| A | B |
|---|
| mestizo | largest ehnic group in Central America |
| dictator | a person who rules a country with complete authority |
| Guatemala | the most populous country in Central America |
| Belize | the least populous country in Central America |
| Nicaragua | the largest country in Central America with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean |
| Panama | country with a canal linking the Pacific to Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic |
| Costa Rica | a couuntry well known for its ecotourism |
| ecotourism | the practice of using an area's natural environment to attract tourists |
| Spain | Central America came under the control of this country in the early 1500's |
| Central America | forms a bridge between North America and South America |
| archipelago | the Caribbean islands |
| Bahamas | located west of Florida |
| hurricanes | common in the region of the Caribbean |
| Jamaica | large bauxite reserves are found here |
| volcanic ash | enriches the soil making agriculture profitable |
| refugees | people who flee their homeland to go to another country |
| calypso | music originating in Trinidad and Tobago |
| commonwealth | self-governing territory associated with another country |
| Puerto Rico | commonwealth of the U.S. that was once a Spanish colony |
| Santeria | religion that began in Cuba and spread to nearby islands and the U.S. |
| plantains | type of bananas used in cooking |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | smallest country in the Lesser Antilles |
| cooperatives | organizations owned by their members and operated for their mutual benefit |
| Haiti | poorest country in the Americas |
| The Bahamas | located east of Florida |
| Mr. Decker | lets students listen to Caribbean music while studying about it |
| cloud forest | high-elevation, very wet tropical forest |
| Greater Antilles | Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola |
| civil war | occured in El Salvador and is a conflict between two or more groups within a country |
