Section 1
This region is actually a part of the southern part of north america.Seven countries make up this region.This region is also an isthmus.
Central America
What island group lies in the Atlantic Ocean Southeast of florida.
Bahamas
Many countries of Central America have a shared history. This shared history has been influenced by the Spanish, the United States and the what?
Maya
What controlled the most of the banana production in central america
United Fruit Company
What place am I talking about:Most people live in mountain valleys and along the northern coast. The rugged land makes transportation difficult and provides little land where crops can grow. However, citrus fruits and bananas are important exports.
Honduras
a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
Isthmus
Colliding what have pushed the Caribbean islands up out of the sea over several million years.
Tectonic Plates
The Spanish colonies of Central America declared independence from Spain in what year?
1821
What is a source of chocolate?
Cacao
What is a conflict between two or more groups within a country.
Civil War
Across the Caribbean sea lies hundreds of islands know as what?
Caribbean Islands
What is a moist, high elevation tropical forest where low clouds are common.
Cloud Forest
The Spanish colonies of Central America declared independence from Spain in 1821, but much of the region remained joined together as the what?
United Provinces of Central America
In 2005 Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua signed the what with the United States to help increase trade among the countries.
Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
What place am I talking about:Rich families own much of the best land while most people live in poverty. These conditions were a reason behind a long civil war in the 1980s. The war killed many people and hurt the economy.
El Salvador
A large group of islands.
Archipelago
These tropical storms bring violent wind, heavy rain, and high seas
Hurricanes
The countries of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala separated from each other in what year to what year?
1838 to 1839
People of Maya descent still live in Belize and where?
Guatemala
What place am I talking about:Rebuilding since the end of a civil war. In 1979, a group called the Sandinistas overthrew a dictator.
Nicaragua
The four large islands of cuba, jamaica, hispaniola, and puerto rico make up what?
Greater Antilles
What in the region can be profitable where volcanic ash has in enriched the soil.
Agriculture
Panama remained part of Colombia until what year?
1903
People of Maya descent still live in Guatemala and where?
Belize
What place am I talking about:This place has a stable democratic government. This country does not even have an army.Peace has helped this place grow.
Costa Rica
There are many small islands in the what?
Lesser Antilles
What resources are limited?
Energy
when did belize gain indepedence from britain
1981
What do you call the practice of using an area’s natural environment to attract tourists
Ecotourism
What is the narrowest, southernmost central america.
Panama Canal