Central America
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- Belize
- Used to be called British Honduras—English speaking
- haiti
- Became the world's first black republic
- belize
- Fewest people of any country in CA
- Isthmus of Panama
- connects North and South America
- guatemala
- country that contains the Largest pyramids in the Western hemisphere
- Virgin Islands
- Some belong to US, others to UK
- guatemala
- country with mayan ruins
- Pitch Lake
- largest natural asphalt lake in the world
- bahamas
- Low-lying islands (no high elevations)
- 1979
- year Carter started talking about turning canal zone over to Panamanians
- trinidad and tobago
- country w/ Largest natural asphalt lake in the world
- mineral, farmland
- CA has no large ______ deposits and only small parts of ________
- 1981
- Belize Gained independence in ____
- Costa Rica
- country that became the first CA country to earn more from manufacturing than farming
- cuba, puerto rico
- Spanish colonies until 1898 (two countries)
- coffee, bananas, cotton
- 3 Biggest exports of CA
- 1999
- year US gave canal zone to panama
- canal zone
- Remains panama's chief source of income (tax ships by weight)
- haiti
- country w/ Roman Catholicism and Voodoo (religion based in west Africa)
- sport, commercial
- _____ fishing is good in caribbean, but _______ isn't (water isn't deep enough)
- Mountains
- feature running down the center of CA
- San Salvador
- city in El Salvador that since 16th century has been destroyed 10 times by earthquakes
- Tourism
- big industry in costa rica
- Canal Zone
- Strip of land 10 miles wide coast to coast
- Bananas, coffee
- 50% of exports in honduras, 2 things
- El Salvador
- Most densely populated country in CE (867 people per square mile)
- Sandinistas
- Ortega was a member of the political group ________ (commie group) in Nicaragua
- Nicaragua, honduras
- countries hit hard by hurricane mitch
- costa rica
- country w/ no real NA imprint (over 90% consider themselves European—Spain)
- tikal
- most famous mayan ruins
- dominican republic
- poor, but better off than haiti
- Puerto Rico
- one of the highest GDP per capita b/c of US
- costa rica
- Means "rich coast"
- volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes
- three natural hazards in CA
- Daniel Ortega
- 1980s, he was a communist, became president of nicaragua
- haiti
- Ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world (poorest in western hemisphere)
- Indian
- ½ of Guatemala's population is of ________ descent
- Greater Antilles
- Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Hispaniola
- Bob Marley
- reggae, 3rd world's first superstar
- Barbados
- Most densely populated country in the western hemisphere
- textiles
- guatemala is known for lots of ________ (Dozier says most beautiful in the world)
- 1989
- year bush invaded Panama, played acid rock to get noriega turned over
- Trinidad and Tobago
- 43% Black and 40% Asian
- Trinidad
- caribbean island with many people from Asia (India and China)
- volcanoes
- Create fertile land along with destruction in CA
- Jamaica
- english-speaking, Mountainous, less than 20% of land is arable, has bauxite
- Costa Rica
- Stable, highest standard of living, longest period of peace
- 1998
- year of Hurricane Mitch—hit Nicaragua and Honduras hard
- El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala
- countries that gained independence in 1821
- Haiti
- Gained independence from France in 1804
- cuba
- One of the world's top exporters of sugar
- windward
- The _______ (N and E) sides of the caribbean islands can receive up to 200 inches of rain a year
- Self-Governing Commonwealth
- title of puerto rico (in relation to US)
- 1914
- year canal zone in panama was completed
- Bahamas
- 700 islands fringed with coral reefs
- arable
- CA has very little _______ land
- 100
- CA has more than ____ active volcanoes
- coffee
- guatemala's Major export
- Denmark
- US purchased their virgin islands in 1917 from ______
- Guatemala
- country that has the largest population in CA (12.7 million)
- 1959
- year Castro overthrew leader of cuba
- Panama
- Closest to US of all CA countries
- nicaragua
- CA country involved in iran-contra affair
- Santo Domingo
- first permanent European settlement in the New World (Spanish)
- Contras
- rebel group in Nicaragua against commies
- Netherland Antilles
- Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao
- bahamas
- Has to import almost all of its food—islands made of coral reef
- Noriega
- president of panama who was interviewed by barbara walters
- greater antilles, Bahamas, Lesser Antilles
- 3 parts of caribbean
- el salvador
- country w/ a civil war from 1979-1992
- US, UK
- virgin islands, some belong to __ others to ____
- belize
- country w/ 3rd largest offshore coral reef (tourism is big)
- african
- Belize has more people of _____ descent than many other CA countries
- el salvador
- country that has a lot of money from remittances (legal and illegal immigrants in US)
- British Honduras
- old name for Belize
- 2007
- year castro turned over power to Raul Castro (his brother)
- leeward
- ______ side of caribbean islands, only gets 30 inches
- 2002
- year US began using naval base at Guantanamo Bay to detain prisoners from Afghanistan