Central America&

The Caribbean Islands

Directions:You have been assigned to a select group and color now identify your required countries for the project.Scroll down to your color coded slides.Complete the following requirements:

1. Type your name on each assigned slide2. Include a flag of the nation3. Add a map of the nation4. Complete the quick facts on the rights of each slide5. Construct 3 questions focusing on the history, people, and geography of the nation

Group Activities:Upon completion of your slides, label items from the list located on slide #2 using the text tool and font size 8.

• Use your group color for the font color to indicate which items you completed.Now go to the group either above or below yours (based on color) and answer questions 1-3 for each country.Use complete sentences and full details

Grading:Go back to your 3 slides and grade the responses (Fill Correct boxes = Green /Fill Incorrect boxes = Red)

Comments:Insert comments on each slide indicating which questions were correct and incorrect. Incorrect responses must be corrected by the responder and posted using the comment feature.

Central America- Use the text box tool to label each of the features on the map

Countries in Central America

Belize - a country in Central America

at the southeast border of Mexico and

northeast of Guatemala.

Costa Rica - a country just north of

Panama.

El Salvador - a country in Central

America that is south of Guatemala

and Honduras.

Guatemala - a country in Central

America south of Mexico and west of

Belize.

Honduras - a country northeast of

Nicaragua.

Nicaragua - a country just north of

Costa Rica.

Panama - a country at the

southernmost tip of Central America.Other Features

Atlantic Ocean - the ocean east of Central America.Colombia - a country in northwestern South America; it is southeast of Panama.Lake Nicaragua - a large lake in Nicaragua.Mexico - a country southwest of the USA and north of Guatemala and Belize.Pacific Ocean - the ocean west of Central America.Panama Canal - a man-made canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Ex: St. Vincent• Official Name:_________________________

• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Answer 1: Correct Incorrect Answer

2.People: Answer 2: Correct Incorrect Answer

3.Geography: Answer 3: Correct Incorrect Answer

Belize• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Fill Correct boxes = Green /Fill Incorrect boxes = Red1.History:

Answer 1: Correct Incorrect Answer

2.People: Answer 2: Correct Incorrect Answer

3.Geography: Answer 3: Correct Incorrect Answer

Dominica• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Answer 1: Correct Incorrect Answer

2.People: Answer 2: Correct Incorrect Answer

3.Geography: Answer 3: Correct Incorrect Answer

Cuba• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Answer 1: Correct Incorrect Answer

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Dominican Republic• Official Name:_________________________

• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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El Salvador• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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St. Lucia• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Guatemala• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Bahamas• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Grenada• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Honduras• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Haiti• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Antigua & Barbuda• Official Name:_________________________

• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Nicaragua• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Jamaica• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Trinidad & Tobago• Official Name:_________________________

• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Costa Rica• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Puerto Rico• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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Panama• Official Name:_________________________• Capital:_______________________________• Population:____________________________• Currency:_____________________________• Official language:______________________• Date of independence, or formation

date:_________________________________• Date when current borders were

established:___________________________

Student Name:__________________

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