Independence for Mexico and Middle America
By what year were Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica created?
1840
What is Cuba
The Caribbean Sea and Caribbean Countries get their names from?
Arawak and Carib people
All islands except Cuba have this type of Economy?
Mixed
Why are storms (ie. Hurricanes) more of a problem in the Caribbean?
small countries
The 3 factors led to Revolution and Reform?
What is Poverty, Freedom, and Stability
Most of the Caribbean Island nations have what type of government?
Parliamentary Democracy
What did the Europeans do after many native slaves died?
Enslaved Africans
This island nation has a Command Economy
Cuba
Not practicing forest conservation and limited cutting
Soil Erosion and flooding (very large problem in Haiti)
What are Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Which country discussed has a Presidential Democracy and discussed in class?
Dominican Republic
Sailed to the Caribbean Islands in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
What product discovered in Mexico has moved the country towards a Market Economy similar to the United States?
Oil
Why are government resources often not used for schools and to help the poor?
Corruption in the government
Declared independence in 1820?
What is Haiti
Led communist movement in Cuba and took power in 1959
Fidel Castro
officials named by the Spanish Government to help govern the colonies
Viceroys
These two countries are the most successful in Middle America and the Caribbean? Why?
Panama and Costa Rica/Panama Canal Zone and Tourism
Why don't many companies like Google and others want to place their businesses in these countries
high crime rate and corruption
Dominican Republic
gave little freedom to the Cuban people in the 1850s and many Cuban citizens felt left out
Fulgencio Batista
main crop grown on plantations by the Europeans
Sugar Cane
North American Free Trade Agreement/Remove tariffs on all products produce in Mexico, the United States of America, and Canada providing jobs
When England, France, Denmark, and the Netherlands allowed many of the islands to gain their independence
islands were left to create their own economic and government systems