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CENTRAL AMERICA

CENTRAL AMERICA. MAP OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Guatemala Belize El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama. Guatemala and Belize. Guatemala - Capital is Guatemala City and is largest in the country

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CENTRAL AMERICA

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  1. CENTRAL AMERICA

  2. MAP OF CENTRAL AMERICA • Guatemala • Belize • El Salvador • Honduras • Nicaragua • Costa Rica • Panama

  3. Guatemala and Belize • Guatemala- Capital is Guatemala City and is largest in the country • Core of Mayan Civilization- several Mayan languages are still spoken in many rural areas today • Belize- Capital is Belmopan • Was a British Colony until independence in 1981 • Historically Mayan

  4. El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua • El Salvador- Capital is San Salvador • Long history of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions • Honduras- Capital is Tegucigalpa • Mestizo- Indigenous and European • Nicaragua- Capital is Managua • The two largest freshwater lakes in Central America – Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua

  5. Costa rica and Panama • Costa Rica- Capital is San Jose • Has 14 volcanoes • No standing army since 1949 • Panama- Capital is Panama City • Panama Canal- Finished in 1914, creating a safer and easier way to travel from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. Was a large, difficult, modern marvel of engineering

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