Section 1
What area contains the countries of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras,El Salvordor,Nicarague, Costa Rica and Panama.This area is also an isthums?
Central America
Which third island group includes nearly 700 islands, thousands of reefs, and lies in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Florida?
The Bahamas
Who were building large cities with pyramids and temples by about AD 250?
Maya
In the early to mid-1900s, which US based company controlled most of the banana production in Central America?
United Fruit Company
Which Central American country is a mountainous country?
Honduras
What is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas?
Isthmus
What caused the Caribbean Island to get pushed out of the sea by colliding into each other?
Tectonic Plates
The Spanish colonies of Central America declared independence from Spain in what year?
1821
Central America is known for tomatoes, hot peppers, and...?
Cacao
What is a conflict between two or more groups within a country?
A Civil War
Across the Caribbean Sea from Central America lie hundreds of islands known as the what?
Caribbean Islands
What is a moist, high elevated tropical forest where low clouds are common?
Cloud Forest
Even though Spanish colonies of Central America declared independence from Spain theyremained joined together known as?
United Provinces of Central America
In 2005 Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador,Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua signed the what?
Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
Where do a few rich families own much of the best land while most people live in poverty?
El Salvador
What is a large group of island called?
Archipelago
From summer to fall, what are a threat in the Caribbean and Central America?
Hurricanes
The countries of CostaRica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala separated from each other in what year?
1838 to 1839
Various Indian peoples descended from the ancient Maya live in places such as the what kind of Highlands?
Guatemala
Who has also been rebuilding since the end of a civil war?
Nicaragua
There are two main island groups in the Caribbean. The four large islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico make up what?
Greater Antilles
what in the region can be profitable where volcanic ash has enriched the soil?
Agriculture
Panama remained part of Colombia until what year?
1903
Protestant Christians are becoming a large minority in places such as what?
Belize
Who has a history of peace and also has a stable,democratic government?
Costa Rica
What do the smaller islands in the Caribbean make up?
Lesser Antilles
what kind of resources are also limited.
Energy
Belize did not gain independence from Britain until what year?
1981
What is the practice of using an area’s natural environment to attract tourists— has become popular lately?
Ecotourism
Which country is the narrowest, southernmost country of Central America?
Panama