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Central America, South America and the Caribbean Islands
Latin America
Great achievements of Mesoamerican ancient civilizations include astronomy, mathematics, governments and writing but NOT...
Military
The percentage of adults who can read and write.
Literacy Rate
A landmass surrounded by water on all sides.
Island
Religion spread by Spanish and Portuguese migrants. 90% of the population of Latin America practices this religion.
Catholicism or Roman Catholicism
Caribbean nation south of the Bahamas
Haiti
Cultures that have influenced Mexico today.
Spanish, Indigenous, and Catholic Cultures
Capital is in short supply, little infrastructure, low literacy rate, low life expectancy and insufficient government services.
Underdeveloped Country
The country that connects the continents of North America and South America.
Panama
3 European countries that colonized Latin America during the Colonial Period.
France, Portugal and Spain
Central American nation west of Colombia
Panama
Liberator of South America from Spanish rule.
Simon Bolivar
Countries with high GDP per capita, high literacy rate, high life expectancy (health) and mature industrialization.
Developed Country
A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
Isthmus
Races with the greatest influences in Latin American diversity today
African, European and Indigenous
South American nation west of Suriname
Guyana
Indigenous groups located in Central America.
Maya and Aztec
A measurement of a country's economic strength by its total dollar value of all goods and services produced by a country in one year.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Latitudinal line that crosses directly in the middle of the tropics.
The Equator
3 Factors for population shift from South America to the United States.
Better pay, living conditions and seeking refuge from political oppressors.
Sea north of Venezuela
Caribbean Sea
Trade route during the Colonial period that spread many agricultural products including tobacco.
Columbian Exchange
The average period that a person may expect to live.
Life Expectancy
Also called Mesoamerica.
Central America
Spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.
Cultural diffusion