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Published on Mar 18, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Central America and the Caribbean

ISTHMUS

PANAMA IS AN ISTHMUS THAT CONNECTS NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

ISLANDS

THE CARIBBEAN IS MADE OF MOSTLE ISLANDS
Photo by Edgar Barany

GREATER ANTILLES

MADE OF THREE GROUPS AND THESE ARE THE BIGGER ISLANDS

LESSER ANTILLES

THE SMALLER ISLANDS

TROPICAL

MOST OF THE CLIMATE IS TROPICAL

HURRICANE

THER ARE FREQUENT HURRICANES

RAIN FOREST

THERE ARE MANY RAIN FORESTS
Photo by ashwin kumar

MAYA

THE MAYA WERE THE FIRST CIVILIZATION

ARAWAKS & CARIBS

THE NATIVE TRIDES OF THE CARIBBEAN

TRIANGULAR TRADE

THEY SHIPED SLAVES, CROPS, AND MANUFACTURE GOODS TO COUNTRIES

SLAVERY

COLUMBUS CONQUED THEN AND ENSLAVED THE NATIVES

DICTATOR

DICTATORS ARE LEADERS

STEEL DRUMS

THE MAIN CARIBEAN INSTRUMENT

POVERTY

MANY PEOPLE IN THE CAIBBEAN ARE POOR

ROMAN CATHOLIC

ITHE MAIN RELIGION IS THE CARIBBEAN

TOURISM

VERY IMPORTANT TO THEIR ECONOMY

EAST CARIBBEAN DOLLAR

THE MAIN MONEY THEY USE IN THE CARIBBEAN

PANAMA CANAL