On Your Map Locate the following Use page 201 in your book

1. On Your Map Locate the followingUse page 201 in your book • Nations: Cities: Belize Panama City Guatemala San Jose Honduras Managua El Salvador Tegucigalpa Nicaragua San Salvador Costa Rica Guatemala City Panama Belmopan

2. Land Bridge connecting North and South America

3. 7 Nations • Belize • Guatemala • Honduras • El Salvador • Nicaragua • Costa Rica • Panama Major Cities: Panama City San Jose Managua Tegucigalpa San Salvador Guatemala City Belmopan

4. Physical Geography • Land Bridge connecting North America and South America • Mostly Mountainous • Tropical Climate : Hot, humid, cool. • Off the coastal plains there is very little flat land. • Active Volcanoes • Rain forests.

5. Mountains The Sierra Madre Occidental and Orientals

6. Rain Forest • Almost half of Central America is covered with Rain forests.

7. Geography: Weather • Natural Disasters

8. Natural Resources • Nickel • Iron ore • Fish • Timber • Oil Problems???????

9. Population • Total populationof Central America is about 41 739 000. • Guatemala 14 027 000 • Honduras 7 466 000 • El Salvador 6 163 000 • Nicaragua 5 743 000 • Costa Rica 4 579 000 • Panama 3 454 000 • Belize 307 000

10. The people of Central America • Mestizo 70% • White 8% • Arab 1% • Asian 0.5% • American Indian 10% • Black Creole 9% Belize: English Costa Rica: Spanish El Salvador: Spanish Guatemala: Spanish Honduras: Spanish Nicaragua: Spanish Panama: Spanish

11. Rural & Urban Urban population: 48%;Rural population: 51%

12. Schools in Rural Central America

13. School in Urban Central America What differences do you see?

14. Agriculture 2 major exports: Bananas Coffee Where do you think they export these to the most? Other Exports: Cotton, natural resources (oil, iron ore, coastal goods), etc.

15. The Caribbean The West Indies 13 Nations 11 Dependencies