History
The country that colonized most of Central America in the 1500's.
What is Spain?
This country has a history of peace and stability.
What is Costa Rica?
The season in Central America when it rains nearly every day.
What is summer?
These are the two top industries in Central America.
What are tourism and agriculture?
This is the most common language spoken in Central America.
What is Spanish?
The country that controlled the Panama Canal until 1999.
What is the United States?
This man-made feature, built in the early 1900s shortened the trip from New York City to San Francisco from 13,000 miles to 5,200 miles.
What is the Panama Canal?
The southernmost country in Central America.
What is Panama?
This is the main crop in Central America.
What is bananas?
Most people in Central America are this race.
What is mestizo?
The Panama Canal connects these two bodies of water.
What is the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea)?
This country has the largest population in Central America.
What is Guatemala?
This country that is between Nicaragua and Panama.
What is Costa Rica?
Most people in Central America work in these places.
What are farms?
Sandinistas were in this country.
What is Nicaragua?
This country had a civil war that lasted for 30 years. About 200,000 people died during the war.
What is Guatemala?
These two countries have had a lot of violence as a result of unfair land distribution
What are Nicaragua and El Salvador?
The smallest country in Central America.
What is El Salvador?
This activity hurts the Central American economy the most.
What is war?
A soldier who fights outside a regular army, often against a government.
What is Guerrilla?
Descendants of the Mayans are called this.
What is Quiche?
This country was settled by English sailors. Many people there speak some form of English.
What is Belize?
The type of climate that you will find in Central America.
What is tropical?
These are two resources that Central American countries lack.
What are energy resources and minerals?
The decade that most of the civil wars in Central America were resolved.
What are the 1990s?