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Caribbean Islands.
Columbus came to these islands and believed he was in the western area of Asia. |
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| Central America links North and South America. |
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Cuba, Jamaica, puerto rico
700 islands of bahamas |
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7 countries
[Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama |
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| Central America's Land Type. |
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Tropical Wet Dry
Temp varies |
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warm climate
fishing
minerals gold, bauxite for aluminum, nickel |
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1820-Spanish Leave
Wealthy families run the countries. |
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u.s and Great Britain
Coffee Plantations
Bananas |
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Wealth in hands of few families
Main religion is Roman Catholicism
Official language is spanish
Majority of people are mestizo, some mulattoes |
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coffee
sugar cotton bananas
cocao beans for chocalate
wealthy families tied to foreign countries and military controls resources |
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land is owned by few families
led to a civil war |
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guatemala 1/2 pop. lives in isolated villages
Panama developed by canal - inland is poor
Honduras least developed
costa rica ecotourism
costa rica stable high standard of living |
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west indies columbus finds and wronly names it
spanish came and looked for gold
british dutch and fench own sugar plantations
brung millions of african slaves to work |
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mostly mulatto
40% cubans of european decent
some asians |
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| economy - industry/ agriculture |
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agriculture exports - sugar, bananas, cocao, fruit, and spices are main exports
economic union- caricom |
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| cuba fidel castro , us banned travel and tarade with cuba, depressed economy |
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puerto rico
most industrialized nation in caribbean
easy access to u.s markets, training, and taxes |
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