Central American Vocabulary

a worker skilled in making art of products by land

• immigrant

• professional

• farmer

• artisan

money, especially paper money Ex. dollars, pesos

• euro

• currency

• benjamins

• pounds

a form of government where the people have the right to vote and elect their government leaders

• socialism

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

a person/leader of a country who has complete control over it; the people do NOT have any say in the government

• president

• king/queen

• dictator

• representative

the travel to a natural habitat in a way that does not damage it

• slash and burn

• extreme tourism

• vacation excursion

• ecotourism

a person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry

• mulatto

• mestizo

• Eurasian

• Mexican

a man made canal in Central America that connects the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

• Suez Canal

• Erie Canal

• Cape Cod Canal

• Panama Canal

The economic state of being very poor; having very little money.

• poverty

• wealthy

• Middle class

• literate

a rich dense broadleaf-tree forest in a tropical climate

• jungle

• swamp

• rain-forest

• desert

a type of farm that grows crops only for the family to survive on; crops are not for sale

• subsistence farm

• plantation

• commercial farm

• home garden