1. Central America & The Caribbean Islands Movie

2. Belize Population: 324,060 Language: English (official), Spanish Major Cities: Belize City & Belmopan (capital) Life Expectancy: 76.05 years Gross Domestic Product: 1.448 billion USD Lowest Population Density in Central America Used to be called British Honduras

3. Belize Geography Climate: Tropical Terrain: flat, swampy coastal plain Natural Resources: arable land potential, timber, fish, hydropower

4. Guatemala Population: 15.08 million Language: Spanish & other dialects Major Cities: Guatemala City (capital) Life Expectancy: 71.07 years Gross Domestic Product: 50.81 billion USD 75% of Guatemalans fell below the national poverty line (income per family 2,600-2,800 USD yearly)

5. Guatemala Geography Climate: Tropical Terrain: mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau (Peten) Natural Resources: petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, hydropower

6. Honduras Population: 7.936 million Language: Spanish Major Cities: Tegucigalpa (capital) Life Expectancy: 73.11 years Gross Domestic Product: 17.97 billion USD Mayan Civilization still has monuments here

7. Honduras Geography Climate: subtropical in lowlands temperate in mountains Terrain: mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains Natural Resources: timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, coal, fish, hydropower

8. El Salvador Population: 6.297 million Language: Spanish Major Cities: San Salvador (capital) Life Expectancy: 71.97 years Gross Domestic Product: 23.79 billion USD Smallest and most densely populated country in Central America

9. El Salvador Geography Climate: tropical on coast, temperate in highlands Terrain: mostly mountainous Natural Resources: hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land

10. Nicaragua Population: 5.992 million Language: Spanish Major Cities:Managua (capital) Life Expectancy: 74.00 years Gross Domestic Product: 10.51 billion USD Largest country in the isthmus

11. Nicaragua Geography Climate: tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands Terrain: extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes Natural Resources: gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish

12. Costa Rica Population: 4.805 million Language: Spanish Major Cities: San Jose (capital) Life Expectancy: 79.32 years Gross Domestic Product: 45.13 million USD Economy based on tourism Volcano

13. Costa Rica Geography Climate: tropical & subtropical Terrain: coastal plains separated by rugged mountains including over 100 volcanic cones, of which several are major volcanoes Natural Resources: hydropower

14. Panama Population: 3.802 million Language: Spanish Major Cities: Panama City (capital) Life Expectancy: 76.15 years Gross Domestic Product: 36.25 billion USD Location of the Panama Canal Panama Canal

15. Panama Geography Climate: tropical maritime hot & humid Terrain: interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills Natural Resources: copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower

16. Caribbean Islands Movie Caribbean Islands

17. Cuba Population: 11.27 million Major Cities: Havana Communism-is a revolutionary socialist movement to create a classless, moneyless, and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production, as well as a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order. Life Expectancy: 79.13 years The USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898

19. Important Communists Che Guevara- was a Cuban revolutionist who assisted Fidel Castro in the over throw of the Batista. He was later killed by Bolivian forces with the help of the C.I.A. Hugo Chavez- opposed U.S. ideals in Latin America and was very much anti-imperialism Nikita Khrushchev – President of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs.

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21. Jamaica Population: 2.712 million Life Expectancy: 73.08 years

22. Dominican Republic & Haiti (Hispaniola) Two independent nations share this island Haiti Dominican Republic

23. The Bahamas Economy based on tourism & fishing Consists of more than 700 islands Capital is Nassau Population: 371,960

24. Puerto Rico Population: 3.667 million Is a territory of the United States (Commonwealth) An archipelago with Puerto Rico being the largest island San Juan is the capital Christopher Columbus claimed this island for Spain

25. U.S. Virgin Islands/British Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands are controlled by both the U.S. and Britain