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

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