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Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: Central America
Section 3: The Caribbean
CHAPTER 11Central America and the Caribbean
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:How were landforms in Central America and the Caribbean created?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
The Creation of Landforms in Central America and the Caribbean
Tectonic Forces
mountains
new islands
plate subduction
volcanic eruptions
cause which creates
SECTION 2
Central America
Question:What factors influenced the development of Central America’s cultural heritage?
SECTION 2
Central America
Central America’s Cultural HeritageCentral America’s Cultural Heritage
• Spanish colonists introduced
Spanish-style architecture and town planning
• Created unequal distribution of wealth
• Spanish language
• Catholicism
• Mestizos a major ethnic group
• Spanish colonists introduced
Spanish-style architecture and town planning
• Created unequal distribution of wealth
• Spanish language
• Catholicism
• Mestizos a major ethnic group
SECTION 3
The Caribbean
Question:What nations have influenced the culture of countries in the Caribbean?
SECTION 3
The Caribbean
Cultural Influence in the Caribbean
American influence
British influence
Dutch influence
French influence
Spanish influence
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Virgin islands
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands
Netherlands Antilles
Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, St. Lucia
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
1. What physical process has created the mountains of Central America? How do those mountains affect climates in Central America and the Caribbean islands?
2. How are economics and politics linked in Central America?
3. What economic activities are important in Central America? How is the economy of the region changing?
4. How does Cuba differ economically from other Caribbean countries?
5. What non-Caribbean countries have had the most influence in the region? Why?
1. What physical process has created the mountains of Central America? How do those mountains affect climates in Central America and the Caribbean islands?
2. How are economics and politics linked in Central America?
3. What economic activities are important in Central America? How is the economy of the region changing?
4. How does Cuba differ economically from other Caribbean countries?
5. What non-Caribbean countries have had the most influence in the region? Why?
CHAPTER 11
Chapter Wrap-Up