Jáchym Frýdecký Ondřej Elbel

Population : 6 975 204 Area : 112 090 km² Neighbours : Guatemala, Salvador,

Nikaragua Language : Spanish Origin of the people : Indians – Maya

people Now – mestics – half-caste Time zone : -6

Capital city : Tegucigalpa 750 km² - Area 1,086,641 people Another big cities - San Pedro Sula and

Choloma

Most part of Honduras is covered by mountains

South coasts – Pacific ocean North coasts – Carabien sea Tropical climate Undeveloped jungle in the northeast Natural resources - timber, gold, silver,

copper, zinc, iron ore The higher mount - Cerro Las Minas –

2870 m.

Most popular : football Summer Olympic games : 11x summer

olympic games 44 sportsman/woman Once – Winter Olympic Games - Jenny

Palacios – cross country skier – 62., 58., 50.

They haven´t had medal from Olympic games

Maya people – from the birth of Christ (generaly)

1492 – Christopher Columbus discovered America

Part of Spanish empire 15.9.1821 – Independence of Spanish

empire 1964 – Football war

When? 14.7. – 18.7.1964 Who? Salvador X Honduras Why? Honduras team lost football match

with Salvador

Result? Peace talks

Salvador 900 victims

Honduras 1200 victims

There live about 10 Czech people If you want to meet our compatriots, you

will send an e-mail on:nenriquez@laconstancia.hn

One of them Vilém Hodr has written articles on : http://hodr.blog.idnes.cz/ about life in Central America

cs.wikipedia.org www.mzv.cz blog.idnes.cz

1.Where is Honduras? A-Central Africa B-Cemtral America C-Australia 2.What is origin of people in Honduras? A-Spanish B-Aztecks C-Maya

3.Honduras was part of ................ empire?

a)Spanish b)British c)French 4.Neighbour of Honduras is... a)Belize b)Mexico c)Nikaragua

5.Which time zone is in Honduras? a)+6 b)-6 c)0 6.How many czech people live in

Honduras? a-about 5 b-about 10 c-about 15