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Belize

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Belize

  • Latitude and longitude 17.0667° N, 88.7000° W
  • Located by Mexico and Guatemala
Photo by pennstatenews

Belize

  • Latitude and longitude 17.0667° N, 88.7000° W
  • Located by Mexico and Guatemala
Photo by pennstatenews

Government and Challenges

  • Belize has a constitutional monarchy.
  • Lots of gangs, and murder.
  • They have addictions, violence, abuse,
  • Murder, and suicide.
  • They still have exotic animals and good tourism
Photo by kjmatthews

Traditions

  • Christmas greetings, Merry Christmas, Felize Navidad
  • Trees decorated with boats
  • Las Posadas
Photo by Phil Scoville

Geographic Features

  • Maya mountains
  • Savannah 
  • Hard wood forest
  • Belize river

Important people

  • Maxime Faget designer of Apollo, and space shuttle
  • Chito Martinez first MLB player from Belize 
  • Lova boy recording artist and entrepreneur 
  • Nadia Cattouse actress, singer, songwriter

Economy

  • Private enterprise that is based primarily on 
  • agriculture, tourism, and services
Photo by holytoastr

Usa and BelIzE

  • If you were to live in Belize you would have a 
  • 3.7% more chance of dying at infancy.
  • Use 94.94% less electricity
  • Have 94.07% more babies
  • Die 10.01 years sooner

USA and Belize cont.

  • Make 82.54% less money
  • Consume 64.59% less oil
  • Spend 95.06% less money on healthcare
  • Have 12.9% more chance at getting a job.
Photo by kuyman