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Central America

A region of southern North America extending from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia.

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What country connects Central America to ''South America?

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Panama is the country that connects Central America with South America.

What are two major industries in central America and Mexico?

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Although Mexico and Central America have varying degrees of industrialization, resulting in a wide array of industries, there are some of them that could be considered as 'most common':

  • Food processing
  • Construction
  • Tourism

What countries in addition to Portugal and Spain had colonies in Latin America?

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Officially, France also qualifies as such. However, within Latin America there are many other countries which have territories that could be considered as part of the region, including the United States (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands), England (Belize, Jamaica, Falklands Islands), and the Netherlands (Suriname).

Where did the Maya live in latin America?

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It wasn't located in South America at all.

The Maya culture was Mesoamerican (in Central America): from eastern and southern Mexico, through Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador to western Honduras (with the famous Copan ruins).

Archipelagos in Latin America?

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Some of them would be:

  • Revillagigedo Archipielago (Mexico)
  • Archipielago de las Perlas (Panama)
  • Archipielago de San Bernardo (Colombia)
  • Wellington Archipielago (Chile)
  • Falkland Islands (UK/Argentina)
  • Fernando de Noronha Islands (Brazil)

What region is Honduras located in?

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It is in central America.

Honduras's most famous recipe?

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It does have a one an only main dish, but amongst the most common ones is the 'baleadas' which is a thinly hand made flour tortilla with beans, honduran cream, scrambled eggs folded in half. It is usually modified by adding more inside, such as pickled vegetables, chorizo, meat, basically anything you want. It is really common and cheap, which basically earns the heart and stomach of most hondurans.

Which country in Central America was not settled by the spanish?

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Brazil - settled by the Portuguese

Guyana - settled first by the Dutch, then by the British

Suriname - settled by the Dutch

French Guiana - settled by the French

What helps define Latin America as a region?

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spanish and portuguese are the most widely spoken languages

What are the largest countries in latin America?

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The largest country in Latin America is Brazil, with 8,514,877 square kilometers (3,287,612 sq mi) of area. It is roughly the same size of the whole United States.

It is followed by Argentina with 2,780,400 square kilometers (1,073,500 sq mi) and Mexico with 1,964,375 square kilometers (758,449 sq mi).

What country has a capital on the equator in Latin America?

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The capital of Ecuador, Quito, is located on the equator.

Is Peru the largest country in Latin America?

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Burkina Faso is the world's sixty third largest country by population with 15,730,977 as of July 1st, 2010.

The Congo is the world's sixty third largest country by land mass at 342,000 sq km.

What are three reasons for conflict in Central America?

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1. uneven distribution of land

2. wealth has led to many uprisings

3. disputes in Central America since the 1960s

4. Government issues

Why are central America and the Andes mountains around cuzco cutural hearths?

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they brought tribes under their control and built a great empire

Why do central plains have extremes of climate in north America?

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Oceans have a moderating effect on temperature. They have what is known scientifically as a large heat capacity, larger than that of the dry land. It takes a great deal of energy to heat up an ocean, so they do not heat up as quickly as the land does, and then once they heat up, they remain warm longer than the land does. As a result, temperatures tend to be less extreme in coastal regions. The ocean can keep them warm in cold weather, and keep them cool in hot weather, to some degree. Inland regions, such as the central plains of North America, do not have this moderating influence, being far from the ocean.

Why did independence from Spain have little effect on the lives of most of the people living in Central America?

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Independence from Spain, in the case of Central America, was primarily a reshuffling of power between Peninsulares (Spaniards born in Spain) and Criollos (Spaniards born in Latin America). Since most of the population were in lower classes, like Mestizos, Amerindians, Free Blacks, Biracial Persons, and Slaves, the only thing that really changed for them was the set of men at the top of the hierarchy, nothing more.

What is the canal that connects the atlantic and pacific oceans in central america?

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Panama. The canal is the Panama Canal, built by the US between 1904 and 1914.

What is the capital of Costa Rica and where is it located?

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San José has been the capital since 1823, and is located in central Costa Rica, just northwest of the original capital at Cartago.

Cartago is at the foot of the Irazú volcano, and while San José is farther away, it also received ash from the volcano's eruption from 1963 to 1965.