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Narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
Isthmus
Widespread cutting of forests
Deforestation
Process of moving water and wind across the earths surface, leaving land less fertile than before.
Erosion
A tropical storm with winds of more than 74 miles per hour and heavy rains.
Hurricane
An umbrella like covering form by the tops of tress in a rain forest.
Canopy
A Nation with a strong national government headed by elected leaders
Republic
A path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes
Ring of Fire
Party of self-governing territory
Commonwealth
Order that restricts or prohibits trade with another country.
Embargo
Percentage of people who can read and write
Literacy rate
An artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
Panama Canal
A narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.
Isthmus of Panama
A grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands
Greater Antilles
A group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc between the greater Antilles to the North West and the continent of South America
Lesser Antilles
An Island nation starting with a C
Cuba
A country starting with a P famous for its canal
Panama
The country beginning with G that is just South of Mexico
Guatemala
The Sea East of Honduras, Belize, and Nicaragua
Caribbean Sea
Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama make up which land mass
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Central America
San Jose is the capital of which Central American Country?
Costa Rica
An active volcano in Guatemala
Volcano de Fuego
The variety of life found in a place on Earth.
Biodiversity
A System of Democratic government where the executive power is held by a cabinet of members of parliament.
Parliamentary Democracy
The only Central American Country to not have a coast on the Caribbean Sea
El Salvador
San Salvador is the Capital City of which Central American Country?
El Salvador