Central America and the Caribbean

Why is the economic development of the region limited?

Where are cloud forests found?

What is an export of rain forests in the region?

When did the United Fruit Company control most of the banana production in Central America?

What is the official language in most Central American countries?

Some traditional food in Central America is the same as in where?

Were in Central America do people of African descent most often live?

Two central American countries with little land for agriculture are who?

Why do most people in El Salvador live in poverty?

Which Central American country has a history of peace and stability?

When did the United States finish building the Panama Canal?

How did most Caribbean Indians die?

Ideas of independence in the Americas were sparked by a slave revolt where?

What is the poorest country in the Americas?

Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony, but today it is what?

The Caribbean islands make up a large group of islands called what?

What marks the change in seasons in most of Central America and the Caribbean?

Who continued to run the countries of Central America and their economies after independence?

What fruit crop was very important to the economies of many Central American countries?

What is the festival held just before the Christian season of Lent?

a moist, high elevation tropical forest with low clouds.

the practice of using an area's natural environment to attract tourists.

large group of islands (Caribbean islands)

a regional variety of a language

someone who flees to another country, usually for political or economic reasons.

an organization owned by its members and operated for their mutual benefit

a self-govverning territory associated with another country

a conflict between two or more groups within a country

Capital of Cuba

finished by the U.S. in 1914 and now controlled by Panama.