that some trees can do in Ecuador. Think Lord of the Rings.
What is "walk." Sumaco Biosphere Reserve has trees that can ‘walk’ 20 meters a year by sprouting new roots.
What is the time of the flight from Quito to The Galapagos?
A. 2-3 hours
B. 4-5 hours
C. Believe it or not, 6 hours
A. 2-3 hours - like a trip from SD to Denver
One way that school in Ecuador is similar to Parker. One way that school in Ecuador is different from Parker.
Differences: earlier start time and end time in Ecuador, students eat lunch at home, most students take public transportation
Similarities: have math, reading, Science, SS, electives, eat snack at school, wear uniforms, do homework, etc.
https://www.scholaro.com/db/countries/ecuador/education-system
Primary industries one might find in Ecuador.
What is farming, fishing, manufacturing, etc.?
A pet and a food in Ecuador (and other Andean countries)
Cuy - Guinea Pig
The Galapagos, The Coast, The Mountains and The Amazon Rainforest
What are the four main geographic areas of Ecuador?
Cayambe, Reventador, Guagua Pichincha, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Sangay , Chacana among some.
What are the names of some of Ecuador and Galapagos Islands' 27 potentially active volcanoes. Most of these are continental.
A lively couple's dance
What is the pasacalle?
5.3% of Ecuador's GDP
What is tourisms contribution to the economy?
A chiva, not "Las Chivas" (the MX football club)
What is a party bus on wheels called in Ecuador?
Chivas are commuter buses that have been converted into party buses. Locals rent one for a special occasion (such as a birthday, public holiday, or just because!) and drive around town in them, dancing and drinking – the drink of choice usually being canelazo, a tasty Ecuadorian hot alcoholic drink.
The best time to spot a chiva or two is on a Saturday evening when they power through the streets of Quito, one of the Unor Guayaquil (Ecuador’s biggest city).