juice of sapodilla tree, used in making chewing gum

minerals in soil that supply growing plants with food

fierce tropical storm system with high speed winds, formed over warm oceans

large farm on which a single cash crop is raised

large group or chain of islands

percentage of adults in a society who can read or write

In Guatemala, a person who speaks Spanish and follows a Spanish-American, not Native American lifestyle

narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land

overseas settlement made by a parent country

In Cuba, a farm owned and operated by the government

production of consumer goods, such as food products and household goods

term for a republic or state governed by the people, the official title of Puerto Rico

authoritarian political system in which the central government controls the economy and society

local form of a language

The Central American country with the largest population is

A waterway that links the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans is located in

Many of the West Indies islands were once ruled by Europeans as

Guatemalans who speak Spanish and practice European ways are called

Jamaica is one of the world's leading producers of

What landform is found in the inland areas of most Central American countries?

The smaller island of the southern Caribbean are part of the

A musical instrument developed in Trinidad is the

The Central American country with the highest standard of living is

In Haiti the ancestry of more than 90 percent of the population is