Section 1
Which region is actually called the southern part of North America and has seven countries to make up the land?
Central America
What group of islands lies in the Atlantic ocean with about 700 islands and thousands of reefs?
Bahamas
Which group of people built large cities and temples in AD 250 but abandoned these structures around 900?
Maya
Which business controlled most of the banana production in the Central Americas and developed transportation and communication in the region?
United Fruit Company
What countries know for uneven lands, high mountains , and fruits and bananas are important?
Honduras
What is a thin or narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land?
Isthmus
What pushes up thousands of layers of land above the sea level to become islands?
Tectonic Plates
When did Spanish colonies declare independence from Spain?
1821
What is a useful produced used to make chocolate?
Cacao
What is the conflict between two or more groups within a country?
Civil War
Which islands hold the greater Antilles and the lesser Antilles?
Caribbean Islands
What is a moist and high elevation tropical forest where low clouds are common?
Cloud Forest
What is the group of countries that stayed together in the Central American region?
United Provinces of Central America
What helped the United States to trade among the countries?
Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
In what country do few people own land and are wealthy but most of the population is poor?
El Salvador
What is a large group of islands close by each other?
Archipelago
What is a dangerous type of storm that can bring violent winds, heavy rain, and high seas?
Hurricanes
In what years did Costa Rica, Nicaragua,Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala separate from each other?
1838 to 1839
What country is highly populated and most of the people who live there live in small villages in the Highlands?
Guatemala
Which country has been rebuilding since the civil war in 1979 and a group of people called the Sandinista's overthrew a dictator and made a rule of election until rebels ended it in 1990 when the war ended?
Nicaragua
The islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico are all apart of what group of islands?
Greater Antilles
What is it called when the ash from volcanoes enrich the soils and help produce major crops including coffee, bananas, sugar cane, cotton, and even timber from forest.
Agriculture
In what year did Panama separate from Colombia?
1903
What is the smallest populated country, not much agriculture, and tourism is popular?
Belize
Which country is know to be peaceful and doesn't have an army to fight?
Costa Rica
The three islands of Virginia,Trinidad and Tobago are apart of what?
Lesser Antilles
What does Central America rely on to help their developement?
Energy
In what year did Belize gain independence from Britain?
1981
What is the practice of using an areas natural environment to attract tourist?
Ecotourism
What is the narrowest country in the region and local industries make the canal area the country's most prosperous region?
Panama Canal