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3. Central America:
The Countries
and People
Created by
Mr. Raponi

4. Influence on Central America is a
mixture of many
the People cultures.
The ____________
settled throughout
Central America about
240 to 400 B.C.
After A.D. 800 these
people mysteriously
left their cities and
scattered throughout
the area.

5. Lost City of Mirador in Central America

7. After the Native Americans,
the
Influences
____________________
settled in Central America.
For the next 300 years,
Spanish landowners forced
Native Americans to work on
_____________________.
Native Americans eventually
accepted the language and
religion of Spain.

8. Independence Most Central America
countries gained their
independence by
____________________.
Waves of government
problems, dictatorships and
revolutions have been
occurring in Central America
from the mid-1800s until
today.
There is still fighting going
on in Central America today.

9. Population Nearly __________ million
Today people live in Central
America.
Almost ______ million
people live in
_________________, the
most heavily populated
country in the region.
Only 300,000 people live in
__________________, the
regions least populated
area.

10. Rural living is most
More common in Central
Population America with about
____________ of all the
people living on farms
or in small towns.
People in urban areas
hold manufacturing or
service industry jobs.
People in coastal areas
harvest shrimp and
lobster to sell overseas
or in marketplaces.

11. Most Guatemalans live in
Guatemala
the ____________________
area.
The culture is both Native
American and Spanish.
A group of Guatemalans who
speak Spanish and practice
European ways are known as
__________________.
For many years, a civil war has
been fought between the
government and the peasants.

13. Another Central American Snake

14. Costa Rica offers one of the
highest standards of living in
Costa Rica the world.
It also has one of the highest
________________________
in the world. (Which is the
percentage of people that can
read and write.)
A well-developed democracy,
Costa Rica has been a peaceful
place for many years.
Costa Rica’s capital is
________________________.

16. The southernmost country of
Panama Central America lies on
an _______________________,
a narrow piece of land connecting
two larger pieces of land.
This narrow piece of land
separates the
____________________ and the
________________________.
In 1903, the U.S. helped Panama
win its independence from
______________________.

17. A canal was built to shorten
Panama II shipping times between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The canal was completed in
____________ and made the
journey between the oceans
much quicker.
Nearly ½ of Panama’s ________
million people live and work near
the canal.
Panama’s capital,
_____________________, is the
leading center of culture and
industry.

20. Canal and Animals of Panama