9. Less than 15 percent of students
finish high school.
Boys are more likely than girls to be
literate (able to read and write).
10. Flat corn tortillas are the basic
staple of the Guatemalan diet.
Meals typically combine tortillas
with black beans, chilies,
vegetables, chicken, or pork.
11. Most Guatemalans in rural
communities live in simple, one-room
houses. The houses are made of sundried adobe bricks with tile roofs or
wood with thatched roofs.
12. Guatemala's geography is diverse.
It ranges from the highest
volcanoes in Central America to
broad, level lowlands along the
Pacific and Caribbean coasts.
13. Guatemala has a tropical climate
with two distinct seasons, rainy
and dry.
14. One important forest product in
Guatemala is chicle, a sap used in
making chewing gum.
