Section 1
Which region is a the southern part of North america. seven countries are inside of it.
Central America
What is the name of the third island group which lies in the Atlantic Ocean.
Bahamas
Which trive has influence history,and shares history with the spanish, and U.S
Maya
What country controlled most of the banana production in Central America
United Fruit Company
What is the name of a mountainous country. 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.
Honduras
What is the name of a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
Isthmus
What is the name of something that has been pushed this region’s land 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 the source where chocolate comes from?
Cacao
What is the name of a conflict between two or more groups within a country.
Civil War
What is the name of Islands that arranged a long curve, they strech from southern tip of Florida to the northern South America.
Caribbean Islands
WHat is the name of a moist, highelevation tropical forest where low clouds are common
Cloud Forest
but much of the region remained joined together as the What?
United Provinces of Central America
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua signed and agreement called what?
Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
What is the name of a countries where few rich families own much of the best land while most people live in poverty
El Salvador
What is the name of a large group of islands
Archipelago
what is the name of a rotating storms that bring heavy rain and winds that can reach speeds higher than 155 miles.
Hurricanes
In What year did El Salvador, and Guatemala separated from each other?
1838 to 1839
What country has the most populous country in Central America. More than 13 million people live there.
Guatemala
What country has also been rebuilding since the end of a civil war. In 1979, a group called the Sandinistas overthrew a dictator.
Nicaragua
What is the name of the four larger islands.
Greater Antilles
What is the name of something that can be use in the region to get bananas,coffe,sugarcane.
Agriculture
Panama remained part of Colombia until what year?
1903
What country has the smallest population in Central America. The country does not have much land for agriculture, either.
Belize
What country has a history of peace. It also has a stable, democratic government.
Costa Rica
What is the name of all the smaller islands together.
Lesser Antilles
What resources are limited in America Central America and the Caribbean Islands rely on it.
Energy
Belize did not gain independence from Britain until whta year.
1981
What is the name if a practice of using an area’s natural environment to attract tourists
Ecotourism
What country is the narrowest, southernmost country of Central America. Most people live in areas near the Panama Canal.
Panama Canal