cultural groups
indigenous group from Guatemala & Belize; but also Western Honduras and El Salvador
Maya
staple foods
beans and/or corn
where is punta from?
Garifuna culture
land of lakes and volcanoes
Nicaragua
Central American independence was declared when?
September 15, 1821
Guatemala
pura vida origin
Costa Rica
who is Kazzabe and where are they from?
punta band group from Ceiba, Honduras
only country whose official language is English
Belize
Central American country that was colonized by Colombia?
dominant ethnic group throughout CA
mestizo
currency name in Costa Rica and El Salvador
colon (named after the gross Columbus)
national dance of Guatemala
son guatemalteco/chapin
only Central American country without a Caribbean coast
El Salvador
which country was colonized by the Spanish and British at the same time?
Nicaragua
indigenous group that was once a kingdom on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua & Honduras
Miskito
country with no standing military since 1949
Costa Rica
birthplace of reggaeton
Panama
"Northern Triangle" countries
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
Spanish economic system of exploitation
encomienda system
Afro-indigenous group from St Vincent that settled in Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, and Guatemala
Garifuna
one of the most popular places for surfers
El Salvador
Costa Rican music: sister genre of soca, declared this style of music “national patrimony,” origins from Trinidad
calypso
two bodies of water that surround Central America
Pacific Ocean & Caribbean Sea
country that was once British Honduras
Belize